Tag: lori cruz columns

There ought to be law…

"There ought to be a law" is one of my favorite sayings. So I decided to dedicate this last column to some laws that I would impose if I could.

Settling a 26.2-mile debt

There is a mental note we make in our minds that list the hundreds of feats we hope to accomplish and, with time, we check some of them off and say, "I did that."

As opinions differ, so do role models

He managed his high school yearbook and wrote for the school paper. He graduated cum laude from Yale Law School. He is the 106th associate justice on the highest court in the land. He is a black man and yet, in honor of Black History Month, he has been called an "inappropriate role model for black youths," by the Maryland chapter of the NAACP.

Children deserve better at birth

It is difficult enough for stable couples to raise a child. For single, young women it is nearly impossible for them to imagine the impact of having a child depend on them.

Dole’s values remain clear, strong

With the last president of this millennium to be elected Tuesday, Bob Dole's speeches are coming more from his heart and are based on a history of conservative beliefs.

Stealing from the G.O.P.

Candidate Bill Clinton has been successful in stealing Republican ideas while maligning conservatives as "mean-spirited" and hateful.

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