NEWS
August 27, 2010
Erica L. Green's article, "City gets 'C' on school reform" (Aug. 25) cites a study by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, identifying that organization as a "nonprofit organization that conducts research in elementary and secondary education reform…". That's like saying a report by the Republican Party, a non-profit organization, has been critical of Governor Martin O'Malley. The article should have said that the Fordham Institute is a right-wing organization tied to charter schools and anti-union activities.
SPORTS
By DAN CONNOLLY and DAN CONNOLLY,SUN REPORTER | December 8, 2005
Searching for a power bat to upgrade the major leagues' worst offense, the Washington Nationals yesterday acquired heavy-hitting Alfonso Soriano from the Texas Rangers for outfielders Brad Wilkerson, Terrmel Sledge and a minor leaguer, according to an industry source. The deal is pending Wilkerson's physical, the source said. Soriano, Sledge and minor league pitcher Armando Galarraga passed their physicals, the source said. Nationals general manager Jim Bowden would neither confirm nor deny the report.
SPORTS
By Dan Connolly, The Baltimore Sun | July 12, 2010
As the Orioles head into the All-Star break, they do so with a managerial situation that remains in flux and rumors that continue to swirl about their leading candidate soon taking over. Orioles president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail and ESPN analyst Buck Showalter met again this weekend, at least the third time they have discussed the managerial opening, an industry source confirmed. But there has not been a formal offer, and there likely won't be one until the end of the week at the earliest.
NEWS
By C. Fraser Smith | August 21, 2005
BOB WOODWARD'S book about W. Mark Felt, perhaps the most famous source in the history of journalism, is a text for our democracy. Like his Watergate book, All The President's Men, it's a good yarn even if you know the plot. The characters are compelling, even heroic. And the real world stakes were as high as they get - then and now. The secret man stuff ought to be just the come-on. The book should be read as a procedural on the interplay between sources and the press - a partnership the press has neglected, at its peril, to discuss until recently.
NEWS
By LYLE DENNISTON and LYLE DENNISTON,Lyle Denniston is The Sun's legal correspondent in Washington and makes his base at the Supreme Court | December 23, 1990
Lawyers who know how the Supreme Court works say that it is very hard to win a case there if the facts put the client in a bad light, deserving of little or no sympathy. The problem is obvious, of course, when the case involves a client convicted of a gruesome murder. But it can be a problem in other kinds of cases, too; a new appeal illustrates that very well.Ordinarily, one expects the court to focus heavily, if not exclusively, on the legal issues in a case. As an appeals court, the court has to take the facts as they come from lower courts and has authority to decide only law issues.
NEWS
By Lyle Denniston and Lyle Denniston,Washington Bureau of The Sun | December 11, 1990
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court, stepping into a celebrated controversy over the ethics of the press, agreed yesterday to spell out when -- or whether -- news organizations may be sued for breaking promises to their news sources.The case, from Minneapolis, involves a vow of confidentiality given by two newspaper reporters to a political source and then a decision by their editors to override that promise and publish the source's name as part of an article. The source sued the two newspapers over the broken vow and won $200,000 in damages.