http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php en plevin@jewishtimes.com Copyright 2008 2008-05-12T11:31:01-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/deal_or_no_deal/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/deal_or_no_deal/#When:19:00:00Z As do many people these days, I found myself debating presidential politics with a friend I hadn’t seen in years. I took advantage of her because I know she is a big George W. Bush supporter, and that, for me, was like a shark smelling a drop of blood. I saw a fat softball pitch coming… Opinion - Publisher's Note 2008-05-01T19:00:00-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/annapolis_to_tehran/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/annapolis_to_tehran/#When:19:00:01Z If I were a betting man –– but I won’t know for sure until I take a referendum –– I would have said last week that Senate Bill 214 and House Bill 371 wouldn’t become Maryland law this year. But around midday on Tuesday, Maryland’s upper chamber voted “yes” to force the state to divest any… Opinion - Publisher's Note 2008-04-03T19:00:01-05:00 http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/painful_truths1/ http://www.jewishtimes.com/index.php/jewishtimes/opinion/jt/publishers_note/painful_truths1/#When:19:00:00Z When former bar mitzvah lesson teacher Israel Shapiro of Olympia Avenue recently entered an Alford plea on child sexual molestation charges, there was likely sufficient evidence for the prosecution to convince a judge or jury that he was guilty, according to Judge John P. Miller of Baltimore City Circuit Court. With that, Shapiro was sentenced… Opinion - Publisher's Note 2008-03-20T19:00:00-05:00