At the CVS at 120th St. in Ocean City, MD, when you walk into the store you may be greeted by a petite, middle-aged woman with glasses and a great smile behind the cash register. In accented English she'll say, "Good evening, guys. Let me know if I can help you," or some such cheery message, and she'll say it with that great smile. Her name is Sofia, and I asked her about that accent and where she's from. She's from Albania and she came here two decades ago when she saw an ad

Note: This blog was published in the Sunday, Feb. 12 edition of the Baltimore Sun. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-civics-lesson-20170211-story.html While I am as concerned as anyone about President Trump's actions last week, I can’t help but think that what the country needs right now is a basic civics lesson. Yes, the first shoe is falling. But in our constitutional system of government, two more have to drop before a presidential action can have the ki