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The existing “narrative” about Baltimore continues to trouble all those who still want fervently to believe in the city’s benefits: its neighborhoods, its mix of cultures, its energy, its ideas, its night life of restaurants and taverns, its ballparks and museums.
Read MoreNow 77, Nancy Pelosi was a little girl named Nancy D’Alesandro when she first assisted America’s newcomers. Her father, Tommy D’Alesandro “the elder,” was mayor back then, a three-termer whose City Hall run coincided with his daughter’s school years.
Read MoreIf Tronc is willing to sell arguably its most prestigious paper (and as part of the same deal, its San Diego Union-Tribune), where does it leave its remaining print dailies, such as New York’s Daily News, the Orlando Sentinel, and Baltimore’s Sun?
Read More“My commitment to social change continues,” Dan Morhaim, 69, said in a Facebook post, “and I will be pursuing new opportunities to make a difference in the fields of health care and the environment.”
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President Donald Trump delivering his first State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives, Jan. 30, 2018. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
The president’s healing words were nice. But it wasn’t long before he went to his standard, dividing rhetoric about immigrants, at a time when millions wonder if they’re about to be deported.
Read MoreGil’s stories allow us to slow things down for a few moments, to catch our breath, to remember when people conversed with each other instead of sending text messages, when kids played ballgames in the street instead of video games in the club basement.
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Steven Spielberg, director of "The Post," at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in N.Y., March 27, 2017. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)
For those of us who have mournfully watched the decay of newspapers over the past decade or more, the movie’s a reminder of loftier, headier times.
Read MoreSend up a little cheer for Michael Steele, Maryland’s lieutenant governor from 2003-2007 and former Republic National Committee chair. He seems to know political hypocrisy when he sees it.
Read MoreAs 2017 came to a close, Baltimore had 57 murders for every 100,000 inhabitants. That’s the highest rate in the country. In New York, they had 3 murders per 100,000 last year.
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The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter fires a Tomahawk land attack missile on April 7, 2017 in the Mediterranean Sea. (Photo by Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
Last week in Hawaii, it seemed like the real thing. Can’t our leaders talk about it like adults, instead of like schoolchildren?
Read MoreGary Huddles died last week, at 78, following a lengthy battle with dementia. But he had, in most respects, a marvelous lifetime run.
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