Remembering No. 44, the Late, Great Bert Rechichar
Michael Olesker pays tribute to one of the Colts’ toughest players ever.
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Former Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen is shown here speaking in 2017 at an elder abuse awareness seminar hosted by CHANA, a program of The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore,.
Dr. Leana Wen’s Departure from Planned Parenthood is a National Loss
The former Baltimore City Health Commissioner could’ve taken the national organization to new heights, writes Michael Olesker.
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Simply Fab: Author Mark R. Millikin fondly recalls when the Beatles performed at what was then known as the Baltimore Civic Center on Sept. 13, 1964. (File photo)
Mark Millikin’s New Book Captures a Watershed Moment in our Cultural History
Michael Olesker recalls the transitional time when music precipitated an awakening of youth in American culture.
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Trump’s Racist Tweets Evoke Memories of Baltimore’s Painful Past
Tweets against the four Democratic congresswomen sound eerily reminiscent of America’s racist, isolationist past, writes Michael Olesker.
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A half-century ago, astronaut Buzz Aldrin posed while walking along the surface of the moon. (Wikipedia)
Remembering the Achievement of Apollo 11 and the Need for Poetic Description
Michael Olesker recalls a lack of poetry involved in arguably humanity’s greatest moment.
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The boyhood rowhouse of jazz great at 2200 block of Druid Hill Avenue is slated for demolition. (Photo Wikipedia)
It’s Time to Reestablish Baltimore as ‘the Monumental City’
The possible demolition of Cab Calloway’s former rowhouse points to the need to preserve Baltimore’s cultural heritage and legacy, writes Michael Olesker.
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Ross Perot Dies, But the Soundbite Lives On and On
Michael Olesker remembers the late presidential candidate’s rather tentative commitment to honest discourse.
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Bob Moskowitz: A Slice Above the Rest
Here’s hoping the next generation of kids has a few teachers like Bob Moskowitz — and gets to know them as friends, as well.
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Singer Weird Al Yankovic with his Mad Magazine cover in New York City, April 20, 2015. (Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images)
MAD Magazine Brought a Sense of Anarchy to White-Bread America
Satirical publication offered a decidedly twisted and Jewish sensibility.
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Ron Matz Was So Much More than ‘Just Another Manic Monday’
Ron Matz was part reporter, part comic, part cheerleader. He was there on snowy mornings, standing in the slush, and one time he dodged bullets covering a hostage situation.
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President George W. Bush, right, is shown here meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in the Oval Office in 2002. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
The High Price of ‘French Benefits’ and ‘Erotic Driving’ in America
In one of his routine linguistic miracles, it was George W. Bush who famously declared, “Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?”
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