Mary Bubala’s Blunder Shouldn’t Have Resulted in Firing
Bubala made a mistake, but she shouldn’t have been fired.
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Michael Olesker
Last week, the Maryland Board of Public Works approved a $14.3 million contract to begin Pimlico’s demolition and reconstruction. (File photo)
Is Pimlico in its Home Stretch?
Is there reason for hope concerning the Preakness remaining in Northwest Baltimore?
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Then-acting Mayor Jack Young, pictured left, with Rabbi Etan Mintz, right, marking the signing on May 1, 2019 by Young of a proclamation to construct an eruv for downtown Baltimore. (Photo by Steve Ruark)
Goodbye Mayor Pugh, Hello Mayor Who?
Whose game plan is Young supposed to follow? Is there a game plan?
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A West Virginia native who attended the University of San Francisco, Gino Marchetti played for the Baltimore Colts from 1953 to 1964, and then again in 1966. (Bowman football card courtesy of Wikipedia)
A Round of Applause for the Late, Great Gino Marchetti
Even more than Unitas, the former Colt and fast-food entrepreneur was the heart and soul of the ’58 team.
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Susan White-Bowden Paved the Way for Women in Local TV News
Susan White-Bowden was a pioneer and trailblazer on local TV news.
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Sen. Ben Cardin, left, and Gov. Larry Hogan attend an interfaith Oneg Shabbat at the Park Heights Jewish Community Center last fall to remember the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre. (Photo by Steve Ruark)
Gov. Hogan Could Challenge Trump and That’s Worth Considering
In the case against Trump, let us count all the ways he’s tearing the country apart.
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The Storybook Life of Catherine Pugh
From the first revelations of her blatant conflicts of interest, Mayor Pugh has maintained she wrote the books to help raise the consciousness of so many children who eat improperly and don’t get enough exercise.
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Sheila Sachs was a Role Model for Generations of Women
Sheila and Steve Sachs were a smart, handsome, glamorous couple seemingly chosen by the gods to do remarkable things – and then actually did them.
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President Donald Trump (far right) and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner (far left), visit the Western Wall in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. (Israel Bardugo)
This Passover, Trump’s Half-Baked Responses Never Rise to the Occasion
On all other nights, we’ve been awaiting the Mueller report. Its arrival seemed to take longer than Elijah’s.
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Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, center, is shown at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Don’t be Fooled, Mueller Report is No Victory for Trump
AG William Barr holds a press conference before anybody in the entire country has even glanced at the lengthy report, and gives us his version of it.
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To enter Notre Dame's cool, darkened, candle-lit interior seems more than walking into a church, writes Michael Olesker, it feels like entering the portals of history itself. (Photo courtesy Flickr)
Despite Notre Dame’s Blaze, We’ll Always Have Paris
Notre Dame’s historical and mystical allure transcends religious and political divisions, writes Michael Olesker.
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