Who is going to save Baltimore’s kids from the ‘Killing Fields?’
BALTIMORE – As we flip the calendar to a brand new year, this city’s mayor, Bernard (Jack) Young, calls for
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Michael Olesker, columnist for the News American, Baltimore Sun, and Baltimore Examiner has spent a quarter of a century writing about the city he loves.He is the author of several books, including Michael Olesker’s Baltimore: If You Live Here, You’re Home, Journeys to the Heart of Baltimore, and The Colts’ Baltimore: A City and Its Love Affair in the 1950s, all published by Johns Hopkins Press.
Author: Michael Olesker
I will never be asked to sit on a jury again
BALTIMORE – One time when this city summoned me to jury duty, Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Johnson told me to
Read moreNancy Pelosi: We have a rogue president and a rogue leader in the Senate
BALTIMORE – There’s an old story about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the daughter of this city’s long-time Democratic Mayor Tommy
Read moreDo you hate President Trump?
BALTIMORE – As Congress debated millions of us into auditory numbness last week on the way to impeaching President Donald
Read moreNations Jobs Report: ‘Good News America. Not so good, Baltimore.’
BALTIMORE – The deep thinkers in Washington are applauding the latest U.S. jobs numbers, but what should we say to
Read moreMartin O’Malley tears into Trump Homeland Security official at the Irish Pub Dubliner in D.C.
BALTIMORE – When Martin O’Malley was mayor of this city, he kept a sign on a wall above his City
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Baltimore becomes a national punch line again
BALTIMORE – Once again, this city becomes part of a national punch line for municipal humiliation. This time it’s another
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Maryland still has not settled the public school segregation argument
BALTIMORE – In the spring of 1954, when the U.S. Supreme Court decreed America’s public schools racially integrated, this city’s
Read moreRemembering a time when soldiers were called heroes
BALTIMORE — The nation now arrives at a strange Veteran’s Day holiday when two decorated soldiers, William Taylor and Alexander Vindman,
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Trump barters the lives of vulnerable people for his own political profit
BALTIMORE – In the pristine hearing rooms of the U.S. Congress, where they do their fighting with empty, bloated words,
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