Trump playing politics with coronavirus
BALTIMORE – Billions around the planet may tremble over the coronavirus, but President Donald Trump says he’ll get us through
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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
Democrat Debate: Who cares if you know the name of Mexico’s president when people are getting shot and the earth is dying
BALTIMORE – I’m eating lunch with four smart guys, men of accomplishment, men with impressive college diplomas earned decades ago,
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Trump to Veterans: Traumatic brain injuries are like ‘headaches’ – ‘not very serious injuries’
BALTIMORE — Three years into this ulcerous presidency, it’s become clear Donald Trump wouldn’t know the difference between a headache
Read moreKlobuchar and Biden put America first with two memorable debate moments
BALTIMORE — One o’clock Saturday afternoon, I’m watching CNN and wondering how much money they blew on a presidential poll
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GOP Senators got suckered by con man Donald Trump
BALTIMORE – Are you happy now, suckers? And, by “suckers,” I naturally refer to those 51 Republican senators who got
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Trump the self-proclaimed ‘very stable genius’ has told more than 16,000 lies
BALTIMORE – Two days before these U.S. Senate impeachment proceedings opened, newspapers across America carried reviews of a brand new
Read moreGeorge Young was a Baltimore Hall of Famer off the field before he became a Giant on the field
BALTIMORE – New Yorkers are cheering George Young’s entrance into the pro football Hall of Fame. As general manager, he
Read moreRavens heartbreaking Loss: Baltimore will mourn for decades to come
BALTIMORE – Among my generation of football fans, there’s an unwritten rule: Nobody around here brings up the embarrassment of
Read moreWho 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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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
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