Baltimore’s casualties mount up as Congress sits on the sideline: How many more?
We suffer an unbearable difference of sameness in the United States. In what we believe are such opposing dialectics, we
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Robert Emmet Mara has been in Baltimore since 2006. A native New Yorker, Robert came to Baltimore to do three things: work with kids, renovate houses and write a second book of fiction. Since his arrival, he has managed to do all three and more.
He has sought better oversight for his still blighted Harwood neighborhood from the city and has been asked to speak to various community association leaders on the subject of city agency relations.
Author: Robert Emmet Mara
Why can’t Washington follow the Golden Rule?
‘Never look down on a man unless you’re picking him up’, is a phrase akin to the Golden Rule. As
Read more‘Gangster business will undo more lives than I can count’
I have long thought that living in Baltimore these days is much like living in a Jimmy Cagney gangster film
Read moreBaltimore needs to grow and change to survive
“If it rained soup in Ireland, the Irish would come out with forks.” Once neatly stated by Brendan Behan as if
Read moreNot everything is black and white: Grays can be more important
Such are the times we live that libertarian Senator Rand Paul can rally liberals. As if throwing darts blindfold in
Read moreWashington Post’s Marc Fisher: Let us tell you why we believe in Baltimore
At a party held by a literary agent friend in New York many years ago, I met his son from
Read moreGem on the Chesapeake could be Baltimore
Police patrol Greenmount Avenue where a homicide recently happened. (Justus Heger) Church bells rang out along Greenmount Avenue the night
Read moreBeware of raising ‘False Flags’
Contrary to many pundits, it is my belief President Obama’s second term will be stronger than his first. Even though
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Which civil rights leader do you value the most?
It may be crass of me to want to create a card collection of civil rights leaders in America. Cards
Read moreGuns and youth violence: ‘We put the cart before the horse’
When the old man said we would suffer the sins of the fathers, I was never sure what he meant.
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