Mueller Report: No wonder cable news ratings continue to slide
BALTIMORE – In the fiery aftermath of last week’s Mueller report release, we see every gaping canyon in the American
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Michael Olesker
Mayor Pugh, UMMS, Kaiser Permanente, Associated Black Charities need to answer some hard questions
Mayor Catherine Pugh (Photo by Mike Jordan) BALTIMORE – This city, feeling pretty crummy with each new revelation about Mayor
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Take me out to the ball game and let’s party like it’s 1989 again
BALTIMORE – Around here, four wins in the first week of the brand new Orioles season lets everybody dream a
Read moreBaltimore Colts were stolen away in the middle of the night 35 years ago
BALTIMORE — For a generation of disillusioned fans, the date which will live in football infamy was precisely 35 years
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Barr’s four-page letter perfectly fits America’s attention span
BALTIMORE – As everybody knows, we Americans have no attention spans whatsoever. Our national attention span was sawed off by
Read moreLatest college admissions scam is affirmative action for rich undeserving white students
BALTIMORE — Among my best friends in high school was Mansfield (Sonny) Newsom, who sat directly in front of me
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Former Governor Harry Hughes was a man of integrity when Maryland needed it the most
BALTIMORE – Harry Hughes, who died Wednesday, at 92, became governor of Maryland when the Free State seemed to lead
Read moreManafort’s light sentence prompts anger and resentment
BALTIMORE – Years ago, doing some reporting on Maryland’s prisons, I spent enough time at the state penitentiary to ask
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Cummings is right: ‘We are better than this’
BALTIMORE – Elijah Cummings believes in America in spite of an America he’s known his whole life. The Democratic congressman
Read moreEl Chapo proved that a wall will not stop the flow of drugs
BALTIMORE – Scariest among the reasons President Donald Trump has offered for building his Great Wall along the U.S. southern
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