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Dennis the Menace costar Joseph Kearns Wurlitzer pipe organ: courtesy Laurie Jacobson

‘Hey Mr. Wilson! Show Me Your Wurlitzer!’ – The Ghost of Joseph Kearns

October 25, 2025October 26, 2025 Laurie Jacobson

Actor Joseph Kearns (1907-1962) will always be remembered as the easily ruffled Mr. Wilson on the classic television series Dennis

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Imperfect

September 20, 2024September 20, 2024 Katy Motiey

Vida slid her hand across the cool surface of the wooden end table and searched for the box of matches she had left along with a lighter next to the candle the night before. She bit her lip. Was she already getting used to the changes being forced on her—on all Iranians?

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Freedom’s Ghost

August 14, 2023August 15, 2023 Eliot Pattison

The Baltimore Post-Examiner is pleased to introduce an excerpt from Eliot Pattison’s latest book Freedom’s Ghost, to be published by

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633 Days Inside: Lessons on Life and Leadership

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 Greg Lindberg

My 633-day stay in a federal prison was the single most positive transformational event of my life. I turned around my health and regained some of my youth through the study of mitochondrial biogenesis. My gray hair literally turned red again, my memory improved, and my body now looks like I’m ten years younger.

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