A Meditation on the Planet Earth
I am not the wind Though each breath takes some particle on a flight I am not the roar nor
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Buddy Bantum
I began working at Bethlehem Steel’s Sparrows Point Plant in 1973. I had graduated high school in 1968 in Connecticut
Read moreThe Ghosts of Johns Hopkins: Merchant’s legacy key to progress, problems in Baltimore
In much of the free world, the name Johns Hopkins is almost sacrosanct. The Baltimore merchant/venture capitalist – a powerful
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Taking the plunge in Porto
PORTUGAL — Some of us don’t travel the world looking for bridges to jump from; it only works out that
Read moreIt Never Happened: FBI Negligence and Duplicity Revealed from the Inside Out
The Baltimore Post-Examiner is pleased to present an excerpt from former FBI Special Agent Barbara Van Driel’s book,’It Never Happened:
Read moreCoalescence
I peel leaf-colored clumps from my shovel. The clay carries memories, art class, wonders of the kiln, the rabbi’s head
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The Widow Bixby: Figuring out the legacy of the Civil War’s most famous mother
Lydia Bixby and Abraham Lincoln Introduction Executive Mansion, Washington, Nov. 21, 1864. Dear Madam, I have been shown in the
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The presidential scholar drips delicate fingers down his chin. With smooth, white, Ivy-infused certitude, he promises. Our institutions are strong.
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Savage Liberty
The Baltimore Post-Examiner is pleased to present an excerpt from Eliot Pattison’s book Savage Liberty, set during the American Revolutionary War. Booklist
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