When the Pride of Baltimore II, “America’s Star-Spangled Ambassador,” sails into the waters of Baltimore’s outer harbor, it passes two land-based forts. On its portside is Fort (William) Smallwood;

With the bone-chilling memory of another brutal winter still fresh in mind, consider for a moment: Would you invite a secretive, shoeless old stranger into your home on a

In the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign from hell, the name of Adolf Hitler has been repeatedly invoked. Hysterical comparisons have been made between the German dictator  and the billionaire real

The novelist known for her steamy stories of, gangsters, Hollywood and celebrity sin, has died today of breast cancer. Jackie Collins had her first novel, The World is Full of

Jason Tinney's words will transport you.  His new story collection, Ripple Meets the Deep, has such power and raw beauty; it is hard to forget his images. I fall to

“It was sex that rotted him. It was sex, sex, sex, sex, sex all the way with Crowley. He was a sex maniac!”- Vittoria Cremers John Lennon, Timothy Leary, Iggy

Gerry Sandusky’s book, “Forgotten Sundays: A Son’s Story of Life, Loss, and Love from the Sidelines of the NFL,” is one darn good read. Baltimoreans know Gerry primarily from

Singer Amy Grant once observed that, in her experience, “...people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion”. As a US intelligence officer, author Tom Glenn

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