Police Training and the Mercenarization of US Warfare in the war on terror
University of Tulsa History professor Jeremy Kuzmarov earlier this year gave a presentation titled, “Police Training and the Mercenarization of US Warfare in the War on Terror,” which was based on his latest book, Modernizing Repression: Police Training and Nation Building in the […]
Police Training and the Mercenarization of US Warfare in the war on terror
By Richard Concepcion
University of Tulsa History professor Jeremy Kuzmarov earlier this year gave a presentation titled, “Police Training and the Mercenarization of US Warfare in the War on Terror,” which was based on his latest book, Modernizing Repression: Police Training and Nation Building in the […]
Edgar Allan Poe Book Review: A Life Cut Short
Edgar Allan Poe is back in the news. One of his homes, now a museum at 203 Amity Street in West Baltimore, will reopen temporarily today. The non-profits operating
Sports Books: The Austerity Olympics
(British runner Stan Cox competing in the 1948 Olympics.) As the Washington-Baltimore region makes another run at staging an Olympiad after a failed 2012 bid, costs in the $4 - $6
Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography From Grantham to the Falklands
Love of the Jews can be as unexpected and profound a moral mystery as unreasoning hatred of them: Until Margaret Thatcher ran for parliament in Finchley in London in
Gripping Saga of Isaac Rice, a Runaway Slave, is a Hero’s Journey
[“First Dark: A Buffalo Soldier’s Story,” by Bob Rogers, 586 pp, Booklocker.com, Incorporated, $24.99] The year is 1863. The month is May. The Civil War, America’s Holocaust, is raging like
Flickering Treasures: Book talk with author and photojournalist Amy Davis
Journalist Amy Davis discussed Tuesday her book-in-progress, “Flickering Treasures: Rediscovering Baltimore’s Forgotten Movie Theaters.” She presented a slide show of some of vintage photos of the once-grand movie theaters
Elizabeth Hazen’s poem selected for ‘Best American Poetry 2013’
Elizabeth Hazen has received the honor of having one of her poems selected for a prestigious national publication, “Best American Poetry 2013.” Hazen is an educator who lives in Towson. She
Low Budget Hell: Making Underground Movies with John Waters (Book Review)
"John Waters learned to make movies by watching movies!" - Robert Maier Back in the early 80s, I was penning a political column for Baltimore's weekly City Paper. Its office
Wyclef Jean talks life and music
Haitian-born musician, actor and producer, Wyclef Jean, was in Baltimore on Sept. 19, 2012, promoting his biography, "Purpose: An Immigrant's Story." He gave a talk, performed some hip-hop/rap, conducted
Book talk with Rafael Alvarez
On the evening of Tuesday, September 18, 2012, author Rafael Alvarez talked about, and signed, his latest book, "The Tuerk House." The event was held in the Poe Room