Blogs & Opinion

Mark Millikin’s New Book Captures a Watershed Moment in our Cultural History

by Michael Olesker | Jul 19, 2019 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker

Mark R. Millikin’s new book, “The Joy and Heartache of Our 1960s Music” (Saint Johann Press), takes us back to “The Great Change-Over,” when America was moving from Perry Como to Elvis Presley, from The Four Lads to The Four Tops, from Frankie Laine to Frankie Valli...

Why did Kellyanne Conway Ask Jewish Journalist Andrew Feinberg about his Ethnicity?

by Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA | Jul 17, 2019 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion

What was Kellyanne Conway trying to say when asking a Jewish reporter, “What’s your ethnicity?” During a press gaggle on July 16 at the White House, Breakfast Media correspondent Andrew Feinberg asked the White House counselor a question about President Donald Trump’s...

Trump’s Racist Tweets Evoke Memories of Baltimore’s Painful Past

by Michael Olesker | Jul 17, 2019 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker, Uncategorized

When President Donald Trump recently told four Democratic congresswomen to “go home,” nobody needed simultaneous translation. It’s a hurtful taunt that says, “This is my America, not yours. You don’t belong here.” The taunt goes back years and years. How many years?...

Finding a Job Requires Hard Work, Determination and an Investment of Time

by JCS Career Center | Jul 15, 2019 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Life@Work

“How much time should I spend looking for a job?” Good question! Most job hunters are not spending nearly enough time doing the many tasks required to land the jobs they desire. If you are currently unemployed, looking for a job is your new full-time job. ...

Remembering the Achievement of Apollo 11 and the Need for Poetic Description

by Michael Olesker | Jul 15, 2019 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker

Fifty years ago this week, when men from Earth first landed on the moon, I was somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, where it was the middle of the night. So naturally, despite all the drama, I fell asleep. This puts me in something of a minority, since there...

It’s Time to Reestablish Baltimore as ‘the Monumental City’

by Michael Olesker | Jul 12, 2019 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker

There’s a steady drumbeat building around here to preserve the boyhood home of jazz great Cab Calloway. The old rowhouse sits in the 2200 block of Druid Hill Avenue, not exactly an urban paradise, and it’s scheduled to be demolished by the city’s housing department....

Guaranteed to Raise a Smile

by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Jul 11, 2019 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

Several years ago, the phone rang suddenly in my office. It was an aide to former Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, that pillar of Old Line State politics known in some circles as “the Little General in Pearls” due to her diminutive-yet-commanding presence and jewelry...

Joining the New Leaders

by Scott Rifkin, MD | Jul 11, 2019 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Publisher's Note

Dear Readers, Our issue this month covers young influencers in our community. It seems this might be a great time to turn over our society to a new generation. It would be hard to claim that those of us in our 50s and 60s have been great stewards of our...

Ross Perot Dies, But the Soundbite Lives On and On

by Michael Olesker | Jul 10, 2019 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker

As Ross Perot goes to his grave, I think back to the summer of 1992 when the Texas billionaire ran for president and came to Maryland, and tried to pull a fast one on everybody. In other words, Perot, who died July 9 at age 89, tried the same con as every other...

Bob Moskowitz: A Slice Above the Rest

by Michael Olesker | Jul 9, 2019 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker

So I’m sitting at Lenny’s Deli, in the little strip mall at Reisterstown and McDonogh roads, where the corned beef is running nicely and an old high school teacher, Bob Moskowitz, is saying farewell to Baltimore. And, never to be minimized, to decent delicatessen....