Michael Olesker
Trump’s Racist Tweets Evoke Memories of Baltimore’s Painful Past
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?...
Remembering the Achievement of Apollo 11 and the Need for Poetic Description
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’
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....
Ross Perot Dies, But the Soundbite Lives On and On
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
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....
MAD Magazine Brought a Sense of Anarchy to White-Bread America
For post-war baby boomers too old for Walt Disney comics but too young for the anatomy lessons awaiting us in the pages of Playboy, MAD magazine was our interim secular bible. It wasn’t just a comic book, it was our cultural reference guide. Along with the laughs came...
Ron Matz Was So Much More than ‘Just Another Manic Monday’
In his half-century career, Ron Matz shared microphones with the gods of local radio and television. He broke in at WFBR radio with funny jocks like The Flying Dutchman and Johnny Walker and Commander Jim Morton, and created an enduring funky sideshow character of his...
The High Price of ‘French Benefits’ and ‘Erotic Driving’ in America
In one of his routine linguistic miracles, it was George W. Bush who famously declared, “Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?” In answer to the former president, I always think of Wilson Watson. He taught students at Catonsville Community College...
At Debate, Kamala Harris Shines a Light on Race and Economics
There came a couple of times in the second televised Democratic presidential debate on June 27 when the candidates approached something that felt like actual drama. Once, Sen. Kamala Harris of California turned it into the best quip of the night. And once, she turned...Upcoming Events
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