Michael Olesker
Russia Must Admit to Meddling in the 2016 Elections
In June, when we last voted in Maryland’s primary elections, the great thinkers in government gave us paper ballots. Intentional or not, this felt like a poke in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s eye. You want to hack American computers and poison our...
Losses Beyond the Mere Playing of Baseball Games
The worst thing about the Baltimore Orioles’ record this year might not be their embarrassing abundance of losses against wins. It’s the number of fans at the ballpark disguised as empty seats. The Orioles now rank 23rd in attendance among all Major League Baseball...
Let’s All Be Frank on this 4th of July
You want to celebrate America’s 242nd birthday with a little more patriotic gesture than a Fourth of July mattress sale? Hike yourself over to YouTube and type in “Frank Sinatra: The House I Live In.” You never heard of this? Try it, it’ll do your heart good. The film...
Annapolis and The Legitimization of Raw Antagonism
In all the years I worked for daily newspapers, we had an unbending rule about readers wishing to express themselves in public. They had to show the courage of their convictions by attaching their name to their words. All Letters to the Editor had to be confirmed with...
Can Gov. Larry Hogan Defy History and Win a 2nd Term?
With his easy victory in Tuesday’s Republican primary election, Gov. Larry Hogan has a chance to do what no one has done over the past six decades. He could become the first Republican since Theodore McKeldin to win election to a second term as Maryland’s...
Rest in Peace, Ghost of Philip Roth
The two women, suffocating from the strictures of Orthodox Judaism and their own sexual needs, turn to each other for fresh air. Their love scenes, all hands and mouths and bare skin, are pretty hot stuff. Last month, you could hear the entire Charles Theatre audience...
On Election Day, Sort Out the Legitimate Contenders from the Jokers
In this week of primary elections, memory summons a distant time, another election season, and a character named Byron Roberts from a Baltimore daily newspaper long vanished, called The News American. Roberts was a re-write man who resembled the movie actor Gig Young....
Elijah Cummings and the Power of Prayer
Nearly two decades ago, in the heart of Bill Clinton’s troubles over Monica Lewinsky, I bumped into Rep. Elijah Cummings. He talked about prayer. I remembered it this week, when Cummings thundered and shouted, and demanded a better America. To me, it sounded something...
Lies and Blasphemy Prop Up America’s New Immigration Policies
Many of us, watching the systematic separation of sobbing children from their distraught parents, are asking a simple question today: Is this still our beloved country? Is this the America of a lifetime of inspirational story and song? Is it still the America of open...Upcoming Events
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all-day Artscape 2018 @ MICA Campus
Artscape 2018 @ MICA Campus 
Jul 20 – Jul 22 all-day
Artscape goes back to the basics this year with a focus on ART. Special events include a Silent Disco, Squonk Opera’s Pneumatica, art installations, an artist-run art fair, free pedicab rides, comedy from Baltimore Improv[...]
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7:30 pm World Acappela: Iberi Choir of G... @ B'nai Israel Congregation
World Acappela: Iberi Choir of G... @ B'nai Israel Congregation 
Jul 26 @ 7:30 pm
This concert is another in the continuing series of sacred music inside B’nai Israel’s majestic sanctuary, sponsored by the Creative Alliance and B’nai Israel Congregation with the generous support of the Jacob & Hilda Blaustein[...]
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8:00 pm David Byrne @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
David Byrne @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
Jul 28 @ 8:00 pm
The former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne is getting rave reviews for his choreographed 12-piece “American Utopia” show. The CD (which was included with every ticket purchased) is pretty excellent, as well. This IS your[...]
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