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Remembering Greg Novik and his ‘Outer Child’

by Michael Olesker | 11 hours ago | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker

Greg Novik first unveiled his bagels in public on Jan. 30, 1989, at my father’s shiva. This was typical of Greg. He always brought life to places of silence or sadness. He did it for nearly three decades at Greg’s Bagels, the shop he and his wife, Kathy, opened at...

A Teachable Moment About Compromise

by Charlie Levine | 12 hours ago | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Opinion

Compromise: a middle state between conflicting opinions or actions reached by mutual concession or modification. As most of us eagerly waited to see how our national anthem “issues” played out recently before the NFL game between the Baltimore Ravens and the...

White House IQ Chatter Seems Lacking in Intelligence

by Michael Olesker | Oct 11, 2017 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker

President Donald Trump wishes to compare his IQ with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who reportedly called his boss, the leader of the free world, “a moron.” This makes many people think of empty schoolyard boasting. It makes me think of something called...

Need to Know for Oct. 10

by JMORE Staff | Oct 10, 2017 | Blogs, Need to Know

World Mental Health Day, Harvey Weinstein, Gal Gadot and more World Mental Health Day Today is World Mental Health Day, which aims to raise awareness about mental health issues around the world and mobilize efforts to support mental health. This year’s theme is mental...

Where Did All the Festivals and Fairs Go?

by Michael Olesker | Oct 9, 2017 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker

Last weekend’s Fells Point Fun Festival didn’t get much news coverage, naturally, due to a thoughtless lack of shootings. As they say in the journalism biz, if it doesn’t bleed, it doesn’t lead. Nope, not much to report from the foot of Broadway except uncountable...

OH! S.N.A.P. Spay. Neuter. Adopt. Protect.

by Deborah Stone | Oct 6, 2017 | Blogs, Critter Corner

When change saves lives They say change is hard. But it’s really not the change that’s most difficult. The biggest hurdle is deciding to change. Once you do that, you’re on your way. This is a story about a decision to change the Baltimore County Animal Shelter...

Need to Know for Oct. 5

by JMORE Staff | Oct 5, 2017 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Need to Know

Scary clowns, Mark Cuban and the demise of Black Friday Jerusalem Mayor Sends Message to Las Vegas Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat sent a letter of sympathy and support to the Jewish mayor of Las Vegas, Carolyn Goodman, in the aftermath of the mass shooting in her city. At...

Fear, Loathing and Lunacy in Las Vegas … and Baltimore

by Michael Olesker | Oct 4, 2017 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker

In Las Vegas, they tell us, the number of the dead has now reached 59 and the number of wounded more than 500. But these are merely fractions. Every victim was attached at the heart to parents and children, to sisters and brothers. The numbers of these victims are not...

Need to Know for Oct. 3

by JMORE Staff | Oct 3, 2017 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Need to Know

Las Vegas Massacre, Nobel Prize, Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon and more Shooting in Las Vegas At least 59 people were killed as the result of what is being called the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The attack took place Sunday night on the Las Vegas strip....

Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Empire Proved to be a Mixed Bag

by Michael Olesker | Oct 2, 2017 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, Michael Olesker

When the news arrived last week that Playboy founder and publisher Hugh Hefner died at 91, no doubt with a smile on his face, some people around here remembered the old Playboy Club on Light Street. I remembered Sharon Peyton. She was Sharon Bernstein back in the...