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Phoenix Speech Assumes America No Longer Has A Memory

by Michael Olesker | Aug 23, 2017 | Blogs, Michael Olesker

President Donald J. Trump apparently mistook the bully pulpit for a psychiatrist’s couch in his speech in Phoenix on Tuesday night, and therefore engaged in 77 minutes of pure primal therapy. America grapples with its endless overseas wars, so Trump follows Monday...

Does Historical Preservation Include a bin Laden Shrine?

by Dan Stevens | Aug 23, 2017 | Blogs, Opinion

Confederate statues are a hot topic following the recent tragic events in Charlottesville, Va., wherein the movement to preserve the legacy of the Confederacy claimed another life in Heather Heyer. While these events have caused many to question their place in modern...

Need to Know for Aug. 22

by JMORE Staff | Aug 22, 2017 | Blogs, Need to Know

War rages on, anti-Semitism in U.K. and U.S., Ravens field trip and more More War in Afghanistan On Aug. 21, President Donald Trump presented a strategy for resolving the 16-year-old conflict in Afghanistan. In a nationally televised prime-time speech to troops at...

We Never Stopped Missing Jerry Lewis’ Early Clown

by Michael Olesker | Aug 21, 2017 | Blogs, Michael Olesker

To all those who hadn’t gotten themselves born yet when Jerry Lewis created mid-20th century comic anarchy with a singer named Dean Martin, all the current media coverage surrounding Lewis’ death may seem terribly overplayed. It isn’t. Martin and Lewis weren’t just a...

Need to Know for Aug. 17

by JMORE Staff | Aug 17, 2017 | Blogs, Need to Know

Ben Jealous, Arnold Schwarzenegger and the D.C. Sniper Ben Jealous Arrested The ex-NAACP president and 2018 gubernatorial candidate was among a group of 27 people arrested on Aug. 15 for protesting against the Trump administration’s immigration policies outside the...

Distinguishing Between Permits and Prejudice

by Michael Olesker | Aug 16, 2017 | Blogs, Michael Olesker

Donald Trump, Republican president of the United States, meet Larry Hogan, Republican governor of Maryland. And while we’re at it, say hello to Catherine Pugh, Democratic mayor of Baltimore. Trump wants us to distinguish between the racist and Jew-hating bigots who...

Need to Know for Aug. 15

by JMORE Staff | Aug 15, 2017 | Blogs, Need to Know

Charlottesville violence, ‘The Daily Stormer,’ Conan O’Brien and a total solar eclipse Condemning the Charlottesville Violence In addition to several Jewish leaders and organizations condemning the white supremacist rally that took place in Charlottesville, Va., on...

Sorry Mr. President, The Damage is Done

by Michael Olesker | Aug 14, 2017 | Blogs, Michael Olesker

So now we know the marvelous courage and the full level of moral leadership of President Donald Trump: He’s brave enough to criticize Meryl Streep and Rosie O’Donnell by name, but he trembles before condemning those who would lynch black people and murder Jews by the...

Charlottesville and ‘Many Sides’

by Scott Rifkin, MD | Aug 14, 2017 | Blogs, Publisher's Note

The events in Charlottesville were shocking. The events pursuant to the riot and terrorist act by a white supremacist were even more ominous. First, let’s state the obvious. An emboldened white supremacist group decided to hold a march in a quiet college town to...

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

by Deborah Stone | Aug 11, 2017 | Blogs, Critter Corner, ONLINE ONLY

He’s known as the Cat Daddy, an expert in helping “cats find their mojo.” His name is Jackson Galaxy, and he’s the host of Animal Planet’s “My Cat From Hell.” So, what does this cat whisperer have to do with two shelters in the Baltimore area? Plenty. Jackson Galaxy...