NEVER HAVE SO MANY LIGHTWEIGHTS DECIDED IN A SINGLE ELECTION TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT If Hillary Clinton occupies the White House, will she ever hold a press conference? REASONABLY PRICED MARC TRAIN SERVICE BETWEEN BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON IS EFFICIENT, AND GAINING POPULARITY   By David Maril   While wondering if a White House with […]

  A Voice of Baltimore Feature, an excerpt from ROOBY TAWR, a novel in progress set in mid-20th Century Charm City By Joel Foreman In the months before the U.S. entry into WWI, Reuben Michael’s old man decided the teenager had enough schooling and apprenticed him to a German-American plumber named Max Rudiger. It didn’t […]

  Margo Christie, first-time author of the semi-autobiographical novel These Days: A Tale of Nostalgia on a Burlesque Strip, grew up performing on Baltimore’s once-famous “Block” before moving in 1999 to Denver, where she recently got married, and is now moving again, this time to Tampa.  She reviews for Voice of Baltimore first-time novelist Nickolas […]

  ESCAPE FROM REALITY, AND VACATION WIN OUT OVER HONORING SACRIFICES MADE BY THOSE IN THE U.S. MILITARY Hollywood offers one of strongest remaining links to recognition of America’s war heroes MEMORIAL DAY SALES ABOUND   By David Maril   It’s easy to lose sight of what we are commemorating on Memorial Day weekend. With […]

  BALTIMORE BEFORE THE 1950s WAS A SEGREGATED SOUTHERN TOWN THAT HAS INTEGRATED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL Race, poverty and turmoil in the mix (A personal perspective)   —————   —————   —————   NEW MILLENNIUM ‘CHARM CITY’ IS NOT THE RACIALLY BIASED REGION OF THE EARLY-MID 20th CENTURY An age long gone when children walked to school, when […]