COLORFUL, LARGER THAN LIFE FOOTBALL STAR WAS WELL-LIKED BALTIMORE COLTS LINEMAN A-Rod did other dopers a favor by getting caught   By David Maril   While wondering if the biggest Maryland non-story of the decade was Gov. Martin O’Malley’s recent announcement he wants to run for president, it’s interesting to note the following:   […]

  IF WE HADN’T DONE WHAT WE DID, ‘IT  WOULD HAVE BEEN  WORSE’ IS NEW MILLENNIUM MANTRA   By David Maril   If you make decisions, you no longer have to admit when you are wrong. It’s always been rare for people, whether they are powerful leaders or at the bottom of the political ladder […]

  POLITICIANS LACK GUTS TO IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE  GASOLINE  CONSERVATION   By David Maril   Now that finding a service station around Baltimore that sells gasoline for $3.50 a gallon is considered a terrific bargain, we have to wonder at what point Americans will become conditioned to paying $4 and even $5. Sure, short-term relief occasionally surfaces, briefly dropping […]

  MANY ATTEMPT TO AVOID CIVIC  RESPONSIBILITY   UPDATE (July 24th): On Wednesday the mother of Voice of Baltimore’s managing editor received a Baltimore City jury summons.  She died in 1993.   By David Maril   Most of us complain when that notice arrives de- claring we may have to fulfill our civic duty as […]

  TWELFTH ANNUAL ‘VOICE OF BALTIMORE’ COMPETITION CONCLUDES WITH 2 WINNERS: ONE MALE, ONE FEMALE Final  at Padonia Station sports club in Timonium features 18 singers participating in 5-hour event   The twelfth annual “Voice of Baltimore” singing competition concluded at Padonia Station in Timonium this week with the first-ever dual winners, one male, one […]