PERSONAL TOUCH  REPLACED BY PENNY-PINCH MENTALITY, COST-SAVING TECHNOLOGY Unhappy, stressed out bank president opts to become a carefree bus driver   By David Maril   Saturday a Bloomberg News story appeared in the Baltimore Sun alleging that Bank of America had been rewarding employees with bonuses for meeting mortgage quotas on foreclosures, steering customers into […]

  THREE JHU WOMEN  WERE PROMOTING SEX-TOY SHOP ‘SUGAR’ ON W. 36th ST.   UPDATE:  Photographer Bill Hughes chronicled the HonFest. See his montage below (click on Read more » at end of story).   Three Johns Hopkins University students stripped down to bras and leotards at the annual Hampden HonFest this past weekend to […]

EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT MONITORING OF ALL TELEPHONES & CELLPHONES WOULD  BE  A  HERCULEAN TASK Why do people talk so loud on cellphones, disturbing  everyone  in  public  places?   By David Maril   It’s unnerving in our democracy when the first confirmations surface that the government, in the name of defense against terrorism, relies on expanded surveillance of […]

  TWELVE LOCAL AREA SINGERS COMPETE AS POPULAR TIMONIUM SPORTS CLUB KICKS OFF 2013 CONTEST IN STYLE   The 12th annual “Voice of Baltimore” singing competition at Padonia Station sports bar and restaurant kicked off Monday night in Timonium as 12 local area singers gave first-rate performances, thrilling a large contingent of club patrons and […]

  POLITICIANS ARE QUICK TO FORGET: THEY CAN’T CONTROL REPORTING, THE  MEDIA  GETS  LAST WORD Bachmann et al vanish from public view as Mayor of Baltimore hypes gambling; MLB Interleague excitement wears off DOES DONALD TRUMP OWN A HAT?   By David Maril   While watching U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder back-pedal away from the […]