. McKELDIN SQUARE IS SCENE OF CEREMONIAL LIGHTING LIKE A MARYLAND MACCABEE By Alan Z. Forman Having evicted Occupy Baltimore protesters from the city’s Inner Harbor under cover of darkness Dec. 13, the Mayor of Baltimore Tuesday night ceremoniously re-took McKeldin Square by lighting a three-story-high Hanukkah menorah the way the Maccabees did in Jerusalem […]

. MEISTER DESCRIBED AS ‘UNWITTING TOOL’ OF MARYLAND POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT A provocateur intending to cause trouble — Allegation regarding blogger Meister By Alan Z. Forman When blogger Adam Meister took it upon himself to single-handedly attack the anti-establishment Conaway Family, which is headed by Baltimore’s chief Circuit Court clerk, it’s unlikely the Reservoir Hill activist […]

  LOCAL SECURITY GUARD  WIRES DEPOSIT FOR NEW-IN-THE-BOX LARGE PLASMA TV AT PRICE THAT’S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE Classified ads used to fleece unwitting buyers; Consumer Protection Division refuses to help By Alan Z. Forman How would you like to buy a new-in-the-box never-been-used 65-inch flat-screen plasma TV for under $400? Sound too good […]

  NOTED ACADEMIC CITES BENEFITS OF  CLASSIC  GREEK  PHILOSOPHY By Anthony C. Hayes You’re driving in the fast lane of a busy four-lane highway when you see a sign announcing your exit is two miles ahead. Question:  Do you, (a) Turn on your directional signal and leisurely begin to move to the right, taking care […]

  WAR MEMORIAL  ON GAY STREET IS SCENE OF INAUGURAL EVENT Prospective gubernatorial candidates Ken Ulman and Anthony G. Brown joined Stephanie Rawlings-Blake as the newly inaugurated mayor swore in the 71st Baltimore City Council Thursday morning at the cavernous War Memorial which faces City Hall on Gay Street. Blake herself was inaugurated Tuesday for […]