Posts Tagged ‘Maryland’
John Feinstein, R.I.P.
NOTE: My longtime friend and fabled sportswriter John Feinstein died suddenly on March 13 of an apparent heart attack. I wrote this appreciation for the Washington Independent Review of Books.…
Read MoreBreaking News! University Founders Owned Slaves!
I’m Shocked! Shocked! The University of Maryland’s founders owned slaves. “A report by the state’s flagship university explores the institution’s connections to slavery,” reads the key on the Feb. 26…
Read More“Bigger than Watergate”
“Bigger than Watergate!” The Watergate scandal and the Washington Post reporting (thanks. Bob and Carl) that brought down a president seemed like the apex of journalistic enterprise and achievement in…
Read MoreWhat’s Up With December 2?
What is it about December 2? Well, on this day in history: Britney Spears was born in 1981. The movie classic “Casablanca” was released in 1941.The Ford Model A was…
Read More“Lest We Forget” and “Content Warning!”
Lest we forget Today, Nov. 11, is Armistice Day, or at least that’s what it was called before it became in the U.S. Veterans Day and, then, thanks to the…
Read MoreFind Hope, Harmony, and Goodwill in “Hidden Maryland”
Couldn’t we all use a little Hope, Harmony, and Goodwill? Lord knows, these are trying times. Times of war, global warming… and who knows what lurks in the future to…
Read MoreR.I.P. Winfield M. Kelly, Jr., AKA Mr. Prince George’s
For many years, Winfield M. Kelly, Jr. was a newsmaker, a homegrown success story in then majority-white blue collar Prince George’s County, Md. abutting the District of Columbia. He was…
Read More“Favorite Regional Reads…that say DMV to me.”
I am honored to have had two of my Maryland books on the Washington Independent Review of Books’ list of “favorite regional reads” and “books that say DMV to me.”…
Read MoreNo place for old men
The elderly Black gentleman in a suit jacket, high neck collar and overcoat approached the front steps to the Tastee Diner in downtown Silver Spring the other Wednesday afternoon, on…
Read MoreHappy New Year from “Hidden Maryland”
State of Play – Washingtonian “A new book offers a fun look at Maryland’s quirkier corners.” So says Washingtonian magazine in the Capital Comment section of its January issue, reporting…
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