NEWS
Girl Power: More and More Women Entering City Police Academy | Mobtown Beat by Stephen Janis
High Strung Fashion: Out-Of-State Designers Say a Local “Best” Boutique is Ripping Them Off | Mobtown Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.
Budget Corrections: Governor Proposes Raises For Correctional Officers, But Union Leaders Say More Guards Are Needed, Too | Mobtown Beat by Edward Ericson Jr.
Breaking the Bank: City Councilman Kenneth Harris recently began an investigation of lax city-agency budgeting, in line with a resolution he sponsored in the council to keep closer tabs on city spending. | Quick and Dirty by Stephen Janis
Denied: On Jan. | Quick and Dirty by Van Smith
Balanced, Sustainable: If there’s one thing Gov. | The Nose
Harbor Next: The Homely Middle Branch is Set to Become An Urban Ecotopia (But Don't Talk to Speculators, and Don't Touch the Water) | Feature by Tom Chalkley
Gary Ashbeck: Gary Ashbeck celebrates his 30th birthday this January in Baltimore, living and working at Jonah House on the city’s west side. | Q+A by Edward Ericson Jr.
The Mail | Murder Ink
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COLUMNS
Put Up or Shut Up: A minority party has to offer centrist voters more than derisive slogans to regain power. | Right Field by Russ Smith
Civil Rites: We don our traditional garb for bar mitzvahs and we jump brooms, but once it's all over and the smoke clears, everybody's wearing jeans. | Social Studies by Vincent Williams
We’re All Crooks Here: The phrase "Abramoff gave money to Democrats" has been repeated so much that I'm surprised no one has set it to music. | Political Animal by Brian Morton
Up in Smoke: You may be a wee bit shallow, but you’re not really a bitch... | Think Mink by Mink Stole
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COMICS
Lulu Eightball: by Emily Flake
Shabby Tabby: by Valerie Crosswhite
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ARTS
Fuck Us: Former Charm City Writer Tom D’Antoni Has More Than 10 Things He Hates About Baltimore | Books by Gadi Dechter
Life is Cheap: But Talk is Rich in a Small Community on a Hard-Knock Irish Isle | Stage by John Barry
The Mystery of Edwin Drood: By Rupert Holmes | Stage by Robbie Whelan
Anne B. Mulligan: 1934-2006 | Stage by John Barry
Illustration Man: Celebrating the Legacy of an Artist Who Brought the Intangible to the Page—and Taught Others How To Do It | Art by Bret McCabe
The Great Wines of America: The Top Forty Vinters, Vineyards, and Vintages by Paul Lukacs
| Review by
Tony Ware
Queens: Portraits of Black Women and Their Fabulous Hair by Michael Cunningham and George Alexander
| Review by
Jaye Hunnie
Faith for Beginners by Aaron Hamburger
| Review by
Emily Flake
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