Baltimore City Paper

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Christopher Myers

NEWS

Accident Prone: City Council Members Push Bill to Ban Transport of Hazardous Materials Through Baltimore | Mobtown Beat by Stephen Janis

Dirt Hill Park: Anonymous Complainers Sic Regulators on Clipper Mill Project | Mobtown Beat by Van Smith

Higher Calling: A lawyer-cum-jeweler from New Orleans has declared his write-in candidacy for the recently vacated bishopric of Rome. | Quick and Dirty by Gadi Dechter

Read Our Lips: More New Taxes!: Some people think property-tax assessments in Baltimore’s gentrifying Mount Vernon neighborhood are too low. | The Nose

Prisoners of Bureaucracy: The RESTART Program May Transform Maryland’s Penitentiaries--If Sinking Staff Morale and Increased Violence Don’t Do It First | Feature by Edward Ericson Jr.

The Mail | Murder Ink

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COLUMNS

Machine Politics: No matter how many times Gov. Robert Ehrlich yuks it up with the guys on WBAL, he’s got to deliver. | Political Animal by Brian Morton

The Wages of Death: If they had cell-phone cams when JC got nailed to that cross, you can bet your ass some putz would be snappin’ away. | Mr. Wrong by Joe MacLeod

Always Low Interference: Wal-Mart Chief Executive H. Lee Scott Jr. claims that when a new store is opened the company receives “10 times more applicants than it has jobs” and can’t justify higher wages because of low profit margins. | Right Field by Russ Smith

Sister Blister: ...Since he only sees her in the daytime and he’s with me every night, and since she’s not asking him to leave me, he hopes I’ll be reasonable and accept the situation. | Think Mink by Mink Stole

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COMICS

Lulu Eightball: by Emily Flake

Sheet Comics: by The Hussey Bros.

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ARTS

Defending Edgar: In a New Biography, a Southern Scholar Tries to Polish the Dark Reputation of Baltimore’s Favorite Literary Son | Books by J. Bowers

Seen and Heard: BMA’s New Cram Sessions Show Asks, “Don’t You Wonder Sometimes About Sound and Vision?” | Art by Gadi Dechter

Goodbye, Goodness by Sam Brumbaugh | Review by Violet LeVoit

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell | Review by Angie Drobnic Holan

The Essential Hip Mama: Writing from the Cutting by Ariel Gore, editor | Review by Anna Ditkoff

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