The following letter was received from Michael Perrone, Jr. of Belcamp, MD: I would like to offer an analogy that I believe accurately illustrates the current state of health care costs in this country. Think of our health insurance system as a house in the middle of a hurricane. Water is coming in through every […]
Havre de Grace’s Juanita L. Warman Among 13 Killed In Fort Hood Shooting
Havre de Grace resident Juanita L. Warman was among the 13 people killed in Thursday’s shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, according to national media reports. While Warman and the dozen others who died in Thursday’s attack have not yet been officially named by the Department of Defense, their names, Warman’s included, are slowly filtering […]
Weekend Movie Report: Carols & Creatures, Coaches, Coco, & Clooney
Reviews A Christmas Carol (Disney) The Stab: Visually spectacular, then some more—to the point of monotony. A scary story more than a Holiday moralistic tale, with emotional resonance suffocated by its showy display. Stuffed fuller than a Christmas goose, Disney’s animated adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale is overlong, overstated, and overindulgent. We all know […]
Tea Parties “Storm the Capitol” Over Health Care
Bel Air Tea Party organizer Tony Passaro loaded up two charter buses in the parking lot of the Harford County Government building in Bel Air this morning, headed for a health care protest in Washington D. C. Passaro said he had about 100 people, whom he called “The Old Maryland Line”, ready to join a […]
BGE Customers May Get $100 Credit Under State Agency Ruling (UPDATED 11/2)
The state Public Service Commission on Friday approved the $4.5 billion sale of half of Baltimore-based Constellation Energy’s nuclear business to French company EDF, on the condition that the company gives a one-time credit of approximately $100 to every Baltimore Gas and Electric residential ratepayer by next March. In an order released Friday afternoon, the […]
Weekend Movie Report: A Serious Man Means Business, Amelia Means Very Little
Reviews A Serious Man (Focus Features) The Stab: Rich with style and substance. Moves slowly but holds strong. A must-see for serious filmgoers. This darkly ironic comedy will make you go “huh” a lot more than “ha ha”—unless you are one to find humor in another’s misery. Larry Gopnik is steadily losing the reins on […]
‘Where the Wild Things Are’ Thrives and Falters on Its Childlike Essence
The film adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s beloved story Where the Wild Things Are is ambitious, built from a mere eighteen illustrations and ten (grammatically-flexible) sentences. Sendak promotes childhood escapism from a world of increasing anxiety, and Spike Jonze’s film vibrantly honors this spirit. The world weighs heavily on Max, our rambunctious young protagonist. He is […]
In ‘Couples Retreat,’ There’s Trouble in Paradise
Three sets of slackening spouses pack up and ship off to “Eden,” a tropical marriage rehab resort, to try to strengthen their holy unions. Actually, only one couple, played by a frigid Jason Bateman and Kristen Bell in business-class chic, hopes to rediscover marital bliss. The others attend at the promise of paradise and to […]
