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The Mauritanian is chilling During a recent NPR interview with Sam Sanders for the Da 5 Bloods press junket, director Spike Lee alluded to something I’d never really considered, and maybe that makes me culturally illiterate; Hollywood’s propensity for making “victorious” Vietnam War films is a type of mass wish fulfillment, rooted in America’s unconscious desire for a second shot at a war that was such an obvious, unambiguous blunder in real life.    In some ways, a similar principle applies to 9/11 cinema, if that can now be considered a proper genre of film. Whether or not you ...

NORWALK, Conn. — Some Norwalk political notes for you: Rilling tells City departments to cut more from budgets Equity and Justice for All Commission launch imminent, Rilling says Explaining tax assessment appeal refunds   Plan B? Mayor Harry Rilling has instructed City departments to shave their budgets for the upcoming fiscal year by .5%, which equates to cutting $5,000 from every $1 million they have planned to spend. This will further lower the appropriations cap set by the Common Council, which was $1 million lower than recommended by Chief Financial Officer Henry Dachowitz. “We thin...

State Roundup: Republicans revive violent crime measures as police reforms pass Senate MarylandReporter file photo REPUBLICANS REVIVE VIOLENT CRIME PACKAGE: House and Senate Republican leaders unveiled a series of bills Wednesday aimed at addressing violent crime in the state, Bryan Renbaum reports for Maryland Reporter. The proposals include measures that would increase penalties for those who use a firearm during the commission of a crime, classify the theft of a firearm as a felony, increase the amount of jail time that prisoners must serve before they are eligible for parole, and establis...

Ice rescue training by Howard County Fire and Rescue Services on Lake Elkhorn in Columbia. From the department's Facebook page HOGAN INFRASTRUCTURE TESTIMONY ON HILL GETS PUSH BACK: Gov. Larry Hogan emphasized Maryland’s commitment to transportation infrastructure improvements in his virtual testimony to lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning Bryan Renbaum reports for Maryland Reporter. During his time as chair of the National Governors Association from July 2019 to August 2020, he spearheaded a nationwide initiative aimed at improving the country’s roads and highways and transp...

State Roundup: More than 1M doses of Covid-19 vaxx delivered to Marylanders; expansion of tax credit to non-citizens moves forward over GOP objections Photo by NickyPe on Pixabay 1M+ DOSES GIVEN IN STATE: Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter writes that Maryland’s health care providers have administered more than 1 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine, Gov. Larry Hogan said Friday. “Even with this good news, this will continue to be a long process for many more months before enough vaccines will be available,” Hogan said in a 2-minute video. M&T STADIUM VAXX CANCELED FOR THOUSANDS: Th...