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General manager Mike Elias took accountability for the Orioles’ dreadful start to the season, but that is just a small step toward fixing the problem.
Kyle Goon: Owning the Orioles’ ugly start isn’t enough. Mike Elias needs to try to save the season.
Acknowledging this shortcoming is only a tiptoe toward redemption for Elias and this front office, who need to amp up their ambition before it's too late.
Commentary: It was already hard for teachers. Then Trump took office.
Students are expected to thrive even as the federal government has instituted hundreds of millions of dollars in education cuts.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth walks alongside Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, academy superintendent, during his visit to the U.S. Naval Academy on April 1, 2025.
Should Naval Academy leader push back on Trump’s book ban? 600 grads say yes.
In an open letter to Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, hundreds of Naval Academy grads cited the decision to remove 381 books from the library catalogue as the latest sign that she isn’t fulfilling her duty to protect a diversity of ideas.
Portrait of a silver back gorilla standing in the typical pose on legs and hands
Why do we care if 100 men can beat a gorilla?
There has been a question going around about whether 100 men could take down one silverback gorilla. I needed to know why that would be anything to care about in the first place.
FILE - As President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton mark the 20th anniversary of the AmeriCorps national service program, hundreds of new volunteers are sworn in for duty at a ceremony, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
Letter: Cutting AmeriCorps weakens future leaders we depend on
A letter writer laments the cuts to AmeriCorps, saying the organization is a “quiet force for good” that builds stronger communities, empowers leaders, and provides life-changing service opportunities.

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Baltimore Ravens' Justin Tucker watches from the sidelines during the first half of a preseason NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Baltimore.
Kyle Goon: The Ravens’ backwards explanation for cutting Justin Tucker only shows they can’t be trusted
The Ravens behave like they’re above reproach. That’s simply not good enough.
In 1685, Willem Wissing and Jan van der Vaardt painted the portrait of Anne Stuart, the bride of George Odenberg, Prince of Demark. A decade later, Maryland named Annapolis in her honor.
Annapolis used to be called Arundel Town. Then Anne came along.
In the 330 years since Annapolis got its name on May 8, 1695, there have been mothers and daughters, rebels and beauties, artists and prosecutors. Here's a salute to all the Annes the city of Anne has known.
An attendee checks out the Million Lives Book Festival.
Broken promises, Fyre Festival vibes: A Million Lives Book Festival was a disaster
A Million Lives Book Festival was supposed to celebrate fantasy authors, narrators and influencers at the Baltimore Convention Center last weekend. Instead, they dealt with the book version of Fyre Festival.
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - MAY 03: Ryan Mountcastle #6 of the Baltimore Orioles flips his bat after being called out on strikes in the eighth inning against the Kansas City Royals at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on May 03, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Jon Meoli: Treading water isn’t easy. For the Orioles, it still represents progress.
The Orioles need to stack wins: winning streaks, series wins, winning weeks, winning months. And they need to do so fast.
The Baltimore-Washington Rapid Rail wants to bring a Superconducting Maglev to the Northeast, connecting Baltimore to Washington D.C. and eventually New York.
Letter: Maglev president says environmental review needed to embrace high-speed rail
Bill Scott, president of Northeast Maglev, says a quick finish to the project’s environmental review is necessary to give Marylanders the transportation upgrade they need.

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Signing the Declaration of Independence.
Is it un-American to fear your government? Not if you’ve been paying attention.
Our current American state of affairs and citizens' relationship with the government is a reminder that we’ve always lived in separate countries.
Letter: Private-school voucher programs should be preserved
A letter writer defends private-school vouchers, saying public schools have underperformed and harmed special education students like his brother.
The fortunes of Orioles manager Brandon Hyde, left, and general manager Mike Elias are tied together by the way they have built the team.
Jon Meoli: What Mike Elias’ support for Orioles manager Brandon Hyde really means
To lose faith in Hyde would be losing faith in everything they’ve built together.
Dueling signs about a proposed maglev train are planted outside a library branch in Greenbelt, where elected officials held a meeting opposing the project earlier this month.
Letter: Maglev isn’t the future Maryland needs
Martin Mitchell, a former at-large Laurel City Council member, says the proposed SCMaglev train will be expensive, unfriendly to commuters, inequitable, and will travel through protected land.
National Lutheran Communities & Services plans to build it's new retirement community in an Annapolis forest.
After 15 years, the saga of Crystal Spring is ending in Annapolis. Was the fight worth it?
As the story of Crystal Spring and The Village at Providence Point nears its end, there is a lesson from the last remaining forest in Annapolis.

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The Maryland Sigil at the Old Courthouse during a Baltimore County Council meeting in Towson.
Letter: ‘Councilmanic courtesy’ means business as usual in Baltimore County land-use decisions
David Plymyer, a former county attorney for Anne Arundel County, says “councilmanic courtesy” in the Baltimore County Council puts a stranglehold development, transportation and housing planning.
Thirty-five years ago this spring, "The Cosby Show's" Vanessa Huxtable came to Baltimore to have Big Fun. It turned out not to be so much fun for her, but it made a very cool salt box design by Juliet Ames.
35 years ago, ‘The Cosby Show’ had ‘big fun’ in Baltimore. We still are.
Vanessa Huxtable of “The Cosby Show” came to Baltimore in 1990 to have “big fun.” It turned out not to be so much fun for her, but it was awesome for us Baltimoreans.
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 22: Brandon Hyde #18 of the Baltimore Orioles walks to the dugout after a pitching change in the sixth inning against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on April 22, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
Jon Meoli: Early deficits are sinking the Orioles. This month might sink the season.
This year’s team has now trailed by four or more runs in 17.9% of their plate appearances, matching a mark set by the dreadful 2019 Orioles.
The Washington Monument is seen on the mall in Washington would be in Maryland if retrocession were ever to happen.
Is Maryland the answer to DC’s MAGA woes? Jamie Raskin says maybe.
When Rep. Jamie Raskin said D.C. should become part of Maryland again, I had to ask. That’ll never happen, right? Then I learned about retrocession.
Orioles first baseman Ryan Mountcastle has one home run and five RBIs through 27 games.
Jon Meoli: Are the Orioles’ offensive struggles really the same as last year’s?
A look at how they’re doing hitting lefties, relying on the home run and with runners on second and third.
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