Columns

Despite a worrisome display of hubris at his first staff meeting, I hope David Smith's return of The Baltimore Sun and the Annapolis Capital to local ownership will be good for them and for Maryland journalism as a whole.

How do you survive the next few weeks as the Baltimore NFL team — let’s spell that out, just in case — makes a run for Super Bowl LVIII? Nattering nabobs will be everywhere, going on and on (and on) about Lamar this and Odell that. What can you say to hold up your end of the conversation? I’m here to help, my fellow fair-weather football fans.

The 26-year-old linebacker is the Ravens' nominee for Walter Payton Man of the Year, but those who have worked with him say his contributions go far beyond the usual.

An unexpected snow day made me, a former Baltimore City Public School kid and now a parent, rethink a lot of things.

The Ravens sacked C.J. Stroud five times in his debut, back in Week 1. But they knew he would become a special player — and now must face him as they take their first step toward returning to the Super Bowl.

Annapolis got hit with major flooding as leaders prepared to take up a plan to protect the city center from storm surge and sunny-day flooding.

Let’s stop misquoting Martin Luther King Jr. as some benign teddy bear of justice and embrace the radical that he was.

Fans in Cleveland were quick to embrace their former foe, and Flacco's Ravens teammates are happy for him ... while also preparing to find a way to beat him if it comes to that.

The decision about where to put oysters paid for by the owners of the Ever Forward may be the opening act in the next great oyster drama on the Chesapeake Bay. As signs that massive oyster reef reconstruction is working abound, where do efforts to rebuild a keystone species go next?

As Bill Belichick and Pete Carroll leave their longtime posts, John Harbaugh is the second-longest tenured NFL coach with his current team. And atop the AFC with a path to another Super Bowl, he's shown at 61 he can change with the times.

The seemingly simple task of not buying new clothes this year is part of a personal push for sustainability, cost savings and creativity.

“Saving Our Service Academies” and “The Academy” should be required reading for Vice Adm. Yvette Davids as she starts her delayed but historic tenure in Annapolis Thursday as the first woman named superintendent of the Naval Academy.

This is not to revel in people losing their jobs. But any one of these Black Monday casualties might have been saved had their organizations tried to take a big swing for Jackson.

A University of Maryland researcher wrote “The Two-Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind” to dive into the issues of parenting alone.

Before I launch myself into what’s next, I need to look back at how major life challenges changed not just my realities, but also my priorities.

Columnist Kyle Goon: Jadeveon Clowney, Michael Pierce and Kyle Van Noy have helped elevate Baltimore’s defensive front beyond the sum of its parts.

Jessica Pachler called me two days after Christmas. There was another pop pop-pop pop outside her home that afternoon, a sound instantly recognizable as gunfire to anyone living in parts of Annapolis.

Baby Charm Scott, the child of Mayor Brandon Scott and Hana Pugh, has a name full of sentiment and pride of place. I like it.

Columnist Gregg Doyel recently pointed out how Maryland fans chant “air ball!” as a sign of their boorishness. That might seem like a dusty take, but let’s face it: We all have something that makes us want to yell, “Get off my lawn!”

Here’s the open secret about the plastic bag ban that took effect New Year’s Day in Anne Arundel County. It’s not a ban.