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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.
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.
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.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott delivers his 2025 State of the City address earlier this month.
Letter: Mayor Scott must protect Baltimore homeowners from tax sale
Megan Good, an Equal Justice Works Fellow with Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, says Mayor Brandon Scott should remove owner-occupied homes from the upcoming tax sale.
I am officially an old crone. Just ask the people who want to sell me stuff.
I just turned 54, and am therefore almost out of the key demographic for advertisers. Am I obsolete and relegated to menopause and shingles ads now?
The Perdue Agribusiness factory can be seen from a neighbor’s front window in Salisbury.
Letter: Environmental justice is urgent, not optional, for our communities
Baltimore County Council candidate Sharonda Dillard-Huffman says recent reports, such as as toxic chemicals in Perdue’s wastewater, show that environmental justice is not optional, but urgent.
Anne Arundel County alcohol sales are regulated by the Board of License Commissioners, a three body panel now being changed after complaints.
After toxic cocktail of complaints, changes are coming to Anne Arundel’s liquor board
A state senator says he has been "flooded" with complaints about Anne Arundel's Board of License Commissioners. It prompted him to push for changes, including expanding the board's size.
Andy Harris and Chris Van Hollen
Letter: Sen. Chris Van Hollen is a workhorse; Rep. Andy Harris is a show horse
Michael H.C. McDowell and Susan M. Flanigan of Chestertown write that Sen. Chris Van Hollen is a “workhorse” for his service, but lament Rep. Andy Harris as a “show horse.”
BALTIMORE, MD - APRIL 27: Two men argue opposing views as a CVS pharmacy burns at the corner of Pennsylvania and North avenues during violent protests following the funeral of Freddie Gray April 27, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Gray, 25, who was arrested for possessing a switch blade knife April 12 outside the Gilmor Homes housing project on Baltimore's west side. According to his attorney, Gray died a week later in the hospital from a severe spinal cord injury he received while in police custody.
I wrote about Baltimore’s unrest from far away. I didn’t get it quite right.
Ten years ago, I wrote a column for a Florida paper about what I was seeing during the Freddie Gray uprising. I didn’t get it all right.
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - APRIL 18: (L-R) Ryan Mountcastle #6, Jordan Westburg #11, Gunnar Henderson #2 and Jorge Mateo #3 of the Baltimore Orioles look on against the Cincinnati Reds at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on April 18, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Jon Meoli: Don’t let the Orioles’ sloppy defense off the hook in this slow start
The Orioles’ inconsistent defense is starting to feel like a problem. Though, to be fair, there are several.
Frederick Douglass High School, established in 1883, is the second oldest high school created specifically for African American students.
Commentary: What being principal at Frederick Douglass H.S. during Freddie Gray unrest taught me
There’s a simple but powerful idea that often gets lost in our polarized conversations: two things can be true at the same time.
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