Columns

COLUMN | The sophomore starting quarterback at Saint Frances is about to start stepping out from the formidable legacy of his father.

COLUMN | Maryland power outages spike every summer, and utilities know which parts of their systems are most vulnerable. Finding the worst-hit areas is harder.

COLUMN | An Aberdeen mother recently told police she had left her two young children alone because she had to work but could not afford childcare. This simply should not be the case in a country this rich.

COLUMN | The Oversight Project brings its “maximum warfare” on election laws to Annapolis, where attorney Samuel Dewey’s team will fight to block a Maryland redistricting referendum.

What matters now, for him and the Orioles, is that he figured things out relatively quickly.

COLUMN | After a quick decision to join American Samoa’s flag football team, the former Terp is now setting out to make history by playing the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

COLUMN | As Dr. Seuss and the governor’s office constantly remind me, Wes Moore has places to go.

On the home stand that just ended, something clicked for the Orioles’ rookie outfielder, who homered on fastballs in three straight games after entering the week with three home runs total.

COLUMN | Baltimore has been on an upswing in so many ways and the national media is finally catching on. It’s about time.

COLUMN | Food trucks are going where few have dared before — out on the Chesapeake Bay. In boat-loving Maryland, this had to happen eventually.

“There’s a lot of similar movements between him and I, so I’m helping and providing advice based on things that I’ve had to figure out, navigate through and, ultimately, we’re not changing anything,” Alonso said.

COLUMN | Parents who have always donated school supplies to their kids’ schools and others’ are now stretched so thin that they can’t. And that’s tragic.

COLUMN | Bad behavior by team owners around the country helps highlight how disconnected they are from the fans they claim to serve. It’s one of the existential problems in sports.

COLUMN | O.J. Brigance inspired Ravens players with his hope and resiliency.

ANALYSIS | Since they broke out for 10 runs on Aug. 9 in Texas, the Orioles haven’t scored fewer than four runs in a game, totaling 51 runs in their last eight (6.3 per game).

COLUMN | I promise, I won’t be juvenile about this. Baltimore has a serial pooper on the loose. It’s a serious serial problem, and it’s a journalist’s duty to expose the truth. Ha ha. Duty.

COLUMN | On Saturday night, there was a lot for the Reed family to celebrate.

COLUMN | Rockville-based grocery chain MOM’s Organic Market has banned its employees from wearing masks at work. That’s bad mom behavior.

COLUMN | The Mayor’s Anti-Animal Abuse Advisory Commission, which was disbanded in 2020 during COVID, is back. And I’m glad, because when our economy suffers, as it is right now, so do our pets.

We’ve seen Jesse Minter on the home sideline at M&T Bank Stadium, and the Ravens won their first-year coach’s preseason debut, 24-7 over the Philadelphia Eagles. Here are five things we learned from the game.