Opinion

COLUMN: The delayed opening of Mimi DiPietro Skating Center is merely the preamble to the indoor ice rink eventually shuttering in Patterson Park. That will leave the Baltimore Banners, a hockey team of young Black players from struggling neighborhoods, with a logistical headache.

COLUMN: With the Ravens’ season on the brink after preseason Super Bowl expectations, it’s time for owner Steve Bisciotti to tell fans how he plans to correct the trajectory of a team that took a slide in 2025.

Katie Little of Baltimore says PJM should focus on clean energy, not fossil fuels, to meet increased demands on the power grid.

Book banners are highly organized and loud, but we can defend our right to read.

“His mindset is so strong, and he’s so disciplined, and he wants to be great,” said Phil Wallin, founder and CEO of Diesel Optimization, where Alonso trains.

COLUMN | How do you count the ways the world went right and wrong? Here’s 2025 summed up, according to me, numerically.

As Christians around the world celebrate Christmas, writes Zainab Chaudry, director of CAIR Maryland, we should honor the values he taught — mercy, justice and love — and reject the cruelty of our current immigration system.

COLUMN| Is “The Baltimorons” a Christmas movie? Is it a Baltimore movie? Is it both? Columnists Leslie Gray Streeter and Rick Hutzell debate.

Nick Cavey, the public information officer for the Maryland Judiciary, said the courts are committed to respectful collaboration with justice partners, including Maryland’s Office of the Public Defender, on juvenile cases.

COLUMN | The number of 2025 layoffs in Maryland is harder to determine than you’d think. Yet it remains one of the ways the average person understands what’s happening in the economy.

COLUMN | Parents spend a lot of time, money and tinsel on the holidays, which is both rewarding and exhausting. But it’s worth it. Probably.

The Ravens didn't give their star running back one touch on the last two drives of the game. It followed a pattern of John Harbaugh and Todd Monken leaving Henry out of the game plan in critical moments.

COLUMN: There’s a reason we light our nighttime hours, sing and dance around the winter solstice. Yes, it’s Christmas. Yes, it’s Hanukkah. It’s Kwanzaa, Dongzhi and Yalda, too. But we do it to ward off the dark, the bad things that lurk outside our homes and our lives and to remind of us the good.

COLUMN: The deal the Orioles made for Shane Baz, giving up prospects and picks, would have been unthinkable just months ago. Bravo to this front office for taking new kinds of risks.

COLUMN: The value is in talented, productive major leaguers. The future value going the other way is, to the Orioles, a risk worth taking.

COLUMN: The dispute over the Magothy Inn is aggravating for the neighbors, but it’s the liquor board that should concern the wider public. Fabricating a rule that downplays conflicts is a petty abuse of power, with stakes so small no one noticed till now.

COLUMN: Lind's friendship with Anthony Villa, the Orioles’ director of player development, helped inform the team’s hitting philosophies. Now they’ll work together in Baltimore.

COLUMN: The success of the Chargers’ and Ravens’ defenses since swapping Odafe Oweh and Alohi Gilman points to how NFL trades aren't strictly zero sum.

COLUMN | I had rejected my inheritance of macaroni and cheese. This holiday season, I’m proud to have reclaimed it.

There’ll always be time for Mariah Carey and Michael Bublé, The Jackson 5 and Tex Ritter. They’re everlasting. But your December playlist isn't complete until you add local Christmas music.