Opinion

COLUMN | As long as Baltimore is competing for a playoff spot, Adley Rutschman should stay.

COLUMN | We have a problem with what to do with our children, as proved by events at AFRAM and in Fells Point. It’s on all of us to figure it out.

COLUMN | For eight years, I’ve avoided getting too close to 888 Bestgate, where five friends were murdered on June 28, 2018. It's the dark point on my landscape of regret, and it just smacked me in the face.

“For the most part, it was a boring, status quo primary,” said Todd Eberly, a political science professor at St. Mary’s College who teaches a course in Maryland politics.

COLUMN | It’s a fair bet the upward trend for the Orioles’ offense and rotation can continue. It’s a lot harder to put your money behind this team getting its act together.

COLUMN | Let’s not forget that the Nationals have the best offense in baseball. Even with the potential for regression, the hitters haven’t shown signs of stopping.

COLUMN | Will the fall elections in Maryland be contentious and drama-filled? Three local political experts don’t think so.

Over the last 30 games, the Orioles have won 15 of the 22 games in which the team’s starting pitcher has completed at least five innings and surrendered three or fewer earned runs.

COLUMN | It can be frustrating as a fan to watch the highs and lows of Slutty Vegan’s Pinky Cole, while knowing as a Black woman that the world is watching closely.

COLUMN | The solstice arrived at 4:24 a.m. Sunday. That’s the start of astronomical summer. It’s when you think about thunderstorms and their even more dangerous cousins, tornadoes and derechos.

COLUMN | Six months after putting the mayor’s office behind him, Gavin Buckley is on the ballot again this month. For many, it’s a referendum on his two terms as mayor.

COLUMN | Since the Orioles started taking off in 2023, there has been no player more central to their success than their All-Star shortstop. But, with his pronounced struggles to start the season, Gunnar Henderson is showing the perils of riding the emotions of every single play, and how bad ones can stack up.

COLUMN | This Father’s Day, I want to give a virtual hug to the Black dads out there, working hard even as the world seems out to get them. Take a load off, man.

In the last month, the third base position for the Orioles has been among the most productive in the league, providing an .816 OPS and 124 wRC+ that ranks fifth in baseball.

COLUMN | Elections involve a lot of numbers. There are numbers now, however, that can give us some clues. Consider these while you wait.

COLUMN | Baltimore’s Penn Station was set for a major glow-up, but it was scaled back. I and other commuters still think the city needs more from its depot.

COLUMN | Armstrong Williams says truth is self-evident. Comparing The Sun's coverage of Wes Moore's military record with reporting by The Banner's Lee O. Sanderlin suggests it's far more complicated.

COLUMN | Craig Albernaz holds Samuel Basallo to a high standard and hasn’t always waited for private moments to do so. It’s not about Albernaz, but he certainly knows that turning Basallo into a consistent, high-level catcher would reflect well on him and his staff, and make the Orioles good for a decade.

COLUMN | Tyler Loop may feel emotionally healed from a dramatic failure in Pittsburgh, but that’s not enough reassurance for the Ravens to make him the unquestioned starter.

COLUMN | How do you make a busy waterway livable, swimmable? For almost 20 years, the Spa Creek Conservancy has been working to do that.