Opinion

Baltimore fans can exhale. The 2023 juggernaut is built differently than the 2019 version.

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.

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and lawmakers can learn from previous fiscal policies to get state spending under control, former Gov. Larry Hogan and former Comptroller Peter Franchot say.

The Baltimore Sun's new owner doesn't need to remake the newspaper, but space for more conservative voices would be welcomed, says professor, author and commentator Richard E. Vatz.

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.

Learning about Martin Luther King as a man and not only as an icon adds to our understanding of his contributions and legacy.

Ensuring access to mental health care to many in the Baltimore community who need it means delivering care that meets people where they are socially, culturally and financially, says Jessica Smith, a mental health advocate and social entrepreneur.

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?

Maryland lawmakers must approve funding needed for civil legal aid to ensure low-income families have access to stable and effective representation, the directors of legal services organizations say.

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 Baltimore Planning Commission’s decision on land use related to Harborplace redevelopment shows disregard for residents downtown and across the city, Amy L. Bernstein, an author who lives downtown, says.

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.