Opinion

The smoke-and-mirrors act of this year’s Ravens defense has been led by coordinator Mike Macdonald. Can Baltimore hold onto him as the NFL head coaching carousel starts spinning?

Annapolis is trying to build a new sculpture that symbolizes unity. Turns out, everybody’s an art critic.

Baltimore Banner columnists Leslie Streeter and Rick Hutzell watched eight “A Christmas Carol” contenders and offered their thoughts on the annual holiday film debate.

When a Morgan State University freshman, loaded down with duffels and suitcases, missed his train home for the holidays, a MARC train conductor figured out how to get him on it anyway.

I don’t put Christmas decorations up this year. Nor do I dread the day itself. I just want it to slip by, a whisper of whatever it will be — horrible or even happy.

Maryland is right to join a challenge to the proposed JetBlue-Spirit merger, which would hurt Maryland travelers with higher airfares and lower-quality service, Del. Jessica Feldmark says.

The MVP debate between the Ravens and 49ers quarterbacks has many quaint facets, but Jackson's ability to be an offense unto himself should give him a leg up.

Having the kids home for the holidays brings recognition that family celebrations will never be quite the same, writer and filmmaker Charles Cohen says.

In winter, which arrived with the solstice at 10:37 p.m. Thursday, it can be harder to spot the signs of climate change because, well, it’s cold. But they are there if you know where to look.

Baltimore is seeing fewer murders than in recent years, but many residents say the city doesn’t feel any safer, and they express a lack of confidence in the ability of city leaders to reduce violent crime, Goucher College political scientist Mileah Kromer says.

For years, the stadium lease and MASN dispute were at least plausible motivations behind the team keeping its payroll at the bottom of the league. Now, we’re about to find out just how relevant those factors really were.

Columnist Kyle Goon: The LSU hooper has inspired girls who want to follow her footsteps, and given them permission to be their competitive selves.

Maryland is on the path to gain control of almost 300 acres on the Chesapeake Bay just outside Annapolis, a potentially huge victory for increasing public access to the Chesapeake Bay.

Across Anne Arundel County schools, there appears to be a rise in violent and dangerous incidents. School officials say part of it is the continuing aftereffect of shutting down in-person schools during COVID. But in Annapolis, they say it is something more.

The real negotiations are just warming up. The critical piece John Angelos has fought for — the right to develop adjacent public lots and potentially mint money — will play out over the next four years.

John Waters is selling out shows in Baltimore, getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and starring in a new series. He's not slowing down.

Lamar Jackson's physical, escape-artist style makes a fan base frayed by injury concerns nervous, but letting him do it his way is the only path to the transcendent play that could lead Baltimore to the Super Bowl.

Andre Braugher will be remembered for his extraordinary acting accomplishments and for making a difference in Baltimore and other communities where he worked and lived, journalist and broadcaster Marc Steiner says.

It’s hard to see what the right return is with all the potential trades flying around.

Thursday, three members of Congress declared victory with passage of a defense policy bill that protects public access to the Navy-owned, 240-acre environmental preserve at Greenbury Point.