Opinion

It’s time for Baltimore County to make good on its obligation to bring residents more affordable housing, says David Plymyer, an attorney who lives in the county.

At some point — quite possibly this exact one the Orioles are in — trading for other clubs’ prospects with the idea that they might be contributors down the line simply stops feeling appropriate.

What Maryland will find as it shifts the focus of Chesapeake Bay cleanup to rivers and creeks are grassroots groups already doing the work of restoration. Sometimes they’ve had success and sometimes setbacks. But they understand what the state will face.

Jada Pinkett Smith’s hometown appearances in Baltimore are either sincere or the most spectacular pieces of performance art ever. Either way, we’re tuned in.

Orioles fans who have been to Texas Live! weigh in on what they’d like to see as state and team officials continue to discuss development.

Any effort to use political arguments to rationalize the indiscriminate slaughter of Israelis must be rejected, says Rona Kobell, a Baltimore journalist and former reporter at The Jerusalem Post.

The Orioles have a promising rotation, but you can never have enough pitching.

Maryland needs air quality standards to curb harmful emissions from heating and air conditioning systems and water heaters, say Panagis Galiatsatos, an associate professor and a physician in pulmonary medicine at Johns Hopkins, and Ruth Ann Norton, president and CEO of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative.

As the City of Annapolis begins deliberations of a massive, $88 million project to reinvent its waterfront center and save it from flooding, here are five questions likely to be a central part of the discussion.

Examining the hot takes around the Ravens from Week 6.

I held stigmas about single mothers before I became one. The statistics and truths behind the descriptor tell a much more nuanced story.

Interim Maryland Superintendent brings to the post a track record of major improvement in student performance in Mississippi, says Barbara Davidson, who runs the Knowledge Matters Campaign.

Familiar portrayals of traumatic and tragic elements of Billie Holiday’s life can miss the point of her story: Eleanora Fagan from Baltimore had a singular voice and a lasting musical and cultural impact.

The postseason crashed and burned, but at least now the Orioles know that next time Gunnar Henderson is ready for the playoff stage.

A conversation with the sole Maryland Republican in Congress, Andy Harris, over why he's not stressed by the House leadership impasse and why he thinks the GOP's slim majority has been effective.

As exciting as the 101-win Orioles season bodes for a competitive future, the biggest questions looming over the offseason, from long-term contracts to impact free agents, are shadowed by the owner's buzz-killing comments to the New York Times.

Between two teams returning after long absences in the postseason, Texas’ mantra of “Go and take it” resonates with their approach. The Orioles’ “Soak it in” unfortunately reflects how they weren’t aggressive enough in their moves, especially at the trade deadline.

The core of the Orioles will likely remain in place, but Mike Elias and his staff have several major decisions to make.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 3 people will get jiggy with varicella zoster virus in their lifetimes. If you’ve had chickenpox, there’s a very good chance the virus will pay you a return visit.

Some backing a lawsuit in federal court seeking to stop the Naval Academy from using race as an admissions factor want to define who gets to be a midshipman based on their experience. They don’t want a fair system, they want the same one that favored them.