Opinion

Copa Airlines’ nonstop flights from BWI to Panama City are just OK — and that’s great.

If the Orioles' top young pitcher can live up to his potential, there might be no need to give up prospects to bolster the rotation with a trade before the Aug. 1 deadline.

The second half of the season is the first true test of whether the process to get here, which started with the trade of Manny Machado, delivered a team that can compete at the highest level.

This was supposed to be a triumphant summer for the Wilma Lee, bought by the Annapolis Maritime Museum four years ago. It is the only vessel of its kind in Maryland’s state capital since the Chesapeake Bay Foundation sold the Stanley Norman in 2020. A lease with the city was intended to return this symbol of Chesapeake heritage to City Dock — the waterfront public square of Annapolis — and boost private charters to help keep it afloat.

Maryland's Department of Education has a plan and leadership in place to fix lagging student performance, says Clarence C. Crawford, president of the State Board of Education.

The second season of ”And Just Like That…” takes on grief, aging and respectability politics with a fabulous Baltimore connection.

Gun violence such as the recent mass shooting in South Baltimore has a lasting effect on how many Baltimore young people view their lives and their community, says Adam Schwartz, an author who has taught high school in Baltimore for 25 years.

There’s never been a consensus in Maryland on the need for reparations, what they might look like or who should qualify for them. Legislation to create a commission on the concept — just study the idea — has died twice in the Maryland General Assembly in the last two years. Maybe, just maybe, we’re about to see the start of a campaign to approach this at the local level.

How has travel been affected by weather changes? Is it going to get better? I talked to a travel consultant to help answer those questions.

John Angelos appointed his own All-Star deadline for getting a deal done to keep the Orioles at Camden Yards. It would be a nice repayment of faith to make that happen sooner rather than later.

Left Bank Jazz Society founding member John Fowler has held on to treasured recordings of concerts at the Famous Ballroom on Charles Street. He’s kept alive the memories of Baltimore audiences enjoying artists ranging from Duke Ellington and Count Basie to Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Sun Ra.

With a unified and cooperative approach, the Orioles know the type of player who can thrive in their program.

The role of community colleges in bringing equity to higher education is all the more crucial after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling against affirmative action in college admission, Sandra L. Kurtinitis, president of the Community College of Baltimore County, says.

Continuing to use valuable early picks on hitters will serve to sustain Baltimore's farm system into the next wave of the team's competitive phase.

The revived east-west Red Line project will bring Baltimore communities together and provide a range of benefits to residents across the Baltimore region, say Gov. Wes Moore, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.

Climate change, spelling hotter and wetter weather, is increasing the frequency and severity of storms. Maybe it’s altering clouds, too.

The steady march of top Orioles prospects toward the majors continues. Next up? The 2020 No. 2 overall pick, who had his career derailed but has rallied with a 1.022 OPS and five homers since moving up to Norfolk.

A revived Red Line to connect East and West Baltimore is long overdue and will spur economic growth throughout the city and region, say Mark Anthony Thomas, CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee, and Kathy E. Hollinger, CEO of the Greater Washington Partnership.

Mayo was frustrated at his inability to drive the baseball early in the year, but has been dominant since a discussion with coaches: He's hit 12 home runs with a scalding 1.206 OPS in 36 games.

Affirmative action wasn’t about giving unqualified people a leg up, but about leveling a playing field that was never, and still is not, level.