Opinion

Using concepts borrowed from the Orioles’ system, the league has focused on skill development while creating an environment that helps players stay active and have fun. As a result, the league is growing — and its teams are winning.

The Orioles felt the highs and lows of Grayson Rodriguez’s development again on Monday night against the veteran Dodgers. There’s no way forward but to live with the failure but given the high stakes of the season, that might be difficult to weather.

Greenbury Point, which covers 250 acres owned by the Navy that juts into the Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis, should be a centerpiece of a new national park.

My first reaction to the announcement that Mayor Brandon Scott and girlfriend Hana Pugh are expecting a child was delight. My second reaction? Shame and disappointment … in some of you.

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.

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

A proposed federal ban on menthol cigarettes has raised concerns among some law enforcement officials and civil rights advocates that it could lead to problematic police encounters, particularly with Black smokers, says Diane Goldstein, a retired police lieutenant who is executive director of the Law Enforcement Action Partnership.

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.

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.

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.

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.