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Football and the human body
For some reason, various expert observers, coaches and physicians wonder why football causes so many gruesome injuries — the torn ACL and concussions in particular. The variety of grass, […]
Md. Democrats in a pickle
There’s been just a bit of a buzz recently about new hope for Democrats taking back the governorship in 2018. That very conversation, the buzz, would make some Democrats (and […]
City IT boss gets big bucks? Hooray!
Wow, big headline, big scandal? Do we need to be thinking about a recall? Did you know the new information technology guy pulls down more than the mayor, more than […]
‘We have to hear the mothers cry’
She hears her son calling. “Mom, I’m coming. I’m coming, mom.” He is not, and she knows it. Cynthia Bruce speaks of her son, Marcus, 23, shot to death July […]
You can walk in Douglass’ shoes
Thanks to his fourth-grade teacher, Thelma Jones, Walter Black knew that Frederick Douglass was born in Talbot County. Tuckahoe to be specific. You must be proud of that, she instructed. […]
The mayor of more
Tuesday morning. For Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, a day like any other: 5 a.m. Runs. (Pretty early someone says, shaking his head. When else? she asks.) 7:30 a.m. Meets with […]
Learning from our history
Twenty three years ago, in a less incendiary time, clever leaders in Maryland found an elegant solution to the issue of racism-tinged statuary. Their success may have been more of […]
Jim Rouse’s vision
People speak of vision as if somehow we could all have it. We can’t. You have it or you don’t. Jim Rouse, the founder of Columbia 50 years ago, had […]
On our own
CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. – A day after President Donald Trump’s second refusal to lead the nation away from hate, I came to a conclusion I think many of us share by […]
A voice that will be missed
The voice, the laugh, the backslapping hail-fellow style, the voice of the community, the voice of reason (usually), the voice of someone eager to speak for you, that voice, gone. […]
For Pugh, no learning curve – and no help from Washington
The president wants to fire the attorney general. The attorney general refuses to take the hint. Why doesn’t he quit, already? Why? Jeff Sessions asks. Everything is just fine. He […]
Md.’s Medicaid defenders mobilize
SALISBURY — Joana Weaver wanted to applaud a grassroots victory on the health care front, but she couldn’t quite manage it. “I’m still scared,” she said. The Republican effort […]
