Perhaps you think redistricting is a boring enterprise devoid of real-world consequence for the rest of us. You would be wrong. Had there been no redistricting in 2001, Maryland would have had slot machine gambling a decade ago (more on ...

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It’s time for more doing and less suing. It’s also time for seeing who runs Baltimore. In a forceful essay in The Baltimore Sun this week, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake boldly asserts herself. Her general target? A tendency to sue when ...

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I heard about him before I got to The Sun in 1977. Some sort of miracle worker. Some sort of wacky, colorful galoot. Whatever, I thought . That was before I learned that “whatever“ wouldn’t cut it with William Donald ...

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To govern is to choose. You can’t do everything. You don’t have the bucks. You don’t have unlimited energy. So you choose. The late William Donald Schaefer hated that reality. People were always after him to set priorities, to say ...

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Everything William Donald Schaefer learned about being mayor he learned from Winston Churchill. Well, not everything. Schaefer learned much of what he knew about City Hall from his predecessors: Thomas A. D’Alesandro — Old Tommy — and Old Tommy’s son, ...

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The leadership quotient in William Donald Schaefer was a kind of magical, happy discovery for everyone, including himself. His talent for leadership emerged as he transformed his city into a stage — a venue for renewal of spirit and purpose. ...

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Everything is relevant, even in politics and government. Contemplating the work product of Gov. Martin O’Malley during 2011 General Assembly, Marylanders ought to be pleased. They know about the six-car pileups in Wisconsin, Texas, and California and so on. When ...

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Many advise against watching the legislative process — famously likening it to the making of sausage. But so far this year, the product in Maryland might look more like prime rib — relatively speaking, of course. Over the last four ...

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Think of it as a stealth revolution hiding in the open. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller wants to alter the landscape of higher education in Maryland. Now. Without discussion. Having some experience with the politics of colleges and universities ...

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Endorsements don’t mean much in politics these days. Money is much more powerful. But there are dramatic exceptions. Martin O’Malley might not be governor today without the quiet support of a then-virtually unknown Baltimore councilwoman, Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake — now ...

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