BALTIMORE– The last time we had a Republican mayor in my home town, his name was Theodore McKeldin, and the last time I saw him, he was delivering my

BALTIMORE – Maybe America’s finally catching up to Kurt Schmoke. Three decades ago, when he was starting out as this city’s mayor, Schmoke was one of the first American voices

BALTIMORE – It’s gratifying that so many people read last week’s column here about the Orioles, and it’s nice that so many media outlets responded to it, and unsettling

BALTIMORE — These summer nights are bleak at Oriole Park, as witness Saturday night’s 23-to-2 loss to Houston. But the future’s a deeper concern. Reliable sources say we might

BALTIMORE – Believe me, West Baltimore doesn’t need Donald Trump’s poisonous insults to know it has problems. This president wants to punish Rep. Elijah Cummings for daring to criticize him,

BALTIMORE – As far as I know, the last person to be strapped into the gas chamber at the Maryland Penitentiary was me. Years ago, I spent a week

BALTIMORE — One of the enduring pleasures of this city is its annual Artscape extravaganza, a celebration of art and music and funky crafts that draws nearly half a

BALTIMORE  — In all of the culture wars waged across America over the last half-century, Jim Bouton hurled some of the most compelling strikes. He didn’t just write a

BALTIMORE – In my neighborhood’s Fourth of July parade, we had no tanks on display. Unlike Donald Trump’s Washington, we didn’t model ourselves after Moscow’s Red Square. But we