William Donald Schaefer
If an alien dropped down from outer space and asked a Baltimorean to take me to your leader, the Baltimorean wouldn’t know where to…
Maryland’s 7th congressional district was born out of civil rights activism and Black progressivism. Parren J. Mitchell of the legendary Baltimore family won the…
The architects of the proposal to put Maryland horse racing on firmer footing hailed their plan as an imperfect but “fabulous” blueprint that would…
Oct. 5, 1969: The Archies’ “Sugar Sugar” topped the charts. Across the pond, “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” debuted on the BBC. In sports, Johnny…
When state Comptroller Peter V.R. Franchot (D) announced in 2013 that he wouldn’t be a candidate for governor the following year, it seemed like…
Comptroller Peter Franchot, on a continuous loop of shameless self-promotion for governor, might suffer from the Louis L. Goldstein syndrome. Or curse. Goldstein, for…
The traditional relationship between major sports franchises and city governments is deeply parasitic, with billionaire owners eating up taxpayer funds to build their stadiums…
In the greedy, gaudy early 1980s, known as the era of “wretched excess,” President Trump – then derisively known as “The Donald” – dispatched…
Tributes poured in Friday for Roy Clayton Mitchell Jr., the former speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates who died Thursday of cancer. A…
R. Clayton Mitchell Jr., a proud Eastern Shoreman who rose to become Maryland’s speaker of the House, has died, sources tell Maryland Matters. He…