Op-ed

From polio to smallpox, measles, shingles and pneumonia, I've had shots for them all, including COVID. And it's only the last one that's steeped in politics.

What if humanity’s capacity to cooperate has been undone by the very technology we thought would bring us all together?

Donald Trump has had a very bad summer. This has given some people hope that the end of the Trumpian captivity of the Republican Party is within sight. I wish I could share their optimism.

Winning a single bronze medal in the Olympics wasn't what Americans expected from one of their greatest athletes but what they witnessed instead was a lesson in compassion and grace.

When fully vaccinated people experience so-called “breakthrough” infection, they tend not to progress to serious disease requiring hospitalization, and I expect that will be the case for us. But I can tell you that even a “mild” case of COVID-19 is pretty miserable.

Likewise, there are parallels in the discussions to revive baseball and our democracy. Here's what one can learn from the other.

The CDC wants us to go back to wearing masks indoors, even if you’ve been vaccinated. This is where I get off.

As four of the police officers who defended the Capitol testified in the opening session of a House select committee last week, the events of Jan. 6 rushed back, hard.

I’m hardly alone in my up-a-size boat. A research letter recently published in JAMA suggests that Americans who sheltered in place gained an average of 20 pounds during the pandemic.

There seems to be a generational shift in what constitutes abuse.

That’s a whole lot more important than sticking the landing.

Many older children and adolescents nowadays live overscheduled lives. This stifles creativity, which arises from long periods of freedom, followed by moments of surprise, wonder and inspiration.

The Russian government is diligently working to undermine confidence in the vaccines as part of its goal of destabilizing American society. And right-wing conspiracy theorists are eating it up.

The hint of an education on race and racism I received in medical school involved a historical overview of the Tuskegee syphilis experiment and retired eugenics practices. As I rotated on the wards, race came up again as a vague tool to help narrow a diagnosis. New Black patient with severe headache, blurry vision? Think hypertensive crisis. I wasn’t taught why hypertension might be more ...

Every single Republican in both the House and Senate voted against sending Americans the monthly child allowance that kicked off this month.

Modest funding can go a long way when schools are given discretion over spending.

Like most original ideas, the concept is actually quite simple: to invite our security officers to organize an exhibition of works drawn from our collection.

Despite all of the happy faces, the prospect of a talented new judge taking the bench in Baltimore County, the fellowship and the good feeling that arose from recognizing that the gears of orderly political and civic life were working, the Big Lie about the election persists.

It's also a strategic blunder: giving up an air base, multiple listening posts and an allied government at the cross section of Central Asia and the Middle East while simultaneously handing our enemies a great political victory.

Want to save lives? Enlist the support of former President Donald Trump.

I think I have some perspective on the issues Nike is addressing here. I’ve been a reporter, covering sports and hard news. I’ve been a P.R. guy, both in sports and hard news. I have asked questions in or organized many a news conference. Several times in my adult life, I have also been treated for depression. So I have some idea of what’s at stake in all of this.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem displays qualities for national office Republicans claim to want. Donald Trump and others (including her opponents) should keep an eye on her.

With the mayor’s signature, Baltimore will have joined a global movement to put our money where our mouth is and part ways with the companies doing irreparable harm to our planet and its people.

Libertarians should cheer last week’s decision by a federal judge upholding Indiana University’s vaccine mandate for students. Here's why.

She already knows that America is a blood-drenched nation where everybody’s armed and if you hope to survive, you must be ready at any instant — in the ballpark, in the rec center — to duck and run.

Is America a white supremacist nation? Or is racism mostly a part of America’s past, something we’ve largely overcome?

As an organization that has helped adults in and around Baltimore change their lives through employment for nearly 50 years, we know every successful job search begins with having the motivation to improve your situation

RIP, Trade Promotion Authority. The law that allowed Congress to fast-track consideration of trade agreements expired on July 1. Trade agreements will now be subject to regular order in Congress, making it more difficult for the Biden administration to enter any new pacts. Not that the administration seems concerned about it.