Opinion
Federal Harm Registry Seeks Reports from Citizens Hurt by Trump Policies By Gren Whitman
Last January 20, President Trump raised his hand to swear that he’d “preserve, protect, and defend” the United States Constitution. Upon taking the ... [Continue Story]
- No One Is Coming to Our Rescue By Aubrey Sarvis
- Journalism Is Not a Crime, but Witness Intimidation Is by Will Fries
- It’s Time to Build – Without Burdening Taxpayers By Support Our Schools (SOS), Kent County, MD
- Urgent Request to Prioritize Construction of a New Middle School By John Queen
- The Year of Wishful Thinking and Broken Promises By Aubrey Sarvis
- Not Normal: Where Are We Going? By Aubrey Sarvis
- Character Rot: Sounding the Alarm by Johnny O’Brien
- Op-Ed: Anything Goes, but Pete Hegseth May Go First By Aubrey Sarvis
- OP-ED: Mayor and Council: Trust in you has evaporated By Robert Miller
- Kent County and a serious healthcare hit? By Tom Timberman
The From and Fuller Podcast
From and Fuller: A Rough Week for Trump in Court, with Russia and China, as Epstein Returns as the Front Page Story
Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and ... [Continue Story]
- From and Fuller: Is Trump Winning the News Cycle and Governor Newsom Pulls the Trigger on Redistricting for 2026
- From and Fuller: The Political Impact of RFK Jr.s MAHA Agenda and Texas Redistricting Part 2
- From and Fuller: Ending ICE Madness and an Epstein Tipping Point?
- From and Fuller: Elon Musk’s 3rd Party and the Epstein Files MAGA Civil War
- From and Fuller: Is the Iran Bombing a Win for Trump and NYC Politics
- From and Fuller: Trump’s Big Iran Problem, Military Parades and No Kings
- From and Fuller: The Los Angeles Protests and the Rise of Gavin Newsom
- From and Fuller: The GOP Senate’s Big Beautiful Problem and Elon Musk Leaves the Building
- From and Fuller: Trump’s Beautiful Bill in the Senate and Presidential Pardons
- From and Fuller: The House Passes a Controversial Budget and the Biden Age Redux
J.E. Dean
Trump Fatigue is Real and It Shows By J.E. Dean
Donald Trump has more than seven months under his belt in his second term as president. For six of those months, the President’s supporters regularly ... [Continue Story]
- Is There a Way Out of Our Political Crisis? By J.E. Dean
- About Last Friday in Anchorage . . . And Monday in Washington By J.E. Dean
- FBI Agents on Street Patrol in D.C.? by J.E. Dean
- Why Is Trump Giving America a $200 Million Ballroom? by J.E. Dean
- The Temperature Is Rising by J.E. Dean
- The Sad Case of Senator Thom Tillis by J.E. Dean
- Was the Attack on Iran a War? By J.E. Dean
- A Third Party? Divided We Fall by J.E. Dean
- What the President is Doing for Us by J. E. Dean
- Pardon Me, Mr. President, But Are You Corrupt? By J. E. Dean
Howard Freedlander
Out and About (Sort of): Stars in Different Realms by Howard Freedlander
What did Willie Mays and Donald Sutherland have in common? Nothing. Except an overriding desire to excel in each’s craft. Mays was a true wonder ... [Continue Story]
- Out and About (Sort of): Slavery of Thought by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Higher Education on Edge by Howard Freedlander
- Strike for Democracy by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): American Voter by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Hospice Heroes by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): An Apolitical Document Fails by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Fictional, Insightful by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): On a Scale of 1-10 by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of) On Being Humble by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Good Deed, Awful Behavior by Howard Freedlander
Craig Fuller
Conversations with Craig Fuller: Ambassador and Author Frank Lavin
My friend and former White House colleague Ambassador Frank Lavin has a book coming out in March about his experience in the White House and ... [Continue Story]
- Midair collision over the Potomac: Week two update by Craig Fuller
- A midair tragedy last night in Washington by Craig Fuller
- The Classic Motor Museum starts a new trip in St. Michaels: Craig Fuller talks to Mike Iandolo
- MPT, the Chesapeake Bay and Viewers Like You: A Chat with Station Manager Steven Schupak
- So Much Money, So Little Time by Craig Fuller
- One Amazing Story by One Amazing Individual by Craig Fuller
- A Presidential Debate: No Commission / No Audience / Perhaps, No Gloves by Craig Fuller
- An Enjoyable and Important White House Story by Craig Fuller
- Biden’s Two Biggest Problems: Perception and Trust by Craig Fuller
- An Important Set of Facts – It’s Up to You to Form an Opinion by Craig Fuller
Laura Oliver
Expect Only the Good By Laura J. Oliver
So, this happened. Help me make something good from it. The day before I left for The Netherlands a personal email appeared in my inbox from one of ... [Continue Story]
- How to Take a Selfie By Laura J. Oliver
- Flight Time by Laura J. Oliver
- Leaving on a Jet Plane by Laura J. Oliver
- Apple, Table…Blank by Laura J. Oliver
- The Center of the Universe by Laura J. Oliver
- Love by Proxy: Bit by Bit By Laura J. Oliver
- I Wish I May, I Wish I Might By Laura J. Oliver
- With Liberty and Justice for All By Laura J. Oliver
- Call My Name By Laura J. Oliver
- Finding Home By Laura J. Oliver
Jamie Kirkpatrick
Summer’s End By Jamie Kirkpatrick
How is this possible? Where did it go? It seems only minutes ago that I was ruing the departure of spring and extolling the virtues of summer. Then it ... [Continue Story]
- Globe Amaranth by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Life Lessons by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Shucking Corn by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Surprise! by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Avalon by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Back to Normal by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Camp By Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Chesapeake Lens: “Companions” By Jay Fleming
- Watermelon Time By Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Rabbit, Rabbit. By Jamie Kirkpatrick
Angela Rieck
Mahjong By Angela Rieck
I finally succumbed to learning Mahjong. A number of people had asked me to join in Mahjong games and I was recalcitrant. I remember the senior women ... [Continue Story]
- Tick Tock—A New Allergy is Coming by Angela Rieck
- A Universal Cancer Vaccine? Not So Fast… By Angela Rieck
- Creativity by Angela Rieck
- Imagining by Angela Rieck
- Origins by Angela Rieck
- The Summer Doldrums by Angela Rieck
- Summer Soundtrack by Angela Rieck
- Bringing Joy Inside by Angela Rieck
- Rituals and Routines by Angela Rieck
- We’re Having a Heat Dome by Angela Rieck
Al Sikes
Killing Fields by Al Sikes
Pardon my going back a few years—I will come forward. Forward to the killing field at a church in Minneapolis—the Annunciation Catholic Church. Going ... [Continue Story]
- Where Has All The Silence Gone? By Al Sikes
- Trump and Prejudice by Al Sikes
- Does Anybody Know What Is Going On? By Al Sikes
- Inconvenient Facts by Al Sikes
- What is the Game Today? By Al Sikes
- Third Party Apostasy by Al Sikes
- Trump’s Fragrance by Al Sikes
- Thinking Back, Thinking Forward by Al Sikes
- Clashing Cross Currents by Al Sikes
- GOAT vs. TOAD by Al Sikes
Letter to Editor
Letter to the Editor: Community Solar in Maryland—Inequality by Design
Community solar was supposed to democratize clean energy — letting families save money, supporting the grid, and sharing the benefits of renewable ... [Continue Story]
- Town Manager Search Needs New Approach?
- Letter to the Editor: Unsafe in D.C.?
- Letter to the Editor: Citizens Connect Meeting a Success
- Letter to the Editor: What Happened to Wilmer Park?
- Letter to the Editor: The Sweet Surprise of Summer: Ice Cream, Sunshine, and Smiles
- Letter to the Editor: Invest in KC Middle School
- Letter to Editor: An Abundance of Cruelty
- Letter to the Editor: New Knees
- Letter to the Editor: The Company You Keep
- Letter to the Editor: Democracy on Ice