Opinion
We Have Been Here Before By Aubrey Sarvis
As Yogi Berra, the American baseball catcher, power hitter, acclaimed coach, and master of malapropisms said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” Sadly, ... [Continue Story]
- Federal Harm Registry Seeks Reports from Citizens Hurt by Trump Policies By Gren Whitman
- 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
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
Should Trump Prosecute the Person Who Posted the Spaghetti Picture? By J.E. Dean
On Saturday morning, before getting out of bed, I read the news on an app called Flipboard. Like dozens of other sites, Flipboard collects “news” from ... [Continue Story]
- Tiptoeing Through the News By J.E. Dean
- The 2026 Mid-Term Elections and Stopping Trumpism by J.E. Dean
- Trump Fatigue is Real and It Shows By J.E. Dean
- 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
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
Fireball By Laura J. Oliver
I am on time, but my dance class is missing. I run down the deep stairwell at the City Rec Center, past the rock-climbing wall, where the bored ... [Continue Story]
- Take Note By Laura J. Oliver
- The Word that Means Forever By Laura J. Oliver
- Expect Only the Good By Laura J. Oliver
- 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
Jamie Kirkpatrick
Origins By Jamie Kirkpatrick
Origins are like opinions: we all have at least one. My origin, at least on my paternal side, is in Scotland, in Dumfries, to be exact, a ... [Continue Story]
- Higher Ground By Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Lamentations By Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Summer’s End By Jamie Kirkpatrick
- 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
Angela Rieck
The Murmurations Are Back By Angela Rieck
While I was driving last week, I had to pull over. I saw my first murmuration of autumn. Murmurations are the patterns that birds create when they ... [Continue Story]
- Caveat Emptor-prizes By Angela Rieck
- Mahjong By Angela Rieck
- 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
Al Sikes
What Is Missing in America? By Al Sikes
Reality: America can be and has been a tinderbox. In my lifetime a number of Presidents were either shot or shot at: Harry Truman, John F Kennedy, ... [Continue Story]
- September 11, 2001 by Al Sikes
- Killing Fields by Al Sikes
- 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
Letter to Editor
Letter to the Editor: Conditions of the High Street Landing
To The Mayor and Council of Chestertown: It is part of the responsibility of town government to maintain public spaces for the use of tax-paying ... [Continue Story]
- Letter to the Editor: Community Solar in Maryland—Inequality by Design
- 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