Editorial: The Great American Slow Down
It is hard to find anything in modern times that would prepare American culture for this prolonged period of social isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic. Beyond the immediate anxiety of health and financial threats of this horrific menace, countless numbers on the Mid-Shore will experience a profound change in the quality and scope of their lives. For the next four weeks, perhaps longer, ... [Continue Story]
Editorial
Douglass: On the Cause of the Civil War and Honoring Rebel Soldiers
As Talbot County again debates the propriety of maintaining a statue on the grounds of the county courthouse to soldiers who fought for the ... [Continue Story]
- Editorial: An Unnecessary and Ill-Timed Retreat from Core Values
- “Censorship and Abuse of Power” — WC Parent Decries Foreigner Cancellation
- Editorial: Sultana Downrigging Upgrades Deliver Smashing Success
- Editorial: Voters Want Accountability and Plan for Sustainability
- Editorial: Chestertown and Fireworks
- Go Purple and Ramp Up Your Role in Opioid Awareness
- Editorial: Mass Shootings, Mental Health Stigma, and Flags
- Editorial: There Can Never Be Enough Purple on the Mid-Shore in September
- Editorial: The First Congressional District and Election 2018
- Publisher Notes: Please Chip in for the Spy this Month
Op-Ed
The Prince and I by John Lang
Dear departed Prince Philip, what a jolly good time we shared! I cannot claim we remained close, afterwards, but he did once offer to show me his ... [Continue Story]
- Did You Ever Know that You’re My Hero—Wait—Maybe Not by Maria Grant
- Op-Ed: Mayor Cerino Will be Missed by Tom Herz
- Commentary: Slicing and Dicing the Democratic Vote for Governor by Josh Kurtz
- Op-Ed: Accountability by Bob Moores
- Golf: A Pastime or Past Its Time? By Maria Grant
- Making and Remembering History Reflected in Chestertown Today by Tom Timberman
- Opinion: New License For Conowingo Dam Threatens Bay by Zack Kelleher
- Op-Ed: Confederate Monument Must be Moved from Courthouse Lawn by John Griep
- Op-Ed: Proposed Shore Salmon Operation Raises Significant Questions by Alan Girard
- Op-Ed: Impeachment by Steve Parks
The Issue of Our Time by Al Sikes (Special Series)
Harm and Probability by Al Sikes
Rising sea levels—resulting inundations. Extinctions—a serious blow to bio-diversity. Arctic ice melting releasing more carbon dioxide. And on and ... [Continue Story]
Al Sikes
Gun Control: Go Upstream and Fix the 2nd Amendment by Al Sikes
Mass shootings equal tragedy, a lot of talk and not much else. So let me make a radical suggestion. Go upstream, go to the Second Amendment to the ... [Continue Story]
- An Uncommon Book on the Ultimate Question by Al Sikes
- Thoughts on Leadership by Al Sikes
- Failure of Imagination by Al Sikes
- Precedent! By Al Sikes
- Thoughts on the Beginning by Al Sikes
- 2021 by Al Sikes
- Trump, A Martyr? By Al Sikes
- Suicide on Fifth Avenue by Al Sikes
- Who Among Us Awaits Instruction? By Al Sikes
- Scattered Thoughts With a Theme by Al Sikes
George Merrill
Snapshots of Daily Life: Intolerance by George Merrill
In seventeenth century England, Clergy and nobility, the high rollers of that day, played hard ball with each other and with most everyone else. ... [Continue Story]
- Snapshots Of Daily Life: Murder by George Merrill
- Memory by George Merrill
- Buffleheads by George Merrill
- Snapshots of Daily Life: Windows by George Merrill
- Redbud by George Merrill
- Snapshots of Daily Life: Critters
- Snapshots of Daily Life: Normal by George Merrill
- Snapshots of Daily Life: Zen by George Merrill
- Snapshots of Daily Life: Intimations
- Snapshots of Daily Life: Geese by George Merrill
Howard Freedlander
Out and About (Sort of): Public Apologies by Howard Freedlander
In late March, a Republican congressman from New York, Tom Reed, apologized to a female lobbyist whom he groped in 2017 and then resigned his seat in ... [Continue Story]
- Out and About (Sort of): Parole or Not? By Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Sickening Suppression by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Democracy Lite by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Tubman 20 by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Good News by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Bridge Too Far by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Not All Arms, Sadly by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Wary Watchdog by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort of): Russell Brinsfield by Howard Freedlander
- Out and About (Sort 0f): Dark Cloud Over Annapolis by Howard Freedlander
Jamie Kirkpatrick
The Peace of an Evening by Jamie Kirkpatrick
There is something about a quiet evening that soothes my soul. Day is done, the clock is winding down, it’s time for friends. The warming weather ... [Continue Story]
- The Lion and The Lamb by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Chimayo by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Temporarily Green by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Crossing Over by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- In the Air by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Winter Geometry by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- The Defenestration of Reason by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Snow Daze by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Footprints by Jamie Kirkpatrick
- Dualchas by Jamie Kirkpatrick
Letter to Editor
Letter to Editor: Let’s Honor Lou Gehrig Day
Major League Baseball recently designated June 2 this year and moving forward will be known across the league as Lou Gehrig Day. The announcement is ... [Continue Story]
- Letter to Editor: Two Faces Exist in “Progressive” Chestertown
- Letter to Editor: Clarifying My Language Supporting Individual Freedom
- Letter to Chestertown Community from Shore Regional Health
- Letter to Editor: Kent County GOP Rejects Extremes (Correction)
- Letter to Editor: Endorse the Climate Crisis and Education Act
- Letter to Editor: Kudos for Kent County Health Department
- Letter to Editor: Talbot Boys Needs Signage
- Letter to Editor: Don’t Expect Harris to Resign
- Letter to Editor: Remember Isaiah 14
- Letter to Editor: Rep. Andy Harris Needs to Tell the Truth