Baltimore Sun Columnists

Kevin Cowherd

Kevin Cowherd

No toss-up: Flacco is the Ravens' MVP - November 5, 2009 - Joe Flacco stood in the warm sunshine outside the Castle on Wednesday, in the only place where he...

Ravens played like Ravens of old - November 2, 2009 - Oh, did the Ravens need this one.

Ravens played like Ravens of old - November 1, 2009 - Oh, did the Ravens need this one.

Jay Hancock

Jay Hancock

Losing Black & Decker a bad sign for Md. business - November 6, 2009 - It wasn't on the agenda, but the loss of Black & Decker's headquarters was drinks-and-hors d'oeuvres...

Why merge now? Age, economy seem obvious answers - November 4, 2009 - It was the first thing analysts asked Black & Decker boss Nolan D. Archibald about the Maryland...

O'Malley tried, failed to stop jump in BGE rates - November 3, 2009 - The video, lovingly promoted by Maryland Republicans, has gotten nearly 4,000 hits on YouTube. It's a...

Rob Kasper

Rob Kasper

Are you game enough to watch sausage being made — then eat it? - November 4, 2009 - "The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night."

Love of oysters, food shows lead to winning recipe entry - October 28, 2009 - Like a lot of people raised on Maryland's Eastern Shore, Jackie Hardin is a fancier of oysters.

Making pesto before the frost is on the basil - October 21, 2009 - As soon as the first snowflake falls in Garrett County, basil plants in Baltimore fold for the season....

Jacques Kelly

Jacques Kelly

Longing to taste once again foods distinctive to city - November 7, 2009 - The name on the window said Maron, and inside were candy counters and an ice cream parlor. I was...

No second acts for Clarisse Mechanic — the first was plenty - October 31, 2009 - Reaching for a dark suit to wear to a funeral, I could not help thinking that under different...

Despite premature obit, doctor and his sense of humor lived - October 24, 2009 - The Evening Sun reported that 5,160 Marylanders died in the 1918 flu epidemic, but it seems the count...

Mike Preston

Mike Preston

Lewis chewed on it, helped Bengals regain bite - November 6, 2009 - The first indication of a change came in the summer, when Cincinnati coach Marvin Lewis agreed to allow...

After beating Broncos, Ravens' secondary needs to do it again - November 3, 2009 - The buzzword for the Ravens this week, especially in the secondary, is consistency.

Ravens' short game has long-run benefits - November 2, 2009 - After weeks of trying, the Ravens seem to have discovered their offensive formula for winning...

Susan Reimer

Susan Reimer

Think only 'their' teens get pregnant? - November 2, 2009 - A report released last week reveals that most of us believe only teens from poor or single-parent...

Men (and underlings) behaving badly - October 26, 2009 - In yet another example of powerful men behaving badly with women underlings, ESPN baseball announcer...

Sisterly relationships never change - October 19, 2009 - My mother gave birth to four daughters in five years, and my sisters and I grew up fighting like cats...

Dan Rodricks

Dan Rodricks

The other side of B&D's history here - November 5, 2009 - Just for the record - and just in case anyone in the audience is starting to get teary-eyed about Black...

Not just 'liberals' to blame for drunk-driving tragedies - November 3, 2009 - During breakfast at Jimmy's in Fells Point the other day, several topics were raised in a short span of time -- children with autism, slot...

'We want them to stop killing each other' - November 1, 2009 - "It hurts me so bad, these young men killing each other," Gail Gainer, concerned and vigilant citizen of northwest Baltimore, said in this...

Peter Schmuck

Peter Schmuck

The reason Ravens offense has stepped up? It starts with a 'D' - November 1, 2009 - It's tempting to look back over the first six games of the season and wax nostalgic for the Ravens'...

Worn out: Everyone loses when uniform rule rules day - October 31, 2009 - News item: The Hereford boys cross country team lost its Baltimore...

Worn out: Everyone loses when uniform rule rules day - October 30, 2009 - News item: The Hereford boys cross country team had the Baltimore County championship taken away because of a minor underwear...

Thomas F. Schaller

Thomas F. Schaller

Political lessons from N.J., Virginia - October 27, 2009 - A week from today, New Jersey and Virginia - two nearby states that have a lot in common with Maryland,...

Rethinking presidential primaries - October 13, 2009 - The historic 2008 presidential election is now almost a year past, but my thoughts last week at a panel...

Post office wrong target for conservatives - September 29, 2009 - During the health care debates, a culprit emerged as proof that the federal government is anti-...

Ron Smith

Ron Smith

Not the first president to break promises - November 6, 2009 - "The doer is always conscienceless; no one has a conscience except the spectator." - Goethe

Massive fraud makes Medicare a lousy model - October 30, 2009 - In what must be considered a monumental understatement, Attorney General Eric H. Holder told CBS News'...

Obama's war in Afghanistan crashes on a craggy reality - October 16, 2009 - Tuesday's night's season premiere of Frontline on PBS examined "Obama's War," the eight-year-long conquest and occupation of Afghanistan....