Fraser Smith's Commentary

Baltimore finds itself trailing many other cities when it comes to transparent handling of police brutality settlements.If you win a cash settlement from…

It’s the holiday season but the move from Democrat to Republican government in Maryland continues as it must. Just what that may mean gets clearer by the…

When you get on the civil rights train, you can never get off. That was the late Parren Mitchell’s urging. Contemporary events, if nothing else, prove him…

Comptroller Peter Franchot has a finely tuned political ear – and little regard for political correctness. He realized early that former governor William…

Former governor Bob Ehrlich for President? Really?Why not, he's saying. He’s got his toe in the New Hampshire waters. It felt like Dundalk to him, he told…

Having labored for years to save the bay, Maggie McIntosh turns now to matters of the purse. How Maryland spends the taxpayers’ money is about to become…

The election’s behind us. Winter lurks. And depending on who or where you are on the political spectrum, it’s a season of change, challenge and…

Is the Red Line rail project dead? It’s a $2.9 billion effort. Advocates say it will re-energize the Baltimore region.But word on the street says it’s…

A disturbed and obstreperous hospital patient was physically restrained and then hit with an electronic stun gun repeatedly. The patient, George King,…

It ain't over yet - Maryland's gubernatorial race is giving voters the full end-of-campaign treatment. Usually the deal is done by now. But this year’s…