Food Friday: Blueberry Summer
It’s almost June and we are about to dive headlong into summer. I can see the signs: the fireflies are lighting up our backyard, the weeds are growing faster than kudzu, and the hydrangeas are bobbing their blue mopheads in the warm breeze. And there is a sudden proliferation of green cardboard blueberry baskets in […]
An Enjoyable and Important White House Story by Craig Fuller
[youtube id=”T7jc92l_8CU During my time in the White House, one of the really bright lights on the staff was a young woman who handled administrative details. That woman, Anita McBride, served in three presidential administrations and became the chief of staff to First Lady Laura Bush during her time in the White House. She is […]
Nullification: Negated, Minimized, or Rendered Ineffectual by Al Sikes
“I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which government can be held to the principles of its constitution.” Thomas Jefferson, 1788 The trial is now over. My overwhelming reaction is sadness. Sadness for the country, for the rule of law, for the Trump family. And especially for […]
From and Fuller Special Edition: Political Thoughts on Trump as Convicted Felon
[youtube id=”zvLOEcICIgI Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. In this special edition, From and Fuller discuss the jury decision yesterday that found former president Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business records in a case stemming from a payment that […]
State Hopes to Recruit Dentists for Eastern Shore
Maryland has about 70 dentists per 100,000 residents, according data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2020, but that doesn’t mean that they are equally distributed across the state. State health officials and dental health advocates say that Baltimore and parts of the Eastern Shore and Western Maryland not only lack dentists, but have […]
Cambridge Time Machine: Time to Go to the Telephone Exchange on High Street
The central telephone exchange was at 203 High Street in Cambridge from 1896 to 1913. It was moved to the northeast corner of Cedar and Pine Streets in the 1930s.
Wine of the Week: Falanghina Campanella IGT
This weekend we will taste the Falanghina Campanella IGT ($23.99) from the Casa Setaro winery in Campania, in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius. Over 600,000 people live within the active volcano’s danger zone, which puts a harrowing perspective on tending vines and hoping the next eruption is not in one’s lifetime. The irony is the […]