Michael Olesker

Michael Olesker remembers a time when professional athletes were reluctant to speak publicly about the racial and political climate.

Michael Olesker writes about Vice President Mike Pence’s scheduled appearance this week at Fort McHenry.

Kamala Harris’ Yiddish nickname speaks volumes about why she connects with Americans who have felt marginalized.

For more than six decades, the late, great newspaper and magazine columnist wrote with a tremendous sense of purpose, poetry and passion.

Once more, President Trump tries to make America the most divided nation in history, and a people most frightened by our fellow citizens, writes Michael Olesker.

President Trump’s bragging of recently passing a cognitive assessment test puzzles Michael Olesker.

Michael Olesker takes issue with Bret Stephens’ recent New York Times column on Baltimore in 2020.

It’s been 40 years since Harborplace opened on July 2, 1980. Michael Olesker considers the pavilions’ past and future.

Toppling statues is one thing, but Baltimore needs to find new heroes to honor in “The Monumental City,” writes Michael Olesker.

The late comedian’s gift was not just being hysterical but generously sharing the laughs, writes Michael Olesker.