In yesterday’s New York Times, Sheryl Gay Stolberg reported on the uncertain future of a bust of Chief Justice Roger Taney that stands in his hometown of Frederick, Maryland. Taney, of course ...

I read with considerable interest James Rada Jr.’s recent series of articles on the life of General James Wilkinson and his ties to Frederick. In 2023, I published a book, “American Traitor ...

In March of 1857, the United States Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, declared that all blacks -- slaves as well as free -- were not and could never become citizens of the United ...