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 1858, the street was originally named for Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney after he passed the Dred Scott Decision, which denied citizenship to Black people during slavery.

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 ...