Tom Jurkowsky

Workers make progress on the Francis Scott Key Bridge as the multibillion-dollar rebuilding project advances to restore the vital shipping and commuter link. (Kevin Richardson/Staff)

Trump, don’t play games with Key Bridge | GUEST COMMENTARY

September 3, 2025 at 8:38 a.m.

Writer Tom Jurkowsky urges Donald Trump to stop threats of terminating funding for the Francis Scott Key Bridge replacement.

Supporters of President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier, Jan. 6, 2021, during a riot at the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

An injustice at the Justice Department | GUEST COMMENTARY

August 11, 2025 at 2:05 p.m.

Writer Tom Jurkowsky takes the Justice Department to task for hiring a staffer who was charged for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

FILE – Then Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference on July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Trump’s crypto ventures raise deep ethical concerns | GUEST COMMENTARY

June 5, 2025 at 2:29 p.m.

The most disturbing apparent ethical breach of the Trump administration has been Donald Trump's ventures into cryptocurrency, writes Tom Jurkowsky.

Maryland must stop those who prey on our veterans | GUEST COMMENTARY

February 19, 2025 at 1:12 p.m.

For-profit companies are taking advantage of veterans seeking compensation for their injuries, writes Tom Jurkowsky.

China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Wang Wenbin gestures during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Friday, July 24, 2020. China ordered the United States on Friday to close its consulate in the western city of Chengdu, ratcheting up a diplomatic conflict at a time when relations have sunk to their lowest level in decades.

Tom Jurkowsky: The U.S. has a China problem that requires attention | COMMENTARY

July 26, 2020 at 1:20 a.m.

The Trump administration has recently strengthened its rhetoric regarding the growing threat from China. Although our country has its hands full dealing with a range of issues including a pandemic,...

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