From and Fuller: A Rough Week for Trump in Court, with Russia and China, as Epstein Returns as the Front Page Story
https://youtu.be/JXDK8_7fZpg”/] Every Thursday, the Spy hosts a conversation with Al From and Craig Fuller on the most topical political news of the moment. This week, From and Fuller discuss the Trump Administration’s recent failures in court cases involving its cutting research grants to universities, the deployment of the National Guard in Los Angeles, the diminishing […]
Mahjong By Angela Rieck
I finally succumbed to learning Mahjong. A number of people had asked me to join in Mahjong games and I was recalcitrant. I remember the senior women in my husband’s country club playing Mahjong and I vowed I would never be that person. I am that person. My neighbor invited everyone in the neighborhood to […]
Design with Jenn Martella: Adaptive Re-Use in Chestertown
The original meaning of the adjective “high” meant importance or superior rank. The term “high street” first appeared in use in the 12th century as the name given to an urban street that became the main retail corridor of a town. It was also the widest street in order to make it easier for farmers […]
Looking at the Masters: Spain in the Golden Age – Granada’s Alhambra
During the Golden Age of Spain, from 711 until 1492, Muslims ruled Al-Andalus from Cordoba to Toledo and Seville to Granada. The Nasrid Kingdom of Granada (1238-1492) was the last independent Muslim kingdom in Spain. Prior to the Nasrid rule, the Vizier of Granada was Samuel ha-Nagid (933-1056), a Jewish scholar, statesman, poet, military commander […]
Nicole Sophocles Appointed Head of School at Wye River Upper School
After a thoughtful and comprehensive search process, the Board of Trustees of Wye River Upper School is pleased to announce the appointment of Nicole Sophocles as the permanent Head of School for Wye River Upper School, effective immediately. Over the past year, Mrs. Sophocles has served with distinction as Interim Head of School, providing strong […]