Essays
In addition to her food stories, Ruth also writes essays, commentary, opinion pieces, and observations on current affairs, politics, and popular culture. Ruth studied writing and journalism at Carnegie-Mellon University and New York University, and creative nonfiction at Johns Hopkins University.
The sleeper spy they forgot to wake up
By RUTH GOLDSTEIN FOR THE BALTIMORE SUN |NOV 18, 2019 I think I might be a sleeper spy someone forgot to wake up. By Fox News standards, I’m basically a Dreamer: My parents came from Canada and my grandparents (all four) emigrated from Ukraine when it was still part...
Finding a silver lining in a pandemic | COMMENTARY
By RUTH GOLDSTEIN FOR THE BALTIMORE SUN |OCT 23, 2020 In a conventional war, if you know where the enemy is you know where to take a stand. Famous front lines have even gone down in history — Gettysburg, Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge. This war against the...
Terminally ill people should have the right to choose when they die | COMMENTARY
By RUTH GOLDSTEIN FOR THE BALTIMORE SUN |JAN 22, 2020 While there is universal agreement among members of a free society that everyone deserves a dignified life, the right to a dignified death is not yet guaranteed for every Maryland citizen. That might be...
Finding my way at the Waverly farmers market
The Waverly farmers market pops up like a mushroom once a week in a parking lot across the street from the library, evaporates at the stroke of noon and appears again seven days later, 52 weeks a year. It is part of my usual Saturday morning ritual. On this...