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Dan Rodricks
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My Biography
Dan Rodricks has been a columnist for the Baltimore Sun since 1979. His column has won regional and national journalism awards, and he has frequently been cited as the Baltimore's favorite news columnist by Baltimore Magazine and the City Paper. In addition to writing three columns a week, Dan is host of Midday with Dan Rodricks on WYPR (www.wypr.org/midday.html), Baltimore's NPR station. Previously, Dan was for several years a contributing commentator to WBAL-TV, host of a talk show on WBAL-AM, host of documentaries on Maryland Public Television and, from 1995 to 2000, he was host of the popular Rodricks For Breakfast show on WMAR-TV. He is the author of two books about Baltimore.
My Recent Articles
In federal prison, ol' Bulldog faces sensual shock
5/18/2013
Alleged Black Guerrilla Family leader awaiting trial in U.S. institution If the federal prison that gets Tavon White is anything like the last one I visited, even a charmer such as Bulldog will have a tough time recreating the life of the libertine he had at the Baltimore City Detention Center.
A public service message to youth sports parents 5/15/2013
Try to keep a little perspective, folks; remember what it was like to be a kid The good news is that, in seven years of umpiring amateur baseball games in the Baltimore area, Frank Handley has had to give the thumb to only five adults. The bad news is he had to do it again a couple of weeks ago. But we're going to turn a negative into a positive today. We're going to get the message out — a reminder, really — that parents need to keep the ugly under control and set a good example for children.
Who's your daddy? For Orb, it's Malibu Moon 5/13/2013
Now one of the nation's leading stallions, Orb's sire got his start in Harford County The Preakness means more to Marylanders when there's a Marylander in the race, and this year we have the obvious connection in Orb, the Kentucky Derby winner owned in part by Stuart Janney III, chairman of Bessemer Trust and resident of Butler, in the heart of horse country north of Baltimore.
Maryland's McDaniel College closing the 'opportunity gap' 5/12/2013
McDaniel in Westminster gets props for helping bright, low-income students pay for college Here's what Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, said three years ago as the nation's gap between rich and poor widened toward historic levels: "I think it's a very bad development. It's creating two societies. And it's based very much, I think, on educational differences. … It leads to an unequal society, and a society which doesn't have the cohesion that we'd like to see."
Complaining CEOs need to take a hike 5/8/2013
Gripes about Maryland's business climate become tiresome I took a walk early Wednesday morning. Azaleas and dogwoods were in bloom. Green-again trees and shrubs were damp, dripping from Tuesday's rain. A zillion birds were singing, and even the starlings sounded sweet. The Orioles had won another game. A horse with a Maryland owner had won the Kentucky Derby.
Alleged Black Guerrilla Family leader awaiting trial in U.S. institution If the federal prison that gets Tavon White is anything like the last one I visited, even a charmer such as Bulldog will have a tough time recreating the life of the libertine he had at the Baltimore City Detention Center.
A public service message to youth sports parents 5/15/2013
Try to keep a little perspective, folks; remember what it was like to be a kid The good news is that, in seven years of umpiring amateur baseball games in the Baltimore area, Frank Handley has had to give the thumb to only five adults. The bad news is he had to do it again a couple of weeks ago. But we're going to turn a negative into a positive today. We're going to get the message out — a reminder, really — that parents need to keep the ugly under control and set a good example for children.
Who's your daddy? For Orb, it's Malibu Moon 5/13/2013
Now one of the nation's leading stallions, Orb's sire got his start in Harford County The Preakness means more to Marylanders when there's a Marylander in the race, and this year we have the obvious connection in Orb, the Kentucky Derby winner owned in part by Stuart Janney III, chairman of Bessemer Trust and resident of Butler, in the heart of horse country north of Baltimore.
Maryland's McDaniel College closing the 'opportunity gap' 5/12/2013
McDaniel in Westminster gets props for helping bright, low-income students pay for college Here's what Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, said three years ago as the nation's gap between rich and poor widened toward historic levels: "I think it's a very bad development. It's creating two societies. And it's based very much, I think, on educational differences. … It leads to an unequal society, and a society which doesn't have the cohesion that we'd like to see."
Complaining CEOs need to take a hike 5/8/2013
Gripes about Maryland's business climate become tiresome I took a walk early Wednesday morning. Azaleas and dogwoods were in bloom. Green-again trees and shrubs were damp, dripping from Tuesday's rain. A zillion birds were singing, and even the starlings sounded sweet. The Orioles had won another game. A horse with a Maryland owner had won the Kentucky Derby.
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