Random Rodricks

McCain provides blessed sleep

Anybody else fall asleep during the Arizona senator's speech last night? Man, that was rough. Z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z. . . . . They should have quit while they were ahead -- after Sarah's speech.Click here for Daily Show must-see TV ...

Hockey Mom

Sarah Palin calls herself a hockey mom, and the media has dropped that shorthand into numerous reports about the Republican governor of Alaska since John McCain plucked her from political obscurity. There are thousands of hockey moms in the United...

How' bout that speech?

What did you think of Sarah Palin's speech?  Drop us an e-mail -- please be brief -- and we'll consider reading it on the air during the first hour of Midday today: midday@wypr.org ...

Zogby on Midday

John Zogby is familiar to millions of Americans by now as a super pollster and tracker of trends. He is CEO of Zogby International, keeping an ear to public opinion in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, and...

Talk about Palin

Sun columnist Jean Marbella and Matthew Crenson, political science professor emeritus at Hopkins, return to Studio A today to talk about John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate. Bob Moser, a contributing writer to...

Kinslow scholarship fund

The family of Anthony Kinslow, 18, the only child of Fel Houston (see today's column), set up a scholarship fund for him. If you click to his mother's on-line death notice, you will see information about the scholarship fund and...

Military service and drinking

I'll make a deal with the people who use the old-enough-to-fight/old-enough-to-drink argument that we heard back in the Vietnam era -- if you stop using this argument, I'll be glad to listen to the rest of what you have to...

A place for Phelps in Baltimore

I've said this before and this seems like a good time to bring it up again -- when Baltimore builds its new downtown arena, it should include a new home for the North Baltimore Aquatic Club. It's the best in...

Northwest ice rink

In some respects, the rumors about Michael Phelps acquiring the old Northwest Family Skating Center to expand Meadowbrook into a larger training center makes sense. The rink is right next to where North Baltimore Aquatic Club runs its programs, and...

Tippy's pickoffs: 25 years ago

The reference in Sunday's column to Tippy Martinez's feat 25 years ago (Aug. 24) has provoked an outpouring of comments. (I'm just posting a sample received by e-mail; the rest of you can post to this blog.) Seems like every...