Dan Rodricks
Dan Rodricks is an award-winning columnist for The Baltimore Sun, writing commentary on local, regional and national news three days a week since January 1979. He is also the host of a podcast, called Roughly Speaking, on baltimoresun.com. He is the former host of Midday, a daily talk show on WYPR, the NPR affiliate in Baltimore. Earlier, he was host of a talk show on WBAL Radio, contributed feature stories and commentary to WBAL-TV News, the NBC affiliate in Baltimore, and he produced and served as host of a live television show, "Rodricks For Breakfast," on WMAR-TV, the ABC affiliate in Baltimore. He is the winner of several national and regional journalism awards, and the author of two books.
Recent Articles
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Baltimore's 'Fiddler on the Roof' 'Heil' incident shows where we are as a country
Eighteen years ago, during Martin O’Malley’s first year as mayor of Baltimore, the man he had just named housing commissioner, Paul Graziano, got drunk, loud and homophobic in a Fells Point restaurant. He used a slur and made sexually graphic comments to men he apparently thought were gay. Police...
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Before you shop, some expert tips on Thanksgiving cocktails, wine and dinner
Before you shop for the makings of a Thanksgiving feast, we offer some tips from three experts who've been guests on Roughly Speaking.
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Likely Maryland's oldest citizen, one week from 111, Downing Kay is in good health and good humor
Dan makes a return trip to the home of Downing Kay, who was born Nov. 23, 1907. She is most likely Maryland's oldest citizen. A long life, it's still going strong.
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The Catholic bishops should have stood up to Rome on sex abuse
I try to write about things I care about, and apparently I still care about the Catholic Church. I can’t let it go. I was raised a Catholic. I have been a struggling Catholic, a fallen-off Catholic, a comeback Catholic, and several times an angry Catholic. I once thought myself a former Catholic,...
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A psychologist warns that Trump's 'malignant narcissism' could lead to fascism
Baltimore-based psychologist John Gartner is a leader of a group of mental health professionals called Duty To Warn. They seek to have Trump’s cabinet invoke the 25th Amendment, which lays out the procedure for removing a president who is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office."
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Zurawik on Fox: Shilling without shame for Trump
The Sun's media critic David Zurawik talks about Sean Hannity's role as a shill for President Trump.
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Inside an election night newsroom
As results start to come in from polling places across Maryland and across the country, Dan Rodricks spends a few minutes with Sun reporters and editors covering the 2018 midterm elections.
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Back at Chestnut Ridge, Jill Kamenetz votes for 'the smartest guy I ever knew'
She went out in the rain to her polling station in Baltimore County and voted for the smartest man she ever knew. On a day whose approach she had dreaded, Jill Kamenetz voted for her late husband for governor of Maryland. She skipped past Larry Hogan, the Republican incumbent, and Ben Jealous,...