Dan Rodricks

Rep. Jamie Raskin, Democrat from Maryland’s 8th District and a constitutional scholar, used the anniversary of the deadly Oklahoma City terror bombing to respond to claims from wacko Republicans that the Second Amendment gives citizens the right to armed rebellion against the government. His staff issued these prepared marks on Wednesday, 28 years from when … Continue reading Jamie Raskin’s brilliant response to Republican know-nothings on the matter of armed rebellion

The Maryland Jockey Club will host a hiring fair on Thursday, April 20. You can apply for short-term and long-term jobs with Select Event Group, SAFE Management, The Beadle Group, Battle Tested Security, Ridgewells Catering and the Maryland Jockey Club. Representatives from these companies and others will have information about positions open for Preakness weekend … Continue reading Looking for work? Job fair at Pimlico is April 20

I discovered years ago that the artist Raoul Middleman and I had three places in common -- Baltimore, of course, but also Brittany, from where my French in-laws immigrated, and Wareham, on the Buzzards Bay side of Cape Cod. Middleman produced many landscapes in oils, watercolors and pastels in Brittany. He also spent summers in … Continue reading The artist Raoul Middleman at Buzzards Bay

His sister-in-law, Teresa, thought this photograph best captured Billy Zinkhan's relationship with the kids he coached in ice hockey. He was one of the first mentors of the Baltimore Saints, the program Teresa and Billy's brother, Jim, established 15 years ago for children with traumatic brain injuries or intellectual disabilities such as autism or Down … Continue reading Remembering Billy Z: Loud laugh, big heart

Kay-Megan Washington, who gave a stellar performance as Lula Key in “Baltimore, You Have No Idea” in December, has a role in a new musical play based on the writings of Edgar Allan Poe. Called, “Nevermore,” it is having its premiere run at Area 405 on Oliver Street this month. With music by Matt Conner … Continue reading A new musical based on the writings of E.A. Poe

This is an effort to get something going in the Waverly commercial corridor along Greenmount Avenue. My daughter is working on this project. She didn't ask me to, but I’m passing it along: “Root to Success Contest,” part of the Growing Greenmount campaign between 29th and 34th Streets. Winners will receive 12 months of rent-free … Continue reading Thinking of starting a business in Baltimore? Here’s a shot at free rent in the Mural Building, financing and mentoring.

It makes me quite happy to see the U.S. Department of Justice nail hundreds of violent fools and other losers for their Trump-inspired attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. On Friday, a Trump-nominated federal judge sentenced the 25-year-old guy who used a riot shield to crush a D.C. police officer in a … Continue reading The new patriotism: Being smarter, better informed than those still in Trumpworld

After the release of the Maryland Attorney General’s depressing report on child sexual abuse by priests and other religious of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, I reached out to Father Gerard McGlone, psychologist, senior research fellow at Georgetown, a Jesuit priest who works with survivors of abuse and a survivor himself.It was too late to incorporate … Continue reading Lamentations: A priest and survivor of abuse on what’s been missing in the Church’s response

Until this week, when I looked deeper into his background for my current Sun column, I did not know Dr. Robert Gallo's origin story as a scientist. It was the death of his six-year-old sister, Judith, when Gallo was a boy in Connecticut, that launched his career in cancer and virus research. He went on … Continue reading What I didn’t know about Dr. Gallo

This stained glass memorial to those who fought for the Union in the Civil War is in Lansdowne Christian Church - Hull Memorial in Baltimore County. Charles Hull, a Civil War veteran and Baltimore real estate investor, gave the building for the church, and each year on the Sunday before Memorial Day the church honors … Continue reading “Those who fought for the Union” essay/oratory contest