Dan Rodricks

The running conservative response to the revelations about Trump and his sleazy phone call with the Ukraine president is that it’s a big fat nothingburger and that Speaker Pelosi and the Trump-hating Democrats have overplayed their hand with a formal impeachment inquiry. From at least one fellow pundit in the Washington Post: No one cares … Continue reading Despite what the Trump suckups say, Ukrainegate is a SomethingBurger

It is beyond any level of belief that Donald Trump, a juggernaut of sleaze, would be so concerned about corruption in Ukraine that he would urge its president to take action. This is like a porn star being concerned about promiscuity among teens. So Trump's statement about why he made the phone call deserves all … Continue reading Trump is concerned about corruption? Howls of derisive laughter please

Neil Jacobs, a champion of the Youghiogheny River catch-and-release fishery, has been circulating this letter to anglers in the hopes we will join him in asking the Maryland Department of the Environment to balance all interests, including the trout habitat, in its deliberations on a water-release permit. You can contact Mr. Jacobs directly at enjacobs@gmail.com. … Continue reading Fellow anglers asked to speak up on behalf of the trout in the Youghiogheny River in Maryland

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of one of the most important nonfiction books by an American author of the last century: The End of Nature, by Bill McKibben. It was a seminal work in which McKibben argued that we had so profoundly altered our world that nature was no longer a … Continue reading What the children and birds are telling us

I had a moment of what you might call Trump Time Madness during an otherwise pleasant conversation with an otherwise congenial and interesting stranger, and it speaks to what I consider one of the nation’s biggest problems -- not enough people following the news of the day in a daily newspaper. I know that sounds … Continue reading Suffering from Trump Time Madness: A conversation with the low-info voter

Have you ever happened upon the dawn of time? Have you ever felt like the world began overnight? Have you ever tried to squint away the rest of humanity and imagine yourself the first person to stand at the edge of the ocean, with all life foaming at your feet? I’ve had moments like that. … Continue reading Bluefish blitz and the birth of the world

Having pushed away from fast-food and chain restaurants a couple of years ago, it took me a few months to get around to sampling an Impossible Whopper at Burger King, and I only did so at the urging of a raving vegetarian friend. I went to a BK in Towson, Maryland. (There are other local … Continue reading Impossible Dream: A Whopper that takes vegetarians back to the cave, assuming they want to go there

Maryland Trout Unlimited: Wednesday, September 18. 7:30 p.m. Join us to hear Baltimore Sun columnist Dan Rodricks, author of "Father's Day Creek: Fly Fishing, Fatherhood and The Last Best Place on Earth." Dan will discuss his book and talk about his journey from angler to conservationist, and the emotional and psychological connections to rivers and special places … Continue reading Next speaking engagement is with Trout Unlimited in Towson on Sept. 18