A castaway sailor and the shuttering of a great newspaper Rojas Seventy years ago, the military dictatorship of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla of Colombia shut down one of the nation’s best newspapers, El Espectador, after an expose by a 28-year-old reporter who would go on to become one of the world’s most famous novelists. It’s a … Continue reading How a young journalist and future Nobel laureate exposed the corruption of a dictator: Gabriel García Márquez, 1955
July in Baltimore: One night, twelve plays
Rapid Lemon Productions will continue its 2025 season in July with Variations on Night, an evening of 12 short plays by local authors. Produced each year since 2005, The Variations Project is an annual highlight of the Baltimore theatrical calendar. Performances will be at Strand Theater, 5426 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21214. Tickets are general … Continue reading July in Baltimore: One night, twelve plays
Out of print: The Baltimore Sun of September 1940
Second in a series This sampling from my stash of old Baltimore newspapers comes from the Sun of Labor Day weekend, 1940, bringing news of a fatal plane crash in Virginia, with a U.S. senator (and suspected Nazi sympathizer) among the victims; Nazi Germany bombing England; a tropical storm hitting Maryland and flooding Baltimore streets; … Continue reading Out of print: The Baltimore Sun of September 1940
50th anniversary of a great book about the ‘Great War’
As a writer of non-fiction, the late Paul Fussell was one of the master distillers of the 20th Century, and by distiller I mean something like this: A writer who considers all -- not only the general history of an examined period, but the cultural, political, social and commercial environment -- and who extracts from … Continue reading 50th anniversary of a great book about the ‘Great War’
Dan Rodricks 