NEWS: US private employers shed 32,000 jobs in November, according to the latest ADP report. That’s 4 months of job losses in the past 6 months. Small businesses are being hit hardest in the Trump economy. Most industries are seeing layoffs.

We’re in a hell of a lot of trouble.

Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars. She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

"Employee-owned" puts me in this local hardware store for everything from paint to padlocks baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/dan-...

President Trump’s legally dubious tariffs have harvested billions from American companies and customers this year, despite his claims that foreign countries are paying them. Now some of those companies want that money back. trib.al/BxUUw8E

Based on Trump's action here, no one should ever go to prison on drug-smuggling charges and the Pentagon should stop killing Venezuelans in boats. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

Girls ice hockey: A shot at playing in college When my family first got involved in youth ice hockey in Baltimore, the sport at that level -- at all levels, really -- was dominated by boys and men. But starting around 2003-2004, that changed: Girls were recruited into the sport throughout the…

Like the man himself, Trump’s schtick has gotten old. Declaring “fake news” every time a reporter challenges him; using the word “disaster” to describe everyone and everything he doesn’t like; and constantly mentioning Joe Biden. danrodricks.substack.com/p/blaming-bi...

I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face

A meditation on being and peace from Native American elders danrodricks.com/2020/11/26/a...

Let's compare lists: Reasons for thanks open.substack.com/pub/danrodri...

How to make Portuguese stuffing for Thanksgiving danrodricks.com/2022/11/22/h...

10th anniversary: Trump’s mockery of a reporter’s disability open.substack.com/pub/danrodri...

Sorry, Your Holiness, ‘extremely disrespectful’ doesn’t cut it open.substack.com/pub/danrodri...

Announcing a free student matinee of “No Mean City: Baltimore 1966.” Taking reservations now. The run of my next play, "No Mean City: Baltimore 1966," will include a free student matinee on Wednesday, March 11 at noon. Seating in the Meyerhoff Theater of the Baltimore Museum of Art is limited to…

Casting between the falling leaves #flyfishing @trout

Trump on the Jamal Khashoggi murder: 'Things happen' He might as well have said . . . . open.substack.com/pub/danrodri...

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” -- Bonhoeffer

I feel compelled to note the anniversary, or else see those who died disappear deeper into the folds of time and our collective ambivalence about the long war in Vietnam. baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/dan-...

Great stuff: Deny flood relief help to Westernport, Maryland and other communities, then skip town.

A model train metropolis 40 years in the making Antoni Gaudi won’t be around to see the completion of his masterwork; the basilica Sagrada Familia in Barcelona is not scheduled for completion until 2026 — 144 years after Gaudi designed it and 100 after his death. Gustav Mahler took six years to…

Fishing lures in the wind On Veterans Day, during a drive through Maryland's Washington County, I took a side trip to see Dam No. 5, also known as the Honeywood Dam, on the Potomac River. It was a sunny but cold and blustery day, with some big winds bending trees and the dried sorghum I passed on…

If I had a bell I would be walking through the center town ringing, it yelling “shame!“

It would be a wonderful thing if one day, on a national holiday, we could honor those who served in peace as well as those who served in war. baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/dan-...

My daughter asked for ‘various salads’ for a birthday dinner . . . And so I obliged her, digging into one of my favorite recipe books, The Foods of Italy by the late great Giuliano Bugialli, who was a guest on my television show in the 1990s. Bugialli was a champion of simple, authentic vegetable…

A demonstration of the moral absurdity -- and illegality -- of what Trump and Hegseth are doing off the coast of Venezuela. danrodricks.substack.com/p/why-stop-a...

An old tradition: Naming places on rivers and trails Among those who fish — and I’m sure it’s true of those who hunt and hike — you get into the habit of naming familiar places in the great outdoors, branding them in some personal way. Gunpowder River Along the Gunpowder River in northern…

Nov. 4, 2025: Big day for Democrats and democracy.

Baltimore Feature: The A to K Neighborhood www.baltimorebrew.com/2025/11/03/a...

Back in the days before Republicans lost their minds, the country mostly took priority over party — and certainly over any particular president. danrodricks.substack.com/p/once-upon-...

World Series 2025 was epic. So were ticket prices. In 1966, you could have a box seat for …. The 2025 World Series was epic. Too bad one team had to lose, and too bad it was the Toronto Blue Jays. We were rooting for them, and I’m sure that was the case throughout most of Birdland, home of the…

Maryland se une a otros 23 estados para presentar una demanda contra Trump por la suspensión ilegal de los beneficios del SNAP. La Coalición urge que la Corte restaure de inmediato los fondos de SNAP, de los que dependen 42 millones de estadounidenses Comunicado de prensa del Fiscal General de…

Democrats, first under FDR and later under LBJ, reduced the number of Americans going hungry. A brief, partially personalized history of the nation's food benefits programs baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/dan-... @repjohnnyo.bsky.social @alsobrooks.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov

More boats destroyed, more murders at sea today, and no one to stop him.

Chief Justice John Roberts — Trump’s biggest enabler — encouraged a lawless president to become even more lawless. If Trump can’t be stopped from ordering the murders of people in boats, there are no bounds to his depravity or his use of military power. danrodricks.substack.com/p/who-will-s...

“Traditionally, the military has maintained a staunchly apolitical stance, but recent events have blurred this critical boundary." -- Army Lt. Col open.substack.com/pub/danrodri...

Sadly, we no longer live in a functioning democracy.

One week ago, along the national pike in Catonsville, we heard a song of desire for a better country. baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/dan-...

That will make the best TV since the Senate Watergate hearings.

The smell of sleaze is strong here www.baltimoresun.com/2025/10/22/c...

Whoever is the next Democratic presidential candidate should vow to tear down the hideous ballroom and rebuild the Rose Garden, I bet there are a lot of votes in that

Real men admit they made a mistake, if only to themselves. open.substack.com/pub/danrodri...

Proustian memory: Steamed windows and chop suey A Proustian memory is the sudden, involuntary recall of a forgotten moment or experience, triggered by an aroma, taste or touch. It was a madeleine dipped in tea that sent Marcel Proust back in time. My latest Proustian memory — I’ve had many —…

Moskowitz: We need $30 billion to extend, obviously, these healthcare subsidies, which allow Americans—Americans, not illegal—Americans, citizens, to afford healthcare. And the president’s like, “We don’t have $30 billion, but I am going to send $40 billion to my dear friend in Argentina.”

New play: The 1966 Orioles, the fight for civil rights and Baltimore’s last Republican mayor My new play, “No Mean City: Baltimore 1966,” will open in March for a run of performances — including, we hope, a *weekday matinee for students — in the Meyerhoff Theater of the Baltimore Museum of Art.  A…

Trump and Miller were counting on Americans being all-in on mass deportation, and not caring about immigrants being pulled out of their lives here by masked thugs. They were wrong. open.substack.com/pub/danrodri...

Love America Rallies: No Kings Day, October 2025 The MAGA Republican response to the second No Kings protest has been a combination of laughably extreme invective and childish hissy fit. Republican after Republican issued over-the-top criticism of the organized demonstrations against the Trump…

I have yet to read -- that is, an email note or social media post -- from a Trump supporter that, instead of knocking me or Democrats, refrained from profanity or harsh snark and clearly explained, in complete sentences, why Trump is "the greatest president" and why the rest of us are misguided.