Well, this was inevitable. The system that was going to solve all end-of-year controversy in college football ended up doing nothing but stirring up more controversy and inflaming tempers and egos all over the country. Let me be the first … Continue reading
Twenty years ago this weekend I was involved in something called “Drug Quiz Show,” a Jeopardy!-like event for middle school students to display their knowledge of various illegal substances. I’ve thought about that experience a lot, actually, one because one … Continue reading
I take it back. The biggest story from Monday was not World AIDS Day or Ferguson or Colt McCoy but Cyber Monday. Monday, apparently, was something called Cyber Monday, during which we are supposed to make purchases, I guess, somehow, … Continue reading
Today, of course, is World AIDS Day. Anybody still celebrate AIDS Day anymore? Begun in 1988, AIDS Day celebrates AIDS, the world’s first political disease. Now lost in a sea of other diseases and crises, I think AIDS and World … Continue reading
It is here. The most anticipated holiday and hotly debated political topic of the year: Black Friday. Mark my words, before the decade is out we’ll be calling Thanksgiving “Black Friday Eve.” Black Friday is the day on which no … Continue reading
Having done this blog now for more than a year I realize I’m in a position simply to repeat posts in a never-ending 365-day cycle. For example, on November 25th I’m always going to mention Joe DiMaggio’s birthday, and on … Continue reading
Hardly in need of another tribute, one of the most feted men of the Twentieth Century turns 100 tomorrow. Sure, he’s been gone for nearly two decades, but Joe DiMaggio’s place as an American icon stands as strong today as … Continue reading
I don’t think there’s been a tribute to Mike Nichols over the past two days that hasn’t included the phrase “Hollywood legend.” I will not break code here. The man was a Hollywood legend. Born Mikhail Igor Peschkowsky in Berlin in … Continue reading
It’s one of the most asked questions of our time. A simple survey. And most people have an answer. Pepsi or Coke? It’s been a couple decades since I gave serious thought to the question. I was a Coke man. … Continue reading
Sometimes you just can’t make this stuff up. Okay, so this news has been around for some time, but I’m hearing it more and more these days so here it is. ’Round these parts we’ve got this subway/train system called … Continue reading