Emotional Rescue #5: Sarah Palin, Global Warming, and the Death of Excitement in Poker
Today is Friday, August 31st, 2018. The scattershooting begins….
Read MoreMovie Review: Operation Finale
We’re all animals. Some of us just have bigger teeth than others.
Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann’s capture is the subject of a new movie, Operation Finale.
Read MoreEmotional Rescue #4: What Was Your First Paid Job?
Preface: Today’s column wasn’t planned. It just happened. The idea came to me last night, during a spark of inspiration at a wine dinner, and the rest wrote itself.
Read MoreCould Melania be the Trump Who Makes America Great Again?
Could Melania be the Trump who “Makes America Great Again?” Don’t laugh. The First Lady could be our best hope to neuter the disastrous Trump Presidency.
The hero who ends up saving the republic might not be who you think.
Read MoreWhy We Resist
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
— James A. Baldwin
Often I get asked, “why resist?”
Read MoreEmotional Rescue #3: Remembering John McCain, Ohio State Football, 100 Essential Albums, and Geographical Prejudice
Today is Sunday, August 26th, 2018. The scattershooting begins….
Read More100 Essential Albums: #93 — Teatro by Willie Nelson [1998]
I’ll always love you in my own peculiar way.
From the opening note of the first song on Willie Nelson’s vastly underappreciated 1998 album, Teatro, we realize we’re in for something astoundingly different.
Read MoreSomebody’s Knockin’ at the Door, Somebody’s Ringin’ My Bell
When I moved into this house 15 years ago, the first thing I did was install a large sign made out of brass. The brassy sign read: NO SOLICITING.
Read MoreTexans Must Elect Beto O’Rourke
It’s easy to be cynical about politics. That’s because politicians make it easy for us to be cynical.
However, on rare occasions, a politician comes along who’s different.
Beto O’Rourke is very different.
Read MoreThe 20 Craziest Bets I’ve Ever Made (One Isn’t True) — Guess Which One
In January 1971, I made my first-ever sports wager.
I remember the game all too well because it was my first loser. I lost $1.
Read MoreFacing the Firing Squad
