The briefing
A breakthrough item of mine is The Briefing, a press conference satire I created after viewing network coverage of James Kallstrom, then-FBI director, updating media…
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Musical time machine
93XRT's Saturday Morning Flashback Every Saturday morning, Chicago's alternative rock station WXRT airs its long-running "Saturday Morning Flashback," a three-hour deep dive into a single…
December 13, 1977
Originally written in 2021, updated this morning — The University of Evansville Aces air tragedy It is hard to believe it's been 47 years. I…
A letter of Thanks
Some years ago I became aware of this eloquent WSJ editorial, 'And The Fair Land,' which has appeared on Thanksgiving annually since 1961. In our…
The lasting impact of Risky Business
Happy mid-November — that sweet spot between seasons when the night air turns crisp and simple pleasures return: college basketball, crackling fires, and those first…
Elevating with Pearl Jam
Worlds collide in an empty Atlanta hotel: the McDonald's High School All-American Basketball and members of the world-famous Seattle band It’s November, and I'm writing…
The first and only self-help book
Written nearly 2000 years ago, 'Meditations' offers classic wisdom for the modern day A boy, adopted, grows up and as a young man is unexpectedly…
The changing game
And why college basketball's still the best College basketball returns tonight. Its annual arrival always gets me fired up. Tonight, Ohio State and Texas ring…
The long road
On being an Indiana Hoosiers football fan, Part 1 College football summons the emotions of millions. Generations of us watch. We revere the excellence of…
The running kind
My first memory of any marathon comes from the 1972 Munich Olympics, watching Frank Shorter, the first and only American man to win gold. Fast…
