Every goddamn day: 06/23/25

     Social media tears down girls. According to a UNESCO report , there is a direct correlation between how much time a girl spends online ...

      People think of Kurt Vonnegut and Mark Twain as wits. And rightly so. But while they said a good many smart things, they didn't s...

     Humor's been on the ropes, for years.      Between lingering cancel culture and an opera buffa administration that daily defies par...

       Were someone to ask me about the surprising aspects of being a diabetic — and no one has, so I'll have to just jump right in — I...

     "Congratulations!" said my cousin Harry, calling from Boston Thursday afternoon.      I frowned, wracking my brains. What had...

     Kitty and I went for a walk shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday, a fine cloudless day in May. We strolled to the corner of First and Walters...

      Maybe I really am getting old. When my editor called Thursday — a Chicago pope! Opinions to firehose at the flaming masses — I did no...