Every goddamn day: 05/01/26

     Not being a sports guy, I don't use many sports metaphors. It's never fourth and long in my world. I seldom swing for the fence...

      If I had to point to one history book that completely changed my thinking, the first one to come to mind would be Studs Terkel's ...

       I'm on vacation for the next few weeks. To give you SOMETHING to read, I've prepared a self-indulgent look at some of my favo...

Hedy Lamar as Tondelayo in the 1942 film "White Cargo." Thurber, writing in 1933, was referring to the book.       I'm not in ...

Actual bagels made in Brooklyn      A friend of mine flew out of Midway on Friday. Had she asked me, I would have strongly advised her to a)...

Fear it.      I had more fun with my column on Arbor Day than a person should probably have while getting paid. The first draft ran 30 perc...

"A-mal-gam" by Nick Cave.      Happy Arbor Day! Did it sneak up on you, again? Or are you ready with the ... well, not a lot to do...