I read most of the comics in the newspaper almost every day and have my favorites. Mostly Doonesbury, Dustin, The Lockhorns, Bizarro, Ziggy, Non Sequitur, Mallard Fillmore, Pearls Before Swine, Zits and Dilbert, which are usually clever. What I

 I spent almost 40 years on the typewriter end of the newspaper business, tramping through press boxes, interviewing coaches and players, trying to put words in a straight line that made sense the next morning. But whether it was a high school

When I was a 14-year-old kid with acne, braces, glasses and buck teeth, I discovered something that would change my life – a 90-mile-an-hour fastball. That’s what it was like for me to realize I had something at my disposal that could, if used

The world of cancer is a parallel universe. It exists all around us. Rides with us on elevators. Parks next to us at the mall. It goes, however, mostly unnoticed. Until it becomes yours. A cancer diagnosis unlocks the door to this quiet,

Those who know me well know I’m never late for anything. If I am late, they know to call the police because something bad has obviously happened. Indeed, I’m annoyingly early to most things in my life because I allow enough time for bad traffic,