Drop The Kaepernick Blather, Already
ESPN continues to be hell-bent on shaming some NFL franchise into putting marginal quarterback and national anthem sittee Colin Kaepernick on its roster, going so far on Friday as to call every NFL...
View ArticleEnough To Keep Me Busy
Here’s my latest book report: I am getting a little peculiar with my book reading these days; not with the kinds of books I read, but with the way I’m reading them. It used to be that I’d have one book...
View ArticleFantasy Can Bring Couples Together
Today is the day I participate in a fantasy football draft, and I’m only mildly interested. I haven’t been very successful in fantasy football seasons since I began drafting teams while still in my 20s...
View ArticleFrom Disney To Rugrats
My middle daughter Kari texted us on Sunday to say that my grandsons Jake, 7, and Nixon, 5, are now devoted fans of the cartoon, “Rugrats.” I smiled. Rugrats is a show that Kari, herself, watched when...
View ArticleTalks About Books
Libraries, to me, are like airports. You can find all kinds of books in there that will whisk you away to places you’ve never been, and the ideas you find in them can spur the imagination like no...
View ArticleBattlebots Take Over Where The NFL Disappoints
I didn’t watch a single game of NFL football last weekend, and I probably won’t watch again next weekend either. I seem to have found a replacement for the rock-em, sock-em NFL. It’s the rock-em,...
View ArticleA Gem Of A Fall Sports Season
It’s a little bit weird at this moment in the high school sports season, where events that breathed life into an otherwise drab fall are gone in what seems to be a heartbeat. It feels like it was...
View ArticleBeing Thankful For My Next Breath
In Sunday school last Sunday morning, our teacher showed us a quote from someone (nobody we knew, and not a famous person — just someone who’s grateful) who made us all stop and think. The quote,...
View ArticleLearning The Hard Way With PS3
For Christmas, my kids pooled their resources and bought me a PlayStation 3. They thought it would be a fun addition to my “man cave.” I had never owned a video game console before, so I was anxious to...
View ArticleBilly Graham: 1918-2018
When the Rev. Billy Graham died on Wednesday, the news received comparatively little coverage compared to the impact he made on millions of lives. I was disappointed with that, but not really...
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