Special K spokesman (or spokeslittlegirl)?
"Dad, can I tell you two things? Number one: Special K is super good. Number two: Can I have more Special K?" Three minutes later: "Here, Dad. Special K is…
If Bobby Riggs intentionally lost to Billie Jean King in The Battle of the Sexes, it matters. The truth always matters.
ESPN recently ran a feature story about the allegation that Bobby Riggs intentionally lost the famous 1973 Battle of the Sexes match against Billie Jean. I’ve read the piece and…
This pint-sized hockey fan makes your average fantasy football player look like a joke.
I have such respect for this little girl. The passion that she possesses for her favorite hockey player is beyond impressive. She makes the fantasy football fanatics of the world…
A genius author and I have something in common. I’m not quite the hack that I thought I was.
Tom Perrota, author most recently of The Leftovers (which is about to become an HBO series), is a far better writer than me, but it would seem that he and…
Apparently a lack of intelligence and decency will not prevent you from getting into college
LSU frat Delta Kappa Epsilon hung a banner for Saturday's LSU-Kent State game that said, "Getting massacred is nothing new to Kent State," referencing the 1970 Kent State shootings. If…
My brothers are gone, and my heart hurts.
I leave for Camp Jewell with my fifth graders this morning for three days of outdoor adventures in the woods of northwestern Connecticut. This will be my fifteenth year at…
There is nothing wrong with wearing a hat at the table, regardless of what your grandmother taught you. Here’s why.
In response to yesterday’s post about the perfection of my wife and my annoyance with being asked to remove my hat in a restaurant, many readers argued that removing one’s…
