There were a series of radio commercials run several years ago with a tagline that I have made into my personal philosophy: “Life is too short to drink bad beer.” I believe in that saying, and now that I have the financial wherewithal to not have to drink cheap beer, I no longer do so. […]

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I couldn’t help but think of Robert DeNiro playing fighter Jake LaMotta preparing for his show at the beginning of Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece “Raging Bull” just before the lights dimmed for a one man show by former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson this past Saturday night at the Cadillac Theater here in Chicago. The pre-show music […]

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In the greatest comic story of all time – “Watchmen,” one of the key phrases is “Who Watches The Watchmen.” In the more famous words of Lord Acton – “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This is what I thought about when I heard the story of the NCAA’s seemingly botched investigation […]

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In life, there are just some things that you want to see for yourself: The Great Wall of China; The Pyramids; The Eiffel Tower; Mount Everest. For me, my “bucket list” includes the Australian Open tennis tournament (the only Grand Slam I haven’t attended); and I’d like to see Great White Sharks breaching the Australian […]

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As with any round number anniversary, the media reminds us of past events, some important, some not so. This November, we will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, which is only important to whose of us who watch the show. At the same time, the media will be flooded with JFK stories since […]

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I have written for sports since 1990; I have watched sports for as long as I can remember (I vividly remember watching Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers on television in their rookie year with the Bears and that was 1965). I thought that I had seen just about everything in the world of sports. I […]

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A friend on Facebook said that he was going to put together his list of best movies of last year, and it was then that I realized that I hadn’t done the same, and since I do like lists, better late than never. It was a good year for film in my opinion – especially […]

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