In the early part of the 20th century, the University of Chicago was a major force in college football. Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg’s Maroons won 244 games including two national championships (1905 and 1913) and seven Western Conference—later...
The muse came to me recently and spoke. She told me to write about a couple of retired jocks, Rob Gronkowski and Allen Iverson. I complied, and what you see is the result. They are similar in that both rose to the top of their respective...
After lunch four days ago, Yong Yoon and I took a stroll along Gangnam Street south of its intersection with Teheran Street. I knew that among the people on those busy sidewalks, we would see some ladies a few years past their primes doing a job...
I cannot say that I knew Richard Don Moorman during our three years at Bryan Adams High School; with a student body of 3,300, it was too big to be friends with everyone. He is among the class of 1971’s “fallen Cougars,” having died in 2003...
My Illinois-based friend Dex is highly discerning. His opinions about history, religion, culture, sports and politics are invariably well-considered and can be relied upon. In the penultimate category, he is baseball first, hockey second...
The twin (although not identical) sister of my long-ago University of Texas girlfriend, Pam, was named Becky. They were born on July 4, 1952—a few months before me. That means they were sophomores and I was a freshman when we met at Jester...
Most Muslims would regard me as a Kafir, a conscious non-adherent of Islam. This derogatory term is often translated as “pagan,” “rejector,” “denier,” “disbeliever” or—most infuriating—“infidel.” I am no infidel, as I hold warmly to the Christian...
American spree-killers over the last few decades are so ubiquitous that it’s easy to lose track of who did what, where and when, the number of dead and the supposed reasons for the blood-letting. So, Elliot, why should I look any closer at you...
I can understand why the Hope Diamond is such a popular exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History. The magnificent 45.52-carat blue diamond—allegedly the subject of a Hindu curse that influenced the French...
It’s been a very long time—closing in on 60 years—so my memories of being a student at Hill Junior High School have faded. Some scenes remain distinct, but many others are less so; in certain cases, I have just a general impression of what it was...
In May 1959, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and junior partner George Harrison started calling themselves the Beatles. They appeared at Lennon’s art college, churches and wherever else they could plug in their equipment and play covers of the songs...
The present trip was canceled three times—Christmas 2021 (frigid weather), once in March and once in April (my gathering medical problems)—but I could no longer be deterred. On Saturday morning, I boarded a 32-seater at Express Bus Terminal and...
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