Four years after the government’s botched response to Hurricane Katrina, people are again shouting from their rooftops for help. Once again, politicians remain tone deaf to the realities on the ground...
Feverish, foggy from sleeping pills I make my way to the living room to crumple into my chair. Dozing the day away. These dreams I have - are they real? Or when I awaken, are these dreams...
I’ve been out of touch with the world as we have relocated to Be’er Sheva, south of Tel Aviv, near the Gaza Strip. We have been working in Gaza, and it’s like nothing I have ever seen before....
In the summer of 2000, we took a vacation to Beaver Island, Michigan and thoroughly enjoyed two weeks on the isolated island. A few weeks later, I received the news we had been fearing. The ob/gyn called at work...
In 1987 and 1988, I went crazy. I lost my sanity, and decided to become a "professional" bass fisherman, without sponsorship! I resigned my comfy, high-paying, job at the engineering firm...
Growing up a Chicago sports fan is a humbling addiction. I have been hooked since I witnessed my first Blackhawks game at the since torn down Chicago Stadium...
Floyd Patterson led an amazing life, full of struggles and bootstrap pulling that Americans love so much. His life was characterized by the power of determination and the grace of redemption...
"Pour me a drink, and make it strong, it's been a hell of a day, and too damn long." Do you ever feel that way? I know I do sometimes. When you take into account all the mess...