November 2025

Advent, Amazon and anticipatory pleasure

Hold that thought

Nov 30

3

1

Fair is fair

Let's talk turkey

Nov 21

7

1

1

Feast or fiction?

Turkey math vs. Trump math

Nov 14

5

1

October 2025

Journalistic embarrassment

Especially one I'd just as soon forget

Oct 31

6

2

1

June Lockhart leaves us

An interest in journalism

Oct 26

6

Too hot to handle

Pushing pedals is pushing too hard

Oct 15

2

3

1

Greta Alexander and Dan Brown

One got me thinking of the other...

Oct 14

2

3

Pulitzer Prize-winning...

…presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin didn’t deliver a formal lecture last night, but she offered wise counsel as the featured guest at the Adlai…

Oct 7

7

3

September 2025

Congressional courage, a grandma gone and defanging FAANG

If you’re a traditional Republican who voted for Donald Trump, I get it.

Sep 30

3

3

My "21st Show" scorecard...

I was back on Illinois Public Media’s “The 21st Show” for a third time today—doing my best to hit for the cycle.

Sep 25

3

1

Live broadcast about "Broadcast Live"

I’ll be joining Brian Mackey tomorrow (Thursday) as his guest on The 21st Show—the Illinois Public Media radio program that brings voices, ideas and…

Sep 24

2