My grandfather used to have a saying, “You get what you pay for.” I know it was hardly unique to him. It is, after all, a fairly common turn of phrase, but it always seemed particular to his being. My grandfather was a genius in the business world, serving as a consultant for Hunter Douglas […]
Birthdays Don’t Suck So Bad After All As I prepare to settle in for yet another birthday, another 365 days spent floating adrift on a giant rock hurtling through the outer reaches of space in an elliptical orbit around a flaming ball of hydrogen and helium, I marvel at how the time has gone […]
The Future of an AI Workplace I’m soon to be out of a job. Let’s face it- AI could probably write this column in less time than it takes me to start my computer and mix myself the stiff cocktail it usually takes for me to slog through this drivel. In fact, if I asked […]
Could Gambling Kill Modern Sports? In the course of my adolescence and early adulthood, I am none too proud to say that I have been asked to leave the premises on more than one occasion. Once, for example, my college roommate and I were escorted from the venerable Georgetown institution The Tombs after dousing our […]
How Did Republicans Become the Pro-Russia Party? So long, Mike Johnson. It sure was nice knowing you, or not knowing you, as the case may be. Turns out you weren’t around long enough to share a cup of coffee with, which I assume you do not drink for religious reasons. By the time I go […]
I choose Hell If there really is a Heaven and a Hell after we die, I’m pretty damn sure we all know where I am headed. In fairness, it doesn’t matter if it’s Dante’s Inferno or just a Heaven or Hell-themed cocktail party: Either way, I’m generally veering straight for the lowest floor. As my […]
Where Do Caitlin Clark, and the WNBA, Go From Here? It is no exaggeration to suggest that Caitlin Clark has become the most impactful female athlete of this generation. Leading Iowa to the NCAA Championship Game in both of the last two seasons, Clark has become the all-time leading scorer in college basketball history. That’s […]
Let Your Kids Get Boo Boo’s We all know that cranky, old men have a tendency to bitterly lament the way things aren’t what they used to be, that we might have a slight tendency towards false perceptions of then versus now that overly romanticise the hallmarks of an earlier era. Remembering our past with […]
The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love I became a father for the first time seventeen years ago this January. No one could have told me then, though they certainly tried to in varying forms of both inspirational hyperbole and threatening menace, that my life would be dramatically transformed from that day forward. Flash forward all […]
The Meritocracy of Sports When it comes to watching television, my girlfriend and I are often at an unmitigated impasse. I like watching sports, and she wants to watch cooking shows. For the life of me, I cannot understand devoting my leisure time to watching others performing a household chore that I absolutely hate doing. […]
