In this day and age, you hear more about kids being kidnapped or lured. It's different today than it was read more

In this day and age, you hear more about kids being kidnapped or lured. It's different today than it was 10 years ago.

But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving read more

But the gravest difficulty, and perhaps the most important, in poetry meant solely for recitation, is the difficulty of achieving verbal beauty, or rather of making verbal beauty tell.

When Tim and I moved back to Illinois in 2003, my little brother started playing on bass. It was nice read more

When Tim and I moved back to Illinois in 2003, my little brother started playing on bass. It was nice when my brother joined the band. It seemed like things really clicked and came together with him on bass.

I'd like to stop at 3 feet and let it set a little, see how it looks along the seams.

I'd like to stop at 3 feet and let it set a little, see how it looks along the seams.

They pretty much made the Freedom of Information Act a joke. It is like pulling teeth to try to get read more

They pretty much made the Freedom of Information Act a joke. It is like pulling teeth to try to get anything out of them these days. And I am talking about stuff that has historically been readily disclosed.

We'll have to step up our game,

We'll have to step up our game,

Hopefully I'll be up here again in a better position in the coming years.

Hopefully I'll be up here again in a better position in the coming years.

I think we all have to keep working as a unit to get better. Offensive line, more than any position read more

I think we all have to keep working as a unit to get better. Offensive line, more than any position on the field, has to work as a cohesive group. If we keep growing as a group, we'll be pretty good.

Why not just walk over to Vanguard and buy the S&P 500 index fund?

Why not just walk over to Vanguard and buy the S&P 500 index fund?