Ahead of today's swearing in of our 45th president, our favorite comedy duo re-introduced us to our 29th in a fun, layered, really smart show they called "Roaring in Our Twenties". The hapless Warren G. Harding, often ranked as one of America's worst presidents, ran for office under the slogan,"Return to Normalcy" and served from [...]
I skidded down to the Lawrence Chapel Monday night because I wanted to hear Leonard Pitts speak. While the Pulitzer Prize winning writer certainly did not disappoint, I left that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration profoundly affected by a different speaker. Disarmingly diminutive, 17-year old Milly Figueroa took the mic and, with her own [...]
Before podcasts and streaming video; before cable television, DVDs, and VCRs; even before movie theatres and home TVs, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus brought magic to cities and towns all over the country. They rode on rails of excitement, and taught us how to dream. Guys like Emmett Kelly painted characters like [...]
In honor of Martin Luther King, the big Packer game on Sunday and my Dad's birthday tomorrow...
I risked life, limb and lens yesterday afternoon, skidding out to my icy front porch to plant a yard sign and a little love. In the bleak midwinter, you can give your heart. You can also wack your chin with your camera lens as you take a spectacular fall in front of a whole middle [...]