Was watching MSNBC at the gym tonight when Lawrence O’Donnell‘s show came on. Now, as a left, left, left Democrat, you’d think I love Lawrence O’Donnell, a longtime party operative who worked with Bill Clinton and later was involved in the TV series, The West Wing. Yet, to me, O’Donnell

I had a revelation this afternoon, and it’s probably going to sound … well, I don’t know how it’ll sound. So I’ll just begin. I started this blog because I like writing, and I thought it’d be entertaining to write my thoughts on music, sports, politics—especially politics. I never expected

… is on why Major League Baseball is to blame for the Hall of Fame/steroid mess, and why voters have been forced to question the legitimacy of it all. One of the writers I cited in the column was Craig Calcaterra, a blogger for NBC Sports’ Hardball Talk. I don’t

So Susan, my mother in law, went to Ohio State. As did Chris Berman (the other one), my little sister-in-law’s boyfriend. Hence, just got a call a few minutes ago from Jessica (the sis), screaming, “Ohio State, baby! Ohio State! You have to blog about Ohio State!” OK, I will.

There is goodness in the world. Sometimes you have to look hard. But it really is there. Earlier today I posted this video, which—if you haven’t watched it—is just staggering … Toward the end, when he talks so honestly about drugs and alcohol and getting clean, well, it’s just heartbreaking.

Whenever I go to the gym at night, I seem to find myself on an exercise machine watching the latest episode of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. It’s a riveting show, chock full o’ egomaniac faded celebrities battling substance abuse, fame, the lack of fame, mortality, etc. The star of

Seriously, as an enormous fan of redemption …

The Texas Rangers are supposedly about to offer Adrian Beltre a six-year, $96 million contract. Huge mistake. Last season, Texas played with as much heart and hustle as any team in baseball. They weren’t the American League’s most talented outpost, but, as a unit, they had a genuine cohesiveness other

So it looks like the Republicans are going to start their House takeover with a bang. They plan on making an effort to immediately repeal the health care law, thereby wiping out one of Barack Obama’s major accomplishments. If you follow politics at all (left, right, center, whatever), this is

It’s 2:11 am. Three minutes ago, at 2:08 am, I hit the SEND button on my Mac, thereby shipping off the completed manuscript of my fifth book to my editor. Whew. I probably can’t explain how exhausting this one has been, but I’ll try: Ex-hau-st-in-g. For nearly two years all