The ride and the fall

I never met Whitney Houston, but I have shed tears since her death and spent much time on the phone with my sister talking about her and her music. This is what came out when I sat down to express about it. Today’s Game Plan: What Whitney Did for Us

Happy Valentine’s Day

As I write this, I imagine there are women running around getting pedicures and bikini waxes and men filling candy stores in droves. And the frugal and philosophical sorts making a big deal of not celebrating. And the people in dead marriages not knowing what the hell...

R.I.P. Whitney Houston

One of the proudest moments I’ve ever had as an American citizen — Whitney Houston singing the Star Spangled Banner at the Super Bowl in 1991 while we were fighting in the Persian Gulf. So magical. I chose the clip below because it’s from...

Life’s highs

I have this penchant, it seems, for writing about sports but it not really being about sports. I can’t help myself. Lessons and parallels abound. Plus, I spent a great deal of my journalism career as a sports writer and it’s become a part of me to see...

Lemmings and a ‘Fishbowl’

I enjoy reading the daily goings-on in the media via my Mediabistro.com email bulletin every morning. It’s a nice gauge on popular stories and how they played and it pulls interesting tidbits in from all over the industry. So this morning I clicked on the...