For the past few weeks, I’ve been getting calls from a number in Philadelphia asking if I could answer a few questions for the Harvard School of Medicine/National Public Radio Healcare Survey. The first dozen calls always caught me at work, driving, eating dinner or already in bed (who calls for a survey at 8:58…… MORE
May Madness?
Last week I mentioned how I like to break down winter into segments filled with anticipation for certain events (many of them sports-related) to make the interminable season seem just a little shorter. Now, the NCAA is considering taking away one of those winter highlights by pushing back the start of the college basketball season.…… MORE
What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate
As questions are flying around as to why the people of Oshkosh were not informed of two prison escapees for four days, let me tell you that Public Information Officer Joe Nichols called me on Wednesday morning to take full responsibility for the lack of timely communication. Joe says their policy is to alert the…… MORE
The Nirvana of Denmark
First off, let me apologize for suggesting that you should watch the Democratic Presidential debate last night. You are probably waking up this morning thinking that you live in the worst country on the face of the Earth–and if you are a white guy, it’s all your fault. You are probably giving serious thought to…… MORE
This Could Be Interesting
Unlike the unnecessarily-early debates on the Republican side, tonight’s unnecessarily-early Democratic debate may actually be worth watching. The GOP debates are nothing more than a clown show right now–with a ringleader featuring fake red hair. But the Democratic race features a contest that could decide if America is going to continue to be a land…… MORE
Gameday Traffic
I don’t cover home Packers games very often for the radio station–and that’s a good thing–because the drivers on Interstate 41 heading to Lambeau Field are idiots. I actually had to mingle with Packers traffic this past Sunday morning en route to play Brown County Golf Course to play a free round. I was on I-41…… MORE
The Job Nobody Wants
What if you had a House of Representatives–and nobody wanted to lead it? That is the scenario shaping up in Congress this week as the assumed front-runners for Speaker of the House drop out of the race–and the most-qualified candidates refuse to get in the running. If this keep up, Mike Rowe will end up…… MORE
Just Chillax, People
Sometimes I’m a bit embarrassed by what we have to report as “news”. One example the past few days has been the near panicked response of people here in the Fox Valley to routine flights of military aircraft over our cities. Last Sunday’s flyover of four F-16 fighters in Appleton was a pretty cool tribute…… MORE
Exquisite Torture
Some call it the “Last Great Story In Sports”–the Chicago Cubs ending more than 100-years of futility and finally winning a World Series. There is great optimism among Cubs fans that this could be the year that the team finally ends all of the curses and gives them their long awaited title. But all of…… MORE
The Worst of the Worst
In “honor” of Matt Williams being fired by the Washington Nationals–and Joe Philbin being let go by the Miami Dolphins–yesterday, The Sporting News posted a list of the worst managers in the history of each Major League Baseball Franchise. I thought it would be kind of fun to do that for each of the major…… MORE
