I choose Hell If there really is a Heaven and a Hell after we die, I’m pretty damn sure we all know where I am headed. In fairness, it doesn’t matter if it’s Dante’s Inferno or just a Heaven or Hell-themed cocktail party: Either way, I’m generally veering straight for the lowest floor. As my […]
Where Do Caitlin Clark, and the WNBA, Go From Here? It is no exaggeration to suggest that Caitlin Clark has become the most impactful female athlete of this generation. Leading Iowa to the NCAA Championship Game in both of the last two seasons, Clark has become the all-time leading scorer in college basketball history. That’s […]
Let Your Kids Get Boo Boo’s We all know that cranky, old men have a tendency to bitterly lament the way things aren’t what they used to be, that we might have a slight tendency towards false perceptions of then versus now that overly romanticise the hallmarks of an earlier era. Remembering our past with […]
The Toughest Job You’ll Ever Love I became a father for the first time seventeen years ago this January. No one could have told me then, though they certainly tried to in varying forms of both inspirational hyperbole and threatening menace, that my life would be dramatically transformed from that day forward. Flash forward all […]
The Meritocracy of Sports When it comes to watching television, my girlfriend and I are often at an unmitigated impasse. I like watching sports, and she wants to watch cooking shows. For the life of me, I cannot understand devoting my leisure time to watching others performing a household chore that I absolutely hate doing. […]
The Day That Justice Died I don’t mean to tell you that I told you so, but, man, I freakin’ told you so. When Republicans literally stole a Supreme Court seat in the wake of Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s passing, I told you that it would have vast, wide-ranging implications for decades to come. I told […]
The 2024 Election May Look Better Than It Seems Just the other day a friend of mine asked me what I thought Trump’s chances were of winning the presidency later this year if he is not criminally convicted of charges prior to the election. First, I had to remind them that I completely blew the […]
Make the World a Better Place “What is success? To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a […]
Unconditional Love is Not Unconditional Praise Several years back now, I had a student who proceeded to give one of the absolute worst video presentations in the long annals of horrendously bad student presentations. Now, I know you’re thinking that I certainly must be involved in some playful hyperbole here, that there is no way […]
The Red Herring of Immigration Two of the subjects I have always been loathe to write about in TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less are immigration and feminine hygiene products. That’s because I know conspicuously little about either one. And given my dearth of knowledge on these subjects, I find myself lacking in the type […]
