First, an idea for a Mother’s Day column. As I was out running errands, hearing moms dispense “advice,” I occurred to me that would be a fun column. Don’t ask moms for advice, just eavesdrop. Among the gems today: “No, you shouldn’t wear red to a wedding. You don’t want to look like a whore.” [...]

Most. Perfect. Vacation. Ever. Air and sea show. The beach, the ocean, the sun. A cookout. Christina Aguilera concert. Elbo Room. And that was just one day! There was also fireworks, underwear parties, street parties, great restaurants, a tour of the Sun-Sentinel, bombing raids and a lot of sun. There is really no way to [...]

I bought plane tickets to Fort Lauderdale early this morning. Finally. I leave very early May 2, and come back very early May 6. I’m not usually big on vacations — in 2005 I took a week off for my sister’s wedding and while my brother was stateside, but that’s been it. So it’s unusual [...]

An off-duty cop attacked a bartender in Chicago, which was caught on film. (Side note: It was evidently a big deal for the Sun-Times to post the video of the attack, which they got from NBC5, without a story. I argue that the video is the story — people don’t need a headline and traditional [...]