How My Wife Tamed the Pain
It started with a sharp local pain over her right eyebrow and gradually spread across her forehead. She said her energy felt like it was sucked out of her body, starting above her gut. Within a few minutes, ugly pressure felt like a tight helmet pressing on her head. For
Dad’s Day
Father’s Day gives us a reason to celebrate our Dads, either in life or in memory. I think of my father, Leonard, every day during a
Saving Ferris
Some of you may remember a blog I wrote a year and a half ago promoting “Saving Ferris,” my latest YouTube documentary about the Chicago
Check Your Bags
I heartily recommend the current issue of Bloomberg Businessweek for a brilliant article on the Takata airbag saga, recounting the dubious decisions the company made
Chicago Zoo
Within the first week of June 2016, 13 Chicagoans have been shot and killed, primarily in the war zone called the South Side of Chicago.
Wedding Hoops
The biggest basketball games of the year are starting. I’m pumped for Steph Curry vs. LeBron James, but the game I’m looking forward to even
I Love You Man
Monday I went to the Cubs game with my boy Roberto. I’ve known Roberto for about nine years. I met him when I started salsa