Maybe I used to be better at it than I am now. I was standing there, a few feet from the hospital bed, and my emotions were churning while I was trying to sound confident and ask semi-intelligent questions at the same time. ...more

June 9, 2008

"Phantom Prey," by John Sandford (G.P. Putnam's Sons, $26.95) ...more

May 25, 2008

CLEARWATER - The Tampa Bay Rays made their financial pitch for $100 million from Pinellas County on Tuesday, but it was clear that county commissioners had the home field advantage ...more

May 20, 2008

Evan Longoria has experienced plenty of frustration at the plate the last couple of weeks, but he hasn't carried it into the field with him. ...more

May 20, 2008

A day after Indiana bought out Coach Kelvin Sampson's contract and players threatened to boycott, Armon Bassett scored a season-high 24 points and the No. 15 Hoosiers escaped with an 85-82 victory over Northwestern on Saturday night. ...more

February 24, 2008

Allow me to respond to the family-leave problem directly. ...more

February 22, 2008

A new study on obesity among low-income children highlights a perplexing problem that requires action by entire communities. ...more

February 4, 2008

Gene Upshaw has heard the war cry from Denver's Pat Bowlen and other NFL owners unhappy with the labor agreement hammered out in March 2006. ...more

February 1, 2008

Sears Holdings Corp. abruptly announced the departure of President and chief executive Aylwin B. Lewis on Monday, leaving a management void at the top of the department store chain controlled by chairman Edward S. Lampert as it tries a high-stakes restructuring to reconnect with customers and reinvigorate slumping sales. ...more

January 29, 2008

Author James Baldwin once summed up nicely my feeling about Refund Anticipation Loans, which are heavily marketed this time of year by tax preparation companies: ...more

January 27, 2008