My 11-year-old boy was apoplectic about having his (two) moms sign his permission slip to learn about S-E-X in health class, because he and his friends were absolutely certain they would burst into flames if they had to listen to their “weird” teacher explain fallopian tubes. My wife and I called his bluff by telling…

That is a special kind of amazing, because even the most progressive men I know have a tendency to act like complete idiots when it comes to being the object of attention from other men (or, more accurately, imagining they’re the object of attention from other men). Also, your dad sounds very handsome, so that’s two…

Hand to God, it’s Tony Kukoc coming to the Bulls. I was five. WGN did a man-on-the-street segment with local jamokes trying to pronounce his name correctly, and it moved me.

Wow, this just keeps going, doesn’t it?

Overall, a great analysis of the men’s and women’s situation in U.S. Soccer right now, but it fails to explain why Harris was so useless last night.

Agreed. I started college as a theatre major on a full scholarship (in, coincidentally, Chicago). I gave up the scholarship just so I could switch majors and escape the insanity (and inanity) of the theatre department. From instructors to students to visiting artists, it was full of abusive, egotistical and…

Yep, I flew into and out of an airport in Colorado that appeared to be run entirely by teenagers. When we landed on its wee little landing strip, a girl who looked like she also worked at Dairy Queen ran onto the tarmac with a single orange cone, apparently to guide us to the baggage claim. It was a little…

I’m a reporter whose beat sometimes involves dealing with county clerks. No public office — and I’m including school boards here — is more likely to be filled by a stupid, power-hungry asshole than that of the county clerk. I don’t know why, but it is A Hard and Fast Rule. Same goes for their staffs.

Wheaton fired a professor for converting to Catholicism, so I’m thinking that isn’t really an issue for them: http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113…