The Illinois GOP is the political equivalent of a boxer with a 5-13 record hired to get squashed by an up-and-comer. Have a Democratic politician with a good backstory who needs a push into higher office? Whether you need someone who’ll drop out in disgrace after winning the nomination, or merely one who will make…

Napoleon Lajoie has to be up there; that it remains just as good when shortened to Nap Lajoie should count for something.

I got pulled over doing about 75 kph in a 50 zone (for the record, it’s a silly 50 zone). This in and of itself would be a bit of a problem, but being an idiotic teenager meant that there was also enough drug paraphernalia to elicit some uncomfortable questions (though I was sober). In a low-grade panic, I produced my…

Well, this is what happens when you find a stranger in the Appalachians.