If you are local to Chicago, pick up a copy of today’s RedEye, and turn to page 4. There you will see an article debating the relative merits of “dipped” vs. “undipped” for the Chicago delicacy known as the Italian beef sandwich.

For the uninformed, a “dipped” beef sandwich is one in which, after …

For some reason, last night, while I was reading, I thought of a passage from a book. A book that I cannot, for the life of me, recall the name of, or even what it is about.

All the I remember is that there’s apparently some type of magic or other fantasy type action – and a child, or a teen, is …

Most of my adult life, I’ve battled with my weight. Sort of. “Battle” implies that I actually was fighting. It’s perhaps more accurate to say that I’ve rolled over and surrendered to my weight. In a nutshell, I am heavy for one specific reason – I’m lazy. Like most people, when I was younger, I was …