The Inside Edge

Brother Love, Revisited

Life isn't a bowl of cherries for my brother, Phil, but he's making steady, sober progress. And the restoration of his SNAP benefits means he won't have…

Nov 16 • 

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Helping hand

An athlete gets knocked down--what happens next? It's evolved over the years. Plus: the most perplexing billboard ever & staggeringly silly street way…

Nov 8 • 

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Finding Jose

`Out of prison, he looks to future' was the headline about Jose Vasquez 25 years ago. How's that future panned out? Inspired by Eric Zorn's catch-up…

Nov 1 • 

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October 2025

My `Marlins Man' Mirror

In the second row behind home plate at last night's World Series opener, the world's most attention-hungry fan couldn't take his eyes off his phone…

Oct 26 • 

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No kings...no kidding

And while we're at it: no more nastiness, ineptitude, moral emptiness and self-serving treachery. My view of the Trump 2.0 Regime parallels those of two…

Oct 18 • 

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Humble greatness

From his storied 67-year career, evidence of the late Vin Scully's greatness: 68 seconds of silence.

Oct 12 • 

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Gridlock

An Uber-important lesson on the impact of brand ambassadorship...and the metaphorical parallels with our current dysfunctional state of federal…

Oct 5 • 

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September 2025

AllSides: left, right & center

Peeling back the curtain on navigating the messy, but necessary, process that is the first rough draft of history.

Sep 27 • 

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Motto mystery

Plus: flashing back to my superhero phase, Too Good to Go and the astronomical price of cereal...till we wring the last bit of toothpaste from this…

Sep 20 • 

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This goes to 11

"Spinal Tap II: The End Continues" works so well because it consistently knows when to end, one scene after another.

Sep 13 • 

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Where's Jim Croce when I need him?

This week, my Sherman & Tingle Song Challenge moment marked my latest bid to win a prize on the radio. It didn't go as I'd hoped.

Sep 6 • 

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August 2025

Transparency, schmansparency

This week, my community's been reminded of one of the consequences of local journalism's declining presence and power: a lack of accountability among…

Aug 30 • 

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