Category: Local

Cohen/Cops/Chips: things that begin with C »

As a rule, I don’t post the trivia answers until at least ten people play. At this rate,  you may never know who said, "Get a mammogram, man!"
No Take Backs
Perhaps the process for electing a lieutenant governor is flawed. Maybe the position itself is irrelevant. And I most definitely don’t want Scott Lee Cohen [...]

Turns out there is a Santa and the Tooth Fairy is real. BFS regrets the error. »

First I blew Santa’s cover with this column that sent my daughter into a tailspin of doubt and confusion. Then I let the Tooth Fairy out of the bag with this story* on two dentists. It’s clear that my writing should be kept away from children, even though I pen nary a vulgarity nor do [...]

Broken Music Weekend »

When writing the American Music Show preview, I considered sharing my thought that the show and the Taste of Springfield might have been better scheduled the week before or after the Fourth. My concern was that it would be competing with too many events, not the least of which are the traditional family-and-friends gatherings. It [...]

American Music Show x2 »

Victor has been on me about taking him to hear some original live music. The last couple of cover bands we’ve seen have failed to speak to the rock and roll spirit that lives within his soul. I’m betting that the Cynics and the Handcuffs have the chops to sufficiently rock him.

Both of these bands [...]

I have some positive things to say about baseball and also address other matters. »

I’ve no writing to promote this week, but if you have any ideas for feature stories I could pitch to the paper, let’s hear it.
Trifectas for the Delusional

Have you ever noticed how celebrity deaths always happen in threes . . . and twos and sevens and ones and fours. It’s almost as if they’re random [...]