That time of the year approaches…

October 18, 2014

What time of the year? Halloween? Thanksgiving? We are well beyond that, right? I’m sure many of you are thinking …

Throwback Thursday: Munich Air Disaster, 1958

February 6, 2014

On this day in 1958, a plane carrying members of the Manchester United soccer team crashed upon takeoff in Munich. …

April 3, 2013

I was so pleased to have the opportunity to talk to area 10th-graders at Mankato’s Career Expo. Three of us …

January 2, 2013

I thought this story from the Washington Post was brilliant. In times of national grief and sorrow, we can find …

November 8, 2012

From my occasional series… Platinum recording artist XXX with Joel Selvin’s LIVING LIKE A RUNAWAY, an unvarnished look at the …

October 25, 2012

Not only do I write books, but I bake cookies for book events. These extremely homemade record cookies were for …

July 30, 2012

Where was I on one of the hottest, muggiest, July days that Chicago has ever seen? Outside. At a concert. …