Hands On....

Think today's deep-dish partisan divide is unprecedented? Just listen to episode 5 of Slate's Slow Burn, its deep-dive story of Wa...

This summer, I was tickled to read the oral history of  one of the craziest episodes in TV history -- in which a dog who's digested ma...

The Deuce premiere. Gambling addict Frankie and his bookie. 1971 NYC. Yay! A Mets reference!  Seaver was my favorite!  Tug? TUG???  ...

  “I guess the WGA thought  it  would be fun for the children’s category to be presented  by a foul-mouthed puppet—but  unfortunately, Sea...

Walter Handelman (1931-2009) in the Navy circa 1954 Eight years ago tonight, my Dad, Walter, left a Super Bowl party and died in his sle...

Family Feud prepped us for this.  We are drowning in surveys. I'd be saying that even if it hadn't been the year of a Presidenti...

Swimming is what I do for exercise and for mental health - the latter more than ever this election cycle when I've been working...