I've just returned from a three week, nearly 6000 mile road trip to California. Yep, driving all alone, our nation whizzing by me at 70 miles per hour.When I was younger, I hitchhiked cross-country a few times; when I was at CNN, I either flew or sat in the passenger seat of a car while someone else in our crew (usually the ... Continue Reading

I'm now three months into retirement (you know, that thing that sad-assed, old farts do, but you, yourself, will never have to deal with because you'll be forever young) and I've learned a few things.First, I still feel guilty almost every day when I wake up and realize I don't have to go to work. No demands on me, no rigid ... Continue Reading

I've just returned from a 2000 mile road trip down south which provided me plenty of time to get a better perspective on our past and our future. We live in a confusing, fast-changing world; there's no better place to mull it over and slow it down than by driving, at 70 mph--passing mile marker after mile marker--along the ... Continue Reading

Youngstown, OhioWhen I was news director at WLUC in Marquette, we sometimes joked that we could lead our newscast with the "kicker" (the final story of the newscast--usually a cute story) and kick our newscast with the lead story.The point being, we don't have too much hard news in the Upper Peninsula. No murders, no ... Continue Reading

Last week I talked to a college student who told me she wasn't sure what career path she'd be taking when she graduated in two years. She was an English major, so naturally I joked that she was studying to be an "Englishwoman."It's long been a dilemma for liberal arts majors: What do you do when you graduate? What kinds of ... Continue Reading