I don’t know why. Should I? — I’m knocking out one of my 50-plus-mile bike rides last Sunday on a glorious day alongside the east bank trail of Anacostia River in Washington D.C. The sun is leaping out of a brilliant sky to cast a golden hue on the water and everything it touches — great blue…

Commissioner Roger Goodell and the members of the league’s rules committee are always claiming they’re changing rules to make the game better and more competitive. But what do they usually do? Create stupid new rules, and leave untouched the ones that most need to be changed. I’m all for adjustments…

I read a thought-provoking piece in Sierra Club magazine today that so thoroughly captured my attention that I had to stop what I was doing so that I could share it here. …

I sobbed last night when CNN called the U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia for Raphael Warnock, a Black minister and one of the rising stars in the Democratic Party. Uncontrollable streams of tears gushed down my cheeks; I couldn’t even make out the images on the TV for a minute. …

A bunch of headlines just jumped across my screen telling me that the Netherlands stomped the U.S. in the silly little quadrennial soccer contest some Americans are following. Thank you, Netherlands, for inflicting misery upon American soccer fans, and for giving me a great laugh! I owe you one! As…

Quick: What’s the first state that comes to your mind that most poorly reflects America as a whole? Iowa, of course. That’s why the Democratic National Committee decided to do something about it yesterday — kicking lily-White Iowa out of its obnoxious place as America’s first presidential primary season contest…

Taking a break from churning the bicycle pedals on a lengthy Saturday ride yesterday, I pulled over at a rest stop next to an old man. Very old. Moses would have called him, “Sir.” His wrinkled skin looked like a white raisin left on a hot beach for a week. …

Horrendous Hollywood Hype Will Only Rob You of Two Hours of Your Life I’m trying to do you a favor here, dear reader, even though this is my last week of wasting so much time writing on Medium. I’ll write when I can provide a true public service, and this…

It’s time for all of us to stop giving away our work to Medium so that it alone can make real money off our labor. — A lot of us on Medium ask ourselves the same question on a daily basis: Is writing on Medium mostly a complete waste of time? The conclusion I’ve reached is a resounding “Yes.” …