February 13, 2023 Moor or Less: He watched five high school friends play in the Major Leagues With pitchers and catchers already reporting for spring training, I think it’s time for a baseball story. I didn’t have to look far. Our…
February 11, 2023 Media misinformation? I know who’s to blame I’ve been thinking about the “pee tape” this morning. Thinking about it a lot. No, I bring this up not as a bizzaro who…
February 11, 2023 Father Bly led us with his wisdom, faith and humor Note: For some reason, I was asked to speak at the Feb. 4 funeral of Father Walter Bly, longtime teacher and freshman football coach…
February 9, 2023 Today’s ticket prices make concerts a memory for me now John Mellencamp is coming to South Bend’s Morris Performing Arts Center for two shows in June. During the 1980s, Mellencamp, who went by John…
February 7, 2023 A heart in the snow As Valentine’s Day draws near, my mind drifts back to a cold, snowy evening, in the bleak of winter, many years ago. It had…
February 6, 2023 Moor or Less: Texas is big on roadside attractions Mother Nature must have missed the Texas Panhandle with her wand. Or so it seems. Scraggly and desolate come to mind as we pass…
February 3, 2023 Our weather so much better than other places Dear all, Have you noticed how, for several years now, there are dire warnings about huge storms coming through our area; ice storms, blizzards,…
February 2, 2023 Mulligan Stew: May the odds be with you With the huge Powerball jackpots these days, almost everyone is making a list of “Things More Likely to Happen than Winning the Lottery.” The…
February 2, 2023 Yeah, forsooth and verily, t’is this what I.A. be? Everyone is talking about Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) these days. The debate rages on as to whether it enhances creativity or devalues it. Or the…
February 2, 2023 Wisdom doesn’t need to pass you by A few years back, I saw an older man on a park bench and knew I had to stop for a talk. I was…
February 1, 2023 If we’re that great, why beat the defenseless? Exactly 75 years ago today, I was still in utero. So I could not hear the mantra that America was the greatest nation on…
January 28, 2023 Moor or Less: In this digital age, I like my map on paper I have my road atlas open on the kitchen table as I jump from page to page … state to state … map to…
January 25, 2023 The truth of it is, we had our own George Santos A good brain holds data in neat filing cabinets, alphabetized and ready for recall. Others, like mine, have stuff stored every which way, in…
January 25, 2023 Moor or Less: Oh, brother, more nicknames Below are some of the responses I received after my recent nicknames’ column. My pithy comments are in italics: _______ Nobody probably knows nicknames…
January 20, 2023 Emergency Rental Assistance program gets high marks It’s hard to get people to agree on anything. For example, just 84 percent of Americans – and 66 percent of millennials – were…
January 20, 2023 Truth? It can depend on how you hear it Nineteen years ago, I found myself in frigid Des Moines, Iowa, with a group that included University of Notre Dame college students, a couple…
January 20, 2023 Thoughts that consume me 1) Life’s greatest mystery: What goes on between the earlobes of drivers who don’t use their headlights when it’s obviously way past sunset? Or…
January 20, 2023 I was proud to be an Indian As a former student, athlete and Booster Club president at Saint Joseph High School in South Bend, I have only known our athletic teams…
January 19, 2023 Am I a curmudgeon like ‘Otto’ or has the movie experience gotten worse Until a few days ago, I had not been to a movie theater since COVID struck. And based on my recent experience, it may…
January 19, 2023 Moor or Less: I prefer Spanky over Moor-on When I went off to college, I had no real nicknames. I finally had outgrown my “Little Bill” designation around the family, although I…
