Nice Guys Finish First!

It’s hard to fathom that we’ll catch Tim Tebow in a TMZ moment any time soon – probably not even in our lifetime, for that matter.  The devout Christian doesn’t drink, doesn’t do drugs and hasn’t even managed to utter one syllable of egocentricity during the hundreds of public interviews about his skyrocketed path to [...]

After all, this is a blog about nice guys finishing first.  Yeah I know, the Broncos lost their last three games, and Tim Tebow looked less than miraculous in those contests.  Okay, to be honest, he actually looked pretty bad by most standards of professional quarterbacking.  But even that fizzling finish can’t diminish the seven-week [...]

ESPN is the best at what they do, which is, of course, broadcasting sports news and entertainment.  One of the many reasons for their success is their uncanny ability to look forward;  to predict what will be interesting to their viewers, and then showcase it in a way their über-loyal audience will love. One notable [...]

From the 23-page Grand Jury’s report, the portrait of a villain emerges – or even that of a monster.   The details of the accusations levied against this accused villain are so disturbing that they almost seem fictitious, as if they were pilfered from the plot of a horror novel co-authored by Stephen King and Scott [...]

In the passing of Steve Jobs we were all unavoidable witnesses to the public immortalizing of a mortal man.  Death, perhaps more than life, has a tendency to stir that phenomenon.  There’s no arguing that Steve Jobs’ impact and influence on society was of a magnitude matched by precious few individuals in our recent history.  Thus, he is [...]

We’re going “college crazy” right about now.  We’ve hit that stage in our lives when our two oldest boys – one a high school senior and the other a college freshman – have been knee deep in the thick of college searches and applications for the past two years.  Well that’s not entirely true.  It’s [...]

Thirty years ago, when we were kids, free time was just that – free.  If you weren’t in school and you weren’t at home eating, sleeping or watching Road Runner cartoons, you were outside with your friends, playing freely.  It was what sociologists would eventually call “pick-up play,” (as opposed to the “organized play” of [...]

“There is only one way under high heaven to get anybody to do anything.  And that is by making the other person want to do it.” Seventy five years ago, a man named Dale Carnegie wrote that statement in a book he titled, How To Win Friends And Influence People.  It was written in the opening [...]

When I think back on my own childhood I can’t help but feel lucky.  I grew up on Long Island in a neighborhood that typified the suburban developments which sprang up all over America in the post-war 50’s and 60’s.  Our house looked very similar to the other 30 houses on our block, and similar [...]

I was wondering if anyone else was struck by the incredible paradox created by this past week’s two top news stories.  In one story we were tormented by – or treated to (depending upon one’s viewpoint) – the barrage of news coverage on Charlie Sheen’s life of debauchery and grandiose self-delusion that is being played out on television [...]