I had a great idea for a column this week. Unfortunately, this isn’t it. After about 20 minutes of deep soul-searching, it occurred to me that some of you might be wondering how I write these columns.

Twenty years! I’ve been writing this column for 20 years. As I said back on the 15th anniversary, “except for teaching, that’s the longest time I’ve ever devoted to a single activity.” And I’ve ...

I admire columnists. Always have, really, since the time I sent Woody Paige a snarky response to a Denver Post column bashing the Jacksonville Jaguars. (I was 15 and didn’t yet know the term snarky, ...