We got it in the early ’70s: a Kimball organ that sat in our living room for 20 years or more.

It had single buttons that played whole chords. Other buttons played cymbals, marimba and other rhythmic beats.

I spent hours playing…

Ah, Veterans Day is upon us. What better time to show our support for our men and women in uniform?

But have we really been supporting them?

Sure, we thank them when we see them at the airport.

We attend parades and Veterans Day…

Here’s a shot to the beer gut: Government bodies across America are looking to increase taxes on beer.

According to ABC News, states from Connecticut to Arkansas have been "eyeing higher taxes on cigarettes and booze" to make up for budget…

Halloween trends are telling.

Just ask Robert Thompson, a pop-culture expert and the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University.

Here’s an interesting trend: Halloween has fast become the second-most-decorated holiday. Jack-o-lanterns and goblins and…

The news hit me like a rolled-up newspaper to the side of the head.

According to The Washington Times, Robert Davi, a tough-guy Hollywood actor, and Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., an alleged conservative, did something tough guys and conservatives don’t often…

The news hit me like a rolled-up newspaper to the side of the head.

According to The Washington Times, Robert Davi, a tough-guy Hollywood actor, and Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., an alleged conservative, did something tough guys and conservatives don’t often…

My mother gave me six months to get married. Or else.

You must understand that my mother is not one of those meddling mothers. No, my ma is hands-off with her adult kids. She leaves us be until she sees one…

“It wasn’t my fault. I glanced at my text message for only a second when the car in front of me hit me.”

“How could the car in front of you hit you?”

“The idiot stopped to let a dog cross the…

It was a long walk for a 4-year-old.

It happened in 1966. My older sister Krissy, eager to get me out of her hair, gave me a coin she’d made from a piece of cardboard.

“You can buy candy with it,”…

I don’t recall exactly when it began but I wish it would stop: I think about the federal government all the time now.

There is no way to avoid it.

Every time I turn on the tube, President Obama is…