I liked Marina Zenovich from the get-go. She came recommended. My buddy Joe Neff worked with Marina on a film about the Duke Lacrosse team's legal debacle for ESPN’s 30-for-30. Joe is an ace investigative [...]
Kenya Templeton breaks into song the way some women switch from Spanish to English and back again. Like the smell of your mama’s cooking or a song on the radio, Kenya’s voice is somewhere between [...]
It was dark and raining when I pulled up to Paul and Jade’s high rise apartment overlooking a twinkling Austin, Texas. I’d been on the road since early morning, pulling out of New Orleans long [...]
Ethel Smith uses the “N word” with a whole lot of personal history behind it. She has placed it in context for generations of students. She spent a career teaching African American literature to mostly [...]
Ten days ago I hit the road for California. Friday night I hit a big rock. Nailed that sucker dead on. My front right tire immediately popped FLOP-FLOP-FLOP-FLOP-FLOP-FLOP. I limped up the emergency lane to [...]
He’s not even her doctor. Dr. Carlos has never met my mother. But when she thought everyone had left her alone to die, Carlos Rish stepped up big time. He was there for me. He [...]
You ever hear that phrase “He’s had a lot of work done”? Well when it comes to Sarah Faircloth, what I admire is not that she’s had "work done". What I admire about Sarah is [...]
Time to celebrate! Just a week after publication, “What She Said & What I Heard” has won a 2020 Platinum MarCom Award for outstanding creativity. The new memoir from investigative reporter Stuart Watson claimed top [...]
Mary Hopper had an abortion in Mexico. She was studying abroad. It was safe. It was sanitary. It was performed by a doctor. And she has zero regrets. It’s the first thing we talk about [...]
My friend and colleague Laure Quinlivan has gone from TGI Friday’s waitress to NY PR assistant to local TV reporter to national award winning journalist to Cincinnati city council member. Quite the career and it’s [...]
