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Colin Fleming

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Op-eds

Literature writings

Sports writings

Beatles writings

New York Daily News

The art of a mother's love

New York Daily News

Becoming more alive with the Grateful Dead's gospel music

Chicago Tribune

The dangers of healing journey/protect your peace rhetoric

Chicago Tribune

The love of friendship

Baltimore Sun

The musical romance of Billie Holiday and Lester Young

New York Daily News

The 1960 film The Apartment and the single life at Christmas

Chicago Tribune

Being a Linus Man

Baltimore Sun

The 1945 short film Star in the Night and being in on something together

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Why the so-called worst movie ever is perfect for Halloween

Baltimore Sun

The case for Ambrose Bierce over Edgar Allan Poe

Chicago Tribune

The Socratic wisdom of October baseball

New York Daily News

Playoff baseball's insipring rhythms

Chicago Tribune

The importance of not becoming a football couch zombie

Chicago Tribune

The boundlessness of Ryne Sandberg

New York Daily News

Stair running for life

Chicago Tribune

Charlie Chaplin's The Gold Rush and the value of a holding pattern

New York Daily News

America's finest war film, 1945's The Story of G.I. Joe

Los Angeles Times

The wisdom of Norm Peterson, barfly

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Yogi Berra's centennial and the wisdom of catchers

Chicago Tribune

Three real mothers and one true mom

New York Daily News

The Beatles' "In My Life" and the grand sweep of love

Chicago Tribune

Stop blaming the refs for why your team lost

New York Daily News

D.W. Griffith and the art of compartmentalization

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Don't let New Year's Eve dictate your relationship with time

New York Daily News

The greatest episode of The Twilight Zone and why nostalgia will kill you

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