I grew up in Dolton, just south of Chicago, about a 20-minute drive from old Comiskey Park.

The magic gets lost in translation.

Wal-Mart doesn't really care about your faith. Wal-Mart cares if you have money to spend, and it is going to be as generic as possible in exploiting the holiday season for every buck it can make.

Living in the past is a Jethro Tull album, not a smart poker strategy.

Well, I think one of the reasons Chicago became so popular as a filmmaker location is because New York had been used so many times that Chicago, I think, was rediscovered maybe in the late '60s, early '70s for a long time as a new location.

You can't take up golf on a whim and find yourself competing against Tiger Woods in the Masters six months later.

That's why I've always been appreciative of truly creative radio commercials.