Look, if A-Rod has the stones to admit using performance-enhancing drugs, I guess it’s time for me to step up as well. There were times during the late ’60s and early ’70s when I used certain substances to enhance my performance on the dance floor. For that, A-Rod and I are on the same page: We are “very sorry and deeply regretful.” That’s a measure of how […]
Borrowing a bit of good cheer
The New York Times runs a blog called Proof, wherein various contributors hold forth on the meaning of booze in their lives. As you might guess, a fair number of them are alcoholics or the children of alcoholics. Their posts smolder with the pain of a drunken past and austere pride at having taken a better path. I salute them. That can’t be easy. In fact, I […]