Op-Ed

TCI Friday works best when you chime in, in the comments below. I felt attacked, and I got defensive. My wife sat at the kitchen counter across from her mother. I had just…

TCI Friday works best with YOUR input. Please join the conversation in the comments. I am the luckiest guy you know. I do what I want. I work with people I like and trust.…

TCI Friday is meant to be a participatory activity. I do a little dance here at the beginning, and then I pose a question. The game works best if you put your thoughts in the…

TCI Friday is meant to be a participatory activity. I do a little dance here at the beginning, and then I pose a question. The game works best if you put your thoughts in the…

When it comes to bikes, I have these competing impulses. On one hand, I'd like the industry to be a bit more of a Wild West, more companies doing more creative work, pushing…

In introducing today's topic, I will be mentioning some friends and promoting a cause that is personal. I stand to gain nothing from highlighting these people and things, but…

I find myself at zero (not Less Than). Three weeks of back spasms. Three weeks of submitting myself to all manner of arcane treatments. Three weeks of couch-bound,…

There's an ad on the television machine of late. It features a guy who got famous by playing an irascible heroin addict. The company and guy are not important. The ad is…

We were rolling along, me perched near the front of the banana seat, him running beside, one hand on the back of the seat, the other on the handlebars, and suddenly I…

I sometimes wonder how I can keep riding bikes. I mean, I still love it. I still very regularly find that stupid grin blooming across my stupid face. But it's been a long…