Airs on WGTE FM 91 Mondays at 5:44 p.m. during "All Things Considered" A weekly series of four-minute essays from commentator Tom Walton, retired editor and vice president of the "Toledo Blade." Covering an array of topics, from the intricacies of the Eng
Want to know one of the most popular summertime diversions in America? Fantasy baseball.
I never realized it but the date of June 1 is noteworthy for a number of reasons.
Everybody should have a hobby that borders on obsession. Mine is baseball cards.
It's almost a rite of passage to adulthood: stepping on a Lego in the middle of the night.
The cellphone revolution Is so extensive it's amazing there are people who don't have one.
Six decades ago the rules governing student conduct were a lot stricter on college campuses, including Bowling Green.
"Help me move this piano" is just one request among many that you never want to hear.
Artemis II was an amazing achievement, but Apollo 11 in 1969 was the day the world held its breath.
Language necessarily evolves over time, but why do we abuse it in the process?
The world may be in turmoil but there is good news today. Baseball is back!
Narrow aisles and wobbly carts turn shopping at the supermarket into a demolition derby in slow motion.
Eventually we reach an age where we wonder if everything we buy is a lifetime supply.
Enjoy yourself today. It's National Everything You Do Is Right Day.
Are "robot umps" taking over major league baseball? Not at all.
The recent Pebble Beach golf tournament was nothing like the glory days of the old Bing Crosby Pro-Am.
Perusing newspapers more than a century old is as much fun as it is enlightening.
A treasure I would love to have will soon be auctioned off: the great Secretariat's saddle.
The future is uncertain for one of Toledo's grandest structures, the historic Blade building.
Groundhog Day is a nice but harmless tradition because Punxsutawney Phil is usually wrong with his prediction.
If writing is your passion, you know what's coming for your birthday.
Curse words are not for polite company, but they do make us more productive, experts say.
Saying goodby to an old wallet is like saying goodby to your beloved grandfather.
On the Chinese calendar this is the Year of the Horse. I hope it's one of those big beautiful Clydesdales.
The scary part about being in my 80s? I'm in my ninth decade, which sounds so much worse.
As a child I was a skeptic about Santa Claus. It was only when I became an adult that I became a true believer.
Harvey and Harriet Fizblister's annual holiday letter shares a lot of news, and as usual, none of it is good.
Many weird holidays are observed on December 8, including National Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day.
My grandchildren think I am wise because I am old, but living a long time does not make it so.
Today is the 50th anniversary of an American tragedy, the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Fancy five-star restaurants are fine but give me a greasy spoon hamburger joint.
The matter of presidential overreach may be on Americans' minds these days, but it is an issue as old as the Republic.
Cleveland's Jose Ramirez is an elite major league baseball player, yet some are unsure he's Hall of Fame worthy. That's ridiculous.
College football is an economic colossus, one which pays Mid-American Conference schools big money to play in the middle of the week.
Books about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald continue to be published half a century after the tragedy.
Most football fans are convinced they know more than the officials on the field. No, they don't.
Why is leaving a voice mail message on someone's cell phone often awkward?
The older we get, the more we come to appreciate and respect stretch pants.
Rooting through newspapers from more than a century ago yields some amazing stories.
My hope is to live long enough to see my Social Security benefits end at age 115.
Researching my family genealogy has led to an intriguing possibility regarding one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
The names we give our babies evolve over time. Who knows what the most popular names will be a hundred years from now?
It's time to acknowledge a painful reality: my baseball playing days are over.
A new national poll has determined that Columbus is a lot more boring than Toledo.
Bad grammar abounds in modern music, but fixing it would be impossible and foolish.
Taking my grown children back to their childhoods in Yosemite National Park was a treat for the senses.
Never do in haste what you should do slowly, like climb a ladder.
Browser home page headlines are there to trap the unwary.
The NCAA is considering another expansion of its post-season basketball tournament?? Talk about "March Madness"!
America has never had a female president, although Woodrow Wilson's wife Edith was accused of it.
You wouldn't think a road map of Ohio would be fascinating. You would be wrong.
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