MCCULLOUGH: Thinking of skipping Super Bowl
Nearly 180 million people are expected to watch the Super Bowl this Sunday. I'm not sure I'm going to be one of them.
MCCULLOUGH: Sports journalists dropped ball on fake girlfriend story
Sports journalists dropped the ball on Manti Te'o fake girlfriend story. I can't begin to imagine where the path of the Manti Te'o fake girlfriend story is going to lead, but I really hope it leads to the truth. But can we be sure it will?. Apparently, the website Deadspin.com
MCCULLOUGH: Stupid is as stupid does
Stupid is as stupid does and it does a lot. The Mayans may have been right after all. Perhaps they were just a little off on the date, because surely the human race has become too stupid to continue.. How so? Let's start at the headquarters for stupid, Washington D.C
MCCULLOUGH: Direct-pay doc an idea whose time has come
Direct-pay doc an idea whose time has come. I spend a lot of time in doctors' offices, more in the past year than in my whole previous lifetime, thanks to a list of unforeseen health problems for both myself and my wife. All that time smelling disinfectant and reading
MCCULLOUGH: Christmas satisfaction
A little Christmas satisfaction. I'm sure by now we've all had our fill of misery for 2012, so let me end your year with a funny story.. Here's what you need to know before we get started:. 1) My wife loves to mess with me, whether it's practical jokes or
MCCULLOUGH: Some apocalyptic confessions
And now, some apocalyptic confessions. If you're reading this, the world hasn't ended -- yet.. According to some very reliable sources -- the Internet and the History Channel, which I once took to task for getting the date of the D-Day invasion wrong -- sometime today the world will
MCCULLOUGH: My version of the 2012 top-10
This is a time of year when people like to wrap things up, to summarize things with lists. It's also a time when people like to eat good food.. I like to eat good food pretty much all the time, and
MCCULLOUGH: Don't forget the day of infamy, or the people who faced it
Don't forget day of infamy, or the people who faced it in 1941. We were talking the other day in the newsroom about World War II veterans.. The Daily Post was running a front-page story the next day about Jim Starnes and Dutch Van Kirk and their visit to
MCCULLOUGH: Richt is my coach, no matter what
Richt is my coach, no matter what. Well, here we go again.. My beloved Georgia Bulldogs lost the early-season Big One again, and in ugly fashion. They slipped out to sea, their SEC and BCS championship hopes "distant ship's smoke on the horizon," as the song says.. Then
MCCULLOUGH: Romney lost because he was right about that 47 percent
I've been trying to stick to my self-imposed moratorium on political columns, but I guess a presidential election is a good enough reason to lift it temporarily.
MCCULLOUGH: The horror of Internet lies
I have been watching a lot of horror movies the past month leading up to Halloween -- so many that I'm kind of glad that October is over, so I can give my brain and nerves a rest.
MCCULLOUGH: Human race owes debt of gratitude to grandmothers
Mankind owes thanks to grandmas. You probably already believe your grandmother is pretty important. But did you know just how important?. According to a British scientific study published this week, it's because of your nana's love that the human race thrived and our lifespans increased.
