Detroit Free Press

You know White Castle, right? The hamburger place? Sells those good, greasy "sliders," which are really mini-burgers, small enough to fit in the palm of your hand?Does anyone eat just one of those? No. People buy four. Six. Twelve. Whatever. They eat until they're beyond full. In some cases, they eat more than they would if the burgers were large, because it feels as if you're eating less when the portions are shrunk.

At first, when I heard the latest "pampered golfer" incident -- that Davis Love III threatened to stop playing last Sunday unless an unruly fan was ejected -- I wasn't going to comment. This is not a new issue. Golfers love their silence. They treat it as a birthright. The fact that other major sports play in loud, raucous environments means nothing to them. Golf is "special." Fine. Whatever.But then I saw the comments from Tim Finchem, the PGA Tour chief. He sympathized with Love's plight, and agreed that something needed to be done."This isn't hockey," Finchem said.

And I am now a geek.So this is what it feels like.I never thought as a geek before. I never embraced geekdom. But I cannot deny it. Tonight, during the Academy Awards, while others root for serious dramatic fare -- serial killers, abuse victims, lonely salesmen -- I will be rooting for orcs, elves and dwarfs. I will be wishing for wizards. Hoping for hobbits."Lord of The Rings" geek?Guilty.

The thing about college sports is that the clock is always ticking. From the moment you arrive, the hourglass is ...

My sister married a wonderful guy. His father was a Hungarian Jew. During World War II, he and his eight brothers and sisters were imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps. Some were killed in gas chambers. Others were put on a boat that was deliberately sunk.By the war's end, my brother-in-law's father was the only one left. For years, his wife would find bread stuffed under his pillow, a habit from Nazi starvation.Every now and then some nut case says the Holocaust was faked. Usually, you dismiss him as pathetic.

Last week, a group of Michigan lawmakers, hoping to stem the alarming divorce rate, proposed a law: couples would ...