Colin Fleming: Valentine’s Day is all about romantic love. Let’s talk about friendship instead. February 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. There’s something we tend to overlook on Valentine’s Day, and that’s friendship — a lost art of love in today’s world.
Colin Fleming: Linus Van Pelt’s contemplative approach to Christmas December 24, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. In "A Charlie Brown Christmas," Linus shares what he learned with his friend and what he was trying to, often by asking the right questions.
Colin Fleming: Sports betting turns October baseball and Cubs pennant chase into a commodity October 2, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. One of the best things about sports is that you never know. You think you know, but you never really know until the series is done.
Colin Fleming: The importance of not becoming a football couch zombie September 12, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. In a nation where hardly anyone is able to concentrate on anything, we are fixated on football.
Colin Fleming: The boundlessness of Ryne Sandberg July 29, 2025 at 12:48 p.m. During the 1984 MLB season Ryne Sandberg achieved something very few humans can claim: He was the best baseball player in the entire world.
Colin Fleming: Charlie Chaplin’s 100-year-old film ‘The Gold Rush’ has timeless lessons on how to keep going June 27, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. Now a century old, Charlie Chaplin's "The Gold Rush" teaches us through comedy to keep going during trials.
Colin Fleming: I’ve had three mothers, and they all mattered May 11, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. You might ask, “Wait, how does this guy have three mothers?” But I did, and they were all important, although only one of them was truly my mom.
Colin Fleming: If your team is losing, just remember — it’s not the ref’s fault February 9, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. As another Super Bowl plays out, people will take to their phones and blame the refs.
Colin Fleming: Adults can also embrace a ‘back to school’ attitude September 4, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. The adult who lives life best starts a form of school again and again.
Colin Fleming: Embrace your freedom this Fourth of July by being a buff July 4, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. The Fourth of July reminds me of the freedom and the power of choice, and how infrequently we elect to choose and instead follow the crowd.