Ross Werland

No question a jump rope workout is effective--and deadly difficult. For an adult who hasn't jumped rope since childhood and perhaps has gotten all tangled up in pasta instead, a...

This may be the cure for divorce, but we won't know until someone studies it. Meanwhile, we'll take the word of Oakton Community College psychology professor Robert Frank, who says...

Not since the government gave away cheese has there been such a great freebie. General Cigar blanketed Chicago with its new Diablo brand, handing them out at numerous emporiums during...

It's a shame that the Democrats and Republicans didn't think to engage the latest in marketing genius in time for the election. Country Music Television did, however, stepping up for...

Now that the Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether it's right for governments to display the 10 Commandments, maybe we will find some closure about whether we're establishing a...

Some of us had a parent, aunt or uncle who taught us to swim by tossing us into a pool and saying, "OK, swim." In a sense, Australian motivational writer/speaker...

Countless trees are killed for books that contain useless information, but Chicago theater veteran Bob Tyler, an audio engineer/stagehand from Glen Ellyn, has justified the pulpwood cost with "Canoeing Adventures...

While vodka and rum have been sloshing new flavors all over the liquor store shelves, gin just kind of sat there as its staid old self. But distributor Remy Amerique...

Again the Labor Department is telling us that women spend more time doing housework than men do. And again the story is being misreported so women can roll up newspapers...

Jay Overbye was forthcoming about his upcoming appearance on "The Bachelor" but declined to answer the question about whether contestants are permitted to have sex. Then again, the Chicago-connected Overbye,...