John Del Cecato

At the gym this week, my iPod shuffled to a heavy metal song from the 1980s, pushing me through my third mile with the reminder that “I never played by the rules/I never really cared.”

The Republican Party got its election analysis right.

In Iowa, it’s said the four-step path to winning the presidential caucuses is to “organize, organize, organize … then get hot at the end.”

The Colorado Balloon Boy incident says something about our culture — and our politics.

Last Friday, big news emanated from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

When I was little, I thought professional wrestling was real.

As the Democratic National Convention’s keynote speaker exited the stage more than five years ago, America knew it had seen something special in Barack Obama. 

As Americans prepare for flu season by deciding whether to get an H1N1 vaccination, Congress looks to the midterm elections while weighing the merits of health insurance reform. In both cases, at-risk groups would be well-advised to take action now to avoid harmful consequences later.

Like many suburban kids of my era, I grew up playing kick-the-can.

“I must break you.” Those were the pointed words of Ivan Drago, a fictional Soviet boxing sensation, to the American champion he threatened to topple, in 1985’s “Rocky IV.”