The Midnight Hour

 
If you frequent The Midnight Hour for my occasional banter on fitness then you’ll want to check out Gyminee.com where I will be doing some guest blogging. My first post is now live and outlines some tips on avoiding overtraining. The first paragraph reads
 
Overtraining is a mysterious and delicate topic, yet most of us [...]

Every time I turn on the radio or television I hear news reports that fewer Americans are vacationing due to increased fuel prices. I’m calling BS. I think this is akin to the rampant news reports of shark attacks a few years ago. There was no actual increase in shark attacks compared to previous years; [...]

Russell at Operative Fitness is a proponent of all sorts of barefoot athletic shenanigans. After reading a recent post on his blog, I read this article in New York Magazine that claims several problems with modern shoes and that the fix could be simply to walk barefoot more often. I’ll agree with their premise, that [...]

The party that prides itself on opposition to racism, bigotry, and all forms of discrimination has taken to demographically branding its voters like cattle in a stock yard. Apparently stereotypes are very damaging and hurtful — unless you’re classifying the types of people that vote for you. The amount of demographic analysis during this primary [...]

I’ve got several things cooking right now that readers can look forward to in the coming weeks.
I’m writing a review for the New York Post of the new book from Richard Engel titled War Journal: My Five Years in Iraq. The book will be released on June 3, 2008. The review will be published in [...]