Articles by Scott Saalman

(Father and son relationships can be a fickle thing as sons grow up – and as fathers grow up, too. Here is a remembrance of my son 15 years ago.)…

I enjoyed coffee with Y. Joel Wong over the holidays. Joel is a tenured professor in the Counseling and Counseling Psychology Programs at Indiana University. One specialty of his is…

2024, for me, was a milestone-year marking sincere attempts to trim brain fat while in pursuit of improved mental well-being. I started using Prozac and meeting with a mental health…

COLD OPEN (actual recording of a Nov. 24, 2024 local radio WHCR live news dispatch): Ladies and gentlemen, this is Stu Clampitt again in downtown Fishers, Indiana. Well, I ……

I saw the Blind Boys of Alabama last month. The gospel group, with roots reaching 80 years back and a history of helping break down racial barriers, truly lifted my…

“Should I stay, or should I go?” – The Clash GUY RAZZ: I’m Guy Razz, host of How I Broke This. Welcome to my narrative journey about business ineptitude and…

Four seventh-grade boys. Four seventh-grade girls. Two telephones – rotary dial dinosaurs adhered to parents’ kitchen walls. Thick, twisted, dangled cords, like entangled anacondas in heat. Four seventh-grade boys on…

In 1997, comedian George Carlin published his very funny book, Brain Droppings, which, according to the cover, contains “jokes, notions, doubts, opinions, questions, thoughts, beliefs, assertions, assumptions, and disturbing references”…

My father-in-law died. Tom Tappan. Down in Athens. Heart issues. A time bomb ticker. He was an ideal father-in-law. Super nice. Good sense of humor. Our politics matched. He was…