You can't think 'Dole' without thinking 'Bob Dole' and cartoons and third-person good times. He was one of those politicians: the kind you jabbed but were happy enough to have around. Jeanne Marie Laskas bobcartoondole Change image and share on social
The National Tracing Center is not allowed to have centralized computer data. Jeanne Marie Laskas allowcentercentralize Change image and share on social
The ESPN complex is a 255-acre playland, as beautiful and perfect as the Magic Kingdom itself down the road - except it's sports! Jeanne Marie Laskas acrebeautifulcomplex Change image and share on social
Coal mines make the news only when they explode, collapse, kill. It's exciting! Tragedy! Fodder for a cable-news frenzy. Jeanne Marie Laskas cablecoalcollapse Change image and share on social
In the early 16th century the Italian physician Jacopo Berengario da Carpi, a pioneer in the science of anatomy, came up with the idea that perhaps 'brain commotion' was caused by the thrust of the soft structure of the brain against the solid case of the skull. Jeanne Marie Laskas 16thanatomyberengario share on social
In the summer of 2007, Roger Goodell, the new NFL commissioner, convened a meeting in Chicago for the first league-wide concussion summit. All thirty-two teams were ordered to send doctors and trainers to the meeting. Jeanne Marie Laskas chicagocommissionerconcussion share on social
When people spot Fallon in public, they do not shriek or drool or go wobbly in the knees. It's a different look entirely. A tilt of the head, mouth agape, eyebrows rolled like you do when you see a puppy. Jeanne Marie Laskas agapedrooleyebrow share on social
A coal mine greets you with only one sentiment, then hammers it: 'This is not a place for people. This is not a place for people. This is not a place for people'. Jeanne Marie Laskas coalgreethammer Change image and share on social
If chronic bashing of the head could destroy a boxer's brain, couldn't it also destroy a football player's brain? Surely someone in the history of football had thought to look for dementia pugilistica. Unlike boxers, football players wear helmets, but a helmet can't fully protect the head from damaging impact. Jeanne Marie Laskas bashboxerbrain share on social
One thing Jim McGreevey wants the world to know: Leading a double life as a gay man trying to appear straight was easy for him to pull off. He was 'good' at it. Not only that - it helped him become a better politician. Jeanne Marie Laskas doubleeasygay share on social