Take charge -- when the patient can't

Last week I mentioned in this space that my father had been in a hospital's intensive care unit in August, while I was being kicked out of the fitness center at his country club when I went to see him. He lives in South Florida. Since then, many of you have asked how he is doing, and some have wanted to know if I expect to do jail time for trying to work out at the gym without a membership.

The answer to the second question is simple: You don't do the crime if you can't do the time. There...