One of the interesting things I discovered, talking about your grandmother, is I did a search of my uses of the word "elderly" in my copy over the ye….

The misdeeds of ordinary men can be buried with them, and their lives described in half-truths that are really half-lies. But not a public man. Parti….

Each instance of sexual harassment has to be judged on its merits. Facts, timing, motives, credibility: all must be considered before we make up our ….

Decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves..

Uncontrollable consumerism has become a watchword of our culture despite regular and compelling calls for its end. The United States has more malls t….

This is how I learn most of what I know about my children and their friends: by sitting in the driver's seat and keeping quiet..

I'm going to live long enough to live in an America that will assume universal health care is a basic right. That will be amusing and terrific..

Predictions that unit cohesion could not survive honesty about sexual orientation were simply wrong. What does threaten morale arethe prolonged inves….

Like cellulite creams or hair-loss tonics, capital punishment is one of those panaceas that isn't. Only it costs a whole lot more..

I learned that if I ever claim sexual harassment, I will be confronted with every bozo I once dated, every women I once impressedas snotty and superi….

You can get rid of the column. It's a little like staying at a hotel; you get used to the shape of the room, and then you're gone. With a novel you m….

Loss as muse. Loss as character. Loss as life..

It's what the Taliban does in Afghanistan, it's what gets done in the Middle East, and it's clearly something that certain mainly conservative groups….

On the other hand, I think that Governor Romney has to worry that his turnout is going to be low, that he is not going to bring out the evangelicals,….

Jane Austen may not be the best writer, but she certainly writes about the best people. And by that I mean people just like me..

One of the useful things about age is realizing conventional wisdom is often simply inertia with a candy coating of conformity..

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the….

Acts of bravery don't always take place on battlefields. They can take place in your heart, when you have the courage to honor your character, your i….

I think the last couple of years of life for many, many people are the same as they were 50, 60, 70 years ago. They could be really tough because of ….

high fashion has little to do with what women wear and a lot to do with what retailers mark down later..

All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good, too, then doing well will never be enough..