That dreadful alligator attack in Orlando would never have happened if Disney had put up real warning signs, like other Florida resorts do. But wild alligators don't fit the Disney image, so they were no proper warnings, and a child died for no reason.

The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind.

Unfortunately for novelists, real life is getting way too funny and far-fetched.

No deliberative body is manifestly less qualified to make decisions about public education than our state Legislature. With a few shining exceptions, most of these clowns don't read, can't write, and clearly can't add.

You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink.

Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.

I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking.