I still do a weekly opinion column for the Miami Herald, and it's like shooting fish in a barrel. Rotten fish.

Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing is so original.

Jimmy Lee Baylis was a wise man, and knew better than to talk back to the man who signed his paycheck.

The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.

There's this false notion that this is a regional phenomenon, when in fact every state in the union has hardcore rednecks. No exceptions.

and in the meantime don't jump to conclusions.

I got overwhelmed by the magnitude of the celebrity culture in America. My background is as a news journalist, and newsrooms in the US are shrinking - investigation teams are being terminated or shrunk on newspapers all around the country. The one aspect that's expanded is coverage of celebrity culture.