Growing up, my family wasn't very tight. We were more like a tour group with secrets.

My fear of flying starts as soon as I buckle myself in and then the guy up front mumbles a few unintelligible words then before I know it I'm thrust into the back of my seat by acceleration that seems way too fast and the rest of the trip is an endless nightmare of turbulence, of near misses. And then the cabbie drops me off at the airport.

Is it just me, or are the 49ers doing an awful lot of ass-patting today?

After September 11th, freedom of speech in America has become a topic that's touchier than a Vatican summer camp.

I think the American legal system sucks worse than a Celine Dion cover version of Whole Lotta Love.

Bad television is three things: a bullet train to a morally bankrupt youth, a slow spiral into an intellectual void, and of course, a complete blast to watch.

The French are always reticent to surrender to the wishes of their friends and always more than willing to surrender to the wishes of their enemies.