The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how they'd word something or how they'd inflect it.

If (O.J. Simpson) is acquitted, I will renounce my citizenship. And if I converse with him at a cocktail party, I will say, 'Well, there are so many people here who haven't murdered anyone. I think I'll go talk to them.' I'll also riot.

Unpleasant reading on the subject of anger tells us that there's not really anything wrong with it. In limited amounts. It can even be a good thing. A pressure valve.

Home schooling as an idea is on a par with home dentistry.

History is not reassuring on the subject of the longevity of seemingly lasting great nations, is it?

It takes a certain amount of guts to go to your class reunions.

Depression - it falls into that small category of things like combat that, if you haven't been in it, you can say you can imagine it all you like. But it's truly different.