It's a tribute to the human brain that anyone is able to function out there on television in a talk situation that is entirely artificial.

You would have to be naive to think you can appear on television and not have the material edited in some way.

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.

The sudden death at 51 of James Gandolfini is intolerable.

There is something about a Luger that separates it from all other handguns, and Luger devotees and Luger society members speak of it in romantic terms that must sound plain nuts to those who consider themselves level-headed.

A grown man, weeping, is a tough thing to see.

It's a tribute to the human brain that anyone is able to function out there on television in a talk situation that is entirely artificial.