I always wanted to live in a haunted house.

Perhaps the saddest irony of depression is that suicide happens when the patient gets a little better and can again function sufficiently.

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

The sudden death at 51 of James Gandolfini is intolerable.

Nobody is going to try to confiscate guns, although some Web sites know better: President Obama, they are certain, wants to.

The idea that hunting is one against one is ludicrous. It's one animal versus the hunter, the manufacturer of the rifle, the bullet maker, the designer and manufacturer of the telescopic sight, the auto manufacturer who made the car the hunter got to the edge of the wild in, the maker of his waterproof shoes, the various manufacturers of his mittens, glasses, overcoat - and that's only the beginning of the list. The "sportsman" who shoots an animal should then make a speech, like the actor who wins an Oscar does, thanking the multitudes behind the scenes who made this "victory" possible.

I did standup while still working for Johnny Carson in the mid-'60s, thus gaining the advantage of at least getting laughs from him about how I hadn't the night before.