Branding experts believe that just because they have rethought a company's image or name, the rest of us will automatically fall in line.

Moping is an unattractive attribute in a man.

It could fairly be said that America, during the Bush years, has entered an Age of Denial - arguably the first stage of a nation's decline.

My suggestion to newspapers everywhere is to give the public a reason to read them again. So here's an idea: get on a big story with widespread public appeal, devote your best resources to it, say a quiet prayer, and swing for the fences.

Stationery is addictive. I get mine made in Paris at Benetton, and writing on it gives me a strange thrill.

I think the absence of socks on men wearing suits and brogues is a problem. They'll live to regret that.

There aren't any looks or customs I wish would come back. Today almost anything goes. Culture constantly devours the past so there's not much that's missing.