If it's a man's world, as they say, then men, your world is a poorly run carnage fest.

I have had a number of less-than-enviable moments in my life when dealing with other people. I won't attempt to blunt that by saying I am not the only one.

August in sub-Saharan Los Angeles is one of the great and awful tests of one's endurance, sanity and stamina.

You can still function as a living ruin.

If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd pleaser and the 14th the ultimate hero scene.

I'm a recognizable person and some people feel the need for some reason to take me to task. You're really messing with the wrong person on that one.

People like Jefferson, Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony and M. L. K. are larger than life to me. I find myself staring at photographs of Lincoln almost in disbelief that he was a man who walked the earth and not merely some fiction writer's creation.