Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other.

When a place advertises itself as 'World Famous,' you may be sure it isn't.

Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other.

I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met.

A good column is one that sells paper. It doesn't matter how beautifully it is written and how much you admire the author... if it doesn't sell any papers, it's not a good column. It's a terrible yardstick to use, but in the newspaper business, that's the whole thing.

Satire of satire tends to be self-canceling, and deliberate shock tactics soon lose their ability to shock, especially when they're too deliberate.

Just two days in Manhattan and you find yourself looking for a place to wash your handkerchief after you wipe your forehead and it comes away black. Is there a dirtier or more fascinating city anywhere in the land? The answer to both parts of the question has to be positively negative.