I have learned that I am also a person who has to be able to go fishing whenever I can and for as long as I want to go. It is a silly thing, but there it is.

I stepped on a land mine named Jayson Blair.

Frankly, no newspaper is set up to monitor for cheats and fabricators.

For me, fishing and journalism touched the same places in my head. In comparison with that of poets, the fly fishers' and the journalists' experiences are probably pale flavors, but they carry nonetheless a hint of ambrosia.

When I am home alone I like to scatter my tackle across the floor and play with it. I may pretend I am working on it, performing preventative maintenance, but really it is playing.

All genius is simple. It involves close observation and a momentous act of self trust.

Something is clearly wrong with Kansas and the rest of Middle America when it comes to letting economic self-interest guide their voting.