When I need to work up my nerve to write a tough column, I try to think of myself as Emma Peel in a black leather catsuit.

The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.

Journalism, spooked by rumors of its own obsolescence, has stopped believing in itself. Groans of doom alternate with panicked happy talk.

Celebrity is the religion of our time.

Even when conservatives have all the marbles, they still act as if they're under siege. Now that they are under siege, it is no time for them to act as if they're losing their marbles.

I don't understand men. I don't even understand what I don't understand about men.

Digital platforms are worthless without content. They're shiny sacks with bells and whistles, but without content, they're empty sacks. It is not about pixels versus print. It is not about how you're reading. It is about what you're reading.