Even writers need relief from words.

Even writers need relief from words.

Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are?

Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know.

One night last summer, all the killers in my head assembled on a stage in Massachusetts to sing show tunes.

I still believe in public radio's potential. Because it's the one mass medium that's still crafted almost entirely by true believers.

No one I know actually reads what I write, so thank heavens for you strangers.