Believe me, those great death bed speeches are written ahead of time.

Adoption is rewarding. But the process, as we have already detailed in some particulars, can be expensive, exhausting, and hard to sustain on a dream, much less a whim.

Senator Sanders, of course, has campaigned for Hillary Clinton. But what about his legions of supporters?

Fidel Castro was a charismatic revolutionary and a ruthless leader who allowed no dissent.

When they mention great little things in life, they usually forget flossing.

I was a kid and it was kind of scabrous, and it wasn't the sacrilege that bothered me so much as the obscenity that challenged a 14-year-old American. But over the years, I came to have a keen appreciation of Charlie Hebdo and what it did.

There are times when the adoption process is exhausting and painful and makes you want to scream. But, I am told, so does childbirth.