Reading will put you into the minds and hearts of others. It might help you understand why other people do what they do sometimes.

Fidel Castro rhetorically championed the poor. He also held the Cuban economy in a kind of arrested state. He called for racial equality but often cracked down - but did crack down on the press and dissidents and Cuban gays.

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

Despite the reams of paperwork, obstacles worthy of a horse show, and a wait that can rival an elephant's gestation, adoption feels no different on the inside.

Murder is easy. Comedy is hard.

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

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