I'm really slacking off here on the old a moon, worn as if it had been a shell.   I don't even know where to start. Do I even ne...

Griffith Park Observatory, Los Angeles, 2010 I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, rea...

Oliver, on hearing that Paul Ryan would be debating Joe Biden tonight: When he smiles, that Paul Ryan has a face you just want to sm...

Sophie, 2007 I know I read somewhere that this year's election is costing something like 10 gazillion dollars -- all money that go...

It's the first day of school for Sophie, but she's at home, sleeping off Diastat that I had to give her on Sunday night after a...