Sally Ride, First American Woman In Space, Is Dead

The winds are picking up and the rain is close — I can feel it. We’re due for a storm tonight, so I put my car into the garage. Strange but true: I rarely put the car in the garage, even though I have[more...]

When I cook, it usually involves poking holes in plastic and programming the microwave oven. Even that ritual is rare, as I usually opt for fast food or, more likely, nothing much at all. This is a major difference[more...]

Speaking of television endings, tonight is the finale of The West Wing. It will be a bittersweet moment — on one hand, I’m not invested in the slightest in the new administration and its new characters[more...]