‘Danger, Will Robinson!’: Dick Tufeld, voice of ‘Lost in Space’ robot, dies

Tomorrow’s 60 Minutes will feature a report on Elian Gonzalez — remember him? I wasn’t blogging back then, but during his last few weeks in the U.S. he stayed at my office. Well, not my office per se  [more...]

This has never happened before — as I write this, every dish, piece of cutlery, and glass in my house is clean and in a cupboard. Nothing in the sink, nothing in the dishwasher. Of course, in a few moments  [more...]

I always loved Mary McGrory’s writing in the Washington Post, especially her clever ways of skewering pomposity and the billowing hot air from the right. Mary died last night at 85, and her obituary in the  [more...]