I can't decide if this is the toughest column I've ever written, or the easiest. It's screamingly self-indulgent, took a while to write and edit--and it's the last one.
Last week, I had to decide whether to pay tribute to Satan. I'm not entirely unhappy with my decision, and I may have saved my soul.
"And in this corner, weighing in at 800 pounds, the Republican gorilla, Elizabeth Dole!".
I spent nearly eight hours this past week tearing apart my garage door opener. Unexpectedly, the process made me think about humanity's relationship to the physical world.
President George W. Bush will deliver his State of the Union address tonight.
Fast on the heels of some of President George W.
U.S. flags seem to be everywhere now, on houses and T-shirts and cars.
OK, so now to the really pressing issue of our times: Are video games bad, both for kids who don't learn to read and for parents who play them rather than grow up--and thus bad for U.S.
Two recent stories make it clear that free speech is still generating controversy and raising the issue of whether we should place limits on our abilities to speak our minds.
In light of our "war on terror," the news media are showing increasing signs of self-censorship. But why are they doing it--and does this threaten democracy?.
