"I grew up in a leafy Pennsylvania town where, history records, Thomas Paine, the fiery revolutionary writer, wrote his combustible work, "Common Sense." He was ..."
"They seemed to be traveling south early, the flight of geese I saw through the high, floor to ceiling windows of my office yesterday morning. They appeared abou..."
"One scene that stirs my passion more than most any other scene in the world is the long white rows of uniform gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery. Round-..."
"I was 19 at the time, and that would have made Michael something like 11 years old. He was still a member of "The Jackson Five" then, before he would become a s..."
"I feel as if I have to write something in memory of them. They inspire me, even if my writing seems uninspired this day. I give thanks to Gary Neiman, who I las..."
