"I've spent a lot of my life trying to become better and better at what I DO. Somehow I thought my achievements might attract love. This has always been my fantasy. It's a crazy fantasy …
C.W. Nevius's personal essay handwringing in the Chronicle will find its way into the wringing hands of many a high school student. Great dark humor in the ending. Tonight I watch Will Franken at 50 …
Some things you can put off, and that will have some psychological consequences. Example: not writing the great American novel just yet. Some things you can procrastinate only with social, hygenic, and other such risks. …
"...Specifically, he explored why it was that some people, at great personal risk, helped their Jewish neighbors in Nazi-occupied Europe while the majority did not..." "...That's when Salmassi pointed to the door..." Republicans for Kerry, …
I'd had to deal with this customer before. He was having an inexplicable and chronic problem and we talked often. He talked over me, interrupted me, misunderstood me, but always thanked me profusely for my …
Indian police kill Veerappan, Indian bandit king.
A Jon Stewart quotes page. The news is the currency of The Daily Show. I can't write a show on Jan. 4 and run it on Jan. 11. You've got to write it on Jan. …
I bought America: The Book by the writers of The Daily Show. It is a jewel. It actually disturbs Leonard to hear my cynical laugh several times per minute while reading that thing. A sample …
A company in Emeryville has a factory in Liverpool that makes a mistake. So half the US's supply of flu vaccine becomes unusable. The sick and the elderly across the US stand in line for …
