Congratulations to my college roommate and longtime friend Steve and his super-model wife, Melissa, on the birth of their first son, Avery. ...

I know this sounds corny, but: I have a really great daughter. My supermodel wife, our 2-and-a-half-year-old daughter and I got together wit...

I saw the Waiter’s rant where he wonders how God allow people to drown in N.O. (or let other unimaginably horrible things happen). The Wait...

I was discussing the hurricane and aftermath with some colleagues at work the other day. Someone brought up a NYTimes report about the ad...

Back when I was editor for a daily newspaper, my colleagues and I liked kept running lists to help take the edge off of the cynical world of...

This isn't going to be popular. It's not politically correct, and it's not what most people want to hear. But after reading much...

I just received word from my mother that my cousin and her family no longer have a home in New Orleans. I guess that's not 100% accurate...

One of my fav foreign films (foreign to me, that is, not to the French) is Amelie . If you’ ve ever seen the movie, or listened to The Del...

Okay, I don’t want to come across as some kind of hater. I believe in basic human respect for all individuals. That said, what the hell is u...

From her post on the preceding entry, Kristine seems to need a little help getting caught up. It's not an indictment of her, it happens ...