As someone who writes a newspaper column, I’m often left wondering if my words have any real impact beyond bringing an occasional smile to my colleagues who edit it. Well if I needed hard evidence to ...

In what might have been 1979, I was invited to a nearby elementary school to talk to students about writing. The children were led into the school gym, where they sat cross-legged on the floor while ...

2025 now has only one week left. The first article of this column was published on January 8 of this year, marking exactly one year since its debut. Looking back, my time this year has been divided ...