ANCHORAGE -- Many and varied are the wonders, the splendors and
the peculiarities of the Other Great State. The funniest thing said by
Alaskans is, "Gonna be another scorcher" (means "could get into the 70s").
AUSTIN -- Probably because I'm supposed to have a sense of humor, I once wound up on a distinguished panel on the subject of legal ethics, which some people consider a joke to begin with. Dan Rather and I were there as agents...
AUSTIN, Texas -- I opposed the war in Iraq because I thought it
would lead to the peace from hell, but I'd rather not see my prediction come
true and I don't think we have much time left to avert it. That the
occupation is not going well...
These are days when it seems sanity has left us. Civic neurosis is maintained by keeping us living in a
constant state of color-coded mental emergency. The besieged mind then retreats into thinking only of those
most basic human needs:...
AUSTIN -- Congratulations to the Supreme Court on its 6-3 decision in the Texas sodomy law case and to all those, including the gay rights groups and the American Civil Liberties Union, who have fought so long and hard to rid the...