Twenty years! I’ve been writing this column for 20 years. As I said back on the 15th anniversary, “except for teaching, that’s the longest time I’ve ever devoted to a single activity.” And I’ve ...

I had a great idea for a column this week. Unfortunately, this isn’t it. After about 20 minutes of deep soul-searching, it occurred to me that some of you might be wondering how I write these columns.

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I'm writing from the cusp of a new book announcement. No, not a new novel (not yet, at least). What I'm talking about is a collection of newspaper columns, one of which you're reading this red-hot ...