Politicians Who Wear Little Tennis Socks With

One Christmas My Father Kept Our Tree Up Till March. He Hated To See It Go. I Loved That.

As The Great Philosopher George Santayana Would Have Said, 'those Who Cannot Remember The Past . . . Should Simply Read Jan Van Meter's Tippecanoe And Tyler Too.' Van Meter's Greatest Hits Collection Of Slogans Is The Catchiest Ever Retelling Of American History. It's Like The Greatest Minds Of Madison Avenue Sat Down To Write A History Book. They Don't Make Sound Bites Like They Used To!

Generally I Get Up At Around 7. But Oftentimes, I'll Be Lolling In Bed A Little Bit Earlier - Sometimes As Early As 5:45 - Filing In My Mind All The Things I Have To Get Done. Which Is, Of Course, Totally Unproductive.

I'm Always Working On A Few Different Stories At Once, So There's Always Some Really Big Coffee Table Book I'm Carrying Around.

I Don't Think Everyone Should Vote. If You Have To Be Dragged Into The Polls, Carried Into The Polls And Smelling Salts Have To Be Used, You Probably Shouldn't Be Voting. However, We Shouldn't Be Putting Up Barriers To Voting That Target Certain Groups.