Several of my friends have persuaded me to write this final column, which is something they claim I shouldn't leave without doing. There comes a time when you start adding up all the pluses and ...

In August of last year, I emailed my friend, the awesome Katie J.M. Baker, to see about pitching a story to Jezebel. I’d just been laid off from a job at Google and was looking to do something a ...

Sometimes, a lifelong friendship is born from the most unlikely of circumstances. In my case, it was the first time I saw Jan ...

Saying goodbye is never easy, but it can be more bearable, at least, if old friends are present, good music’s playing, and toasts to the future are strong and plentiful. For better and worse — mostly ...

Satirist Art Buchwald, who turned his infectious wit on the life of Washington and then on his own failing health, is dead at 81. He wrote this final column before his death, to be published ...