Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I always speak to you, my compassionate readers, from my heart. So, I want to tell you that this is the hardest time I’ve had ...

WHERE DO YOUR TEXTS COME FROM? What's at SAAM is my writing that I use less and less all the time. But I haven't a clue where that comes from, other than my dark past, maybe. I'm more likely to use ...

The upcoming week marks this column’s 18th anniversary. I almost can’t believe it. It feels like far longer. It almost feels like I’ve been writing it since … “forever ago.” From church signs to chalk ...

One day when I was speaking to a third grade class, one little girl asked, "How long does it take to write a column?" "A lifetime," I told her. And truly, we carry a lifetime around in our brains. For ...

So you want to learn how to write a column. Well, fine. Come sit here beside me and we’ll take it one step at a time. First you need a topic. Jot down a couple and we’ll consider the possibilities.

I’ve been doing the daily schlep down the 405 to Irvine for more than two years now. I have accepted my fate, and found ways to make the highway hour a bit more bearable. Listening to that much NPR ...