I got a remarkable letter last week from a soldier in Iraq named Shaun Feingold. I found his words so inspiring, I asked him if I could post them, and he agreed.

At the start of the letter, Shaun says he had read some articles describing me as a humorist....

When I was very young -- nine or ten -- I asked my parents to explain communism. My mom summarized it this way: In the Soviet Union, you don't have any choices. You can only get vanilla ice cream.

I was horrified. Understandably so. Only vanilla? No Baskin-Robbins' 31-derful flavors?

I spent last year trying to live according to the rules and customs of the Bible. And a few months in, I decided that if I was really going to commit, maybe I should take a shot at polygamy.

It's a huge theme in the Old Testament. Polygamy was, if...

Interesting editorial by Stacy Schiff in today's New York Times on the dangers of interactive truth. The piece is pegged to the LA Times' plan to have wiki-editorials - interactive online editorials that readers can alter to reflect their own ideas, half-baked or otherwise. Schiff suggests we institute...