It was wise of Obama to bring all of those former Presidents together, if for no other reason, to do a walk through of the White House, so that he doesn't get blamed for any damage already done.

I've never seen the first family's living...

The Inauguration will soon be upon us, and I can't wait for Obama to take office, but it hardly seems the time for a party.

I don't want to be a wet blanket here, and I'd be the last one to want to destroy the party industry in D.C., but...

I don't need a holiday or a feast to feel grateful for my children, the sun, the moon, the roof over my head, music, and laughter, but I like to take this time to take the path of thanks less traveled.

Taking the long view, I'm thankful that we're no...

It is several days after the election, and I still feel like I'm walking around in a Burl Ives Christmas song. I'm pretty sure a guy doffed his cap to me today. People seem full of hope. This is America, though, it can't last. Pleased and proud as we are,...

It occurs to me that I did hear that Bush made a statement the other day, but I forgot to listen to what he said, and no one else seems to know. I think he just wanders out into the Rose Garden, unattended, lately. Is anyone listening to him? He...

I keep hearing our current financial crisis compared to that of the 1930's, which I don't know that much about, although I did just reread The Grapes of Wrath to prepare for the challenges ahead. The good news is that, after the foreclosure, when we pack the truck, there's a...

It may be that the relentless, senseless flea attacks in my house are getting to me. It may be that the mornings in Santa Monica are often overcast and that I'm extremely light sensitive, or that, when I tried to go over the state capitols with my son in...

With a bit more family togetherness this summer, there's been a boatload of opportunities for tattling, and hence, perhaps billions of repetitions of my most instructive phrase, "Be in charge of yourself." Clearly it never sinks in.

"Toshia, please clean the bathroom."
"Well, Thomas didn't dust the bookshelf."