The country lost a great humanitarian last week (Tuesday, Oct. 19). Paul Steven Miller died way too young, at 49.

Paul was a dwarf. He was also the biggest man I ever knew. He worked for two Presidents, Clinton and Obama, and served many years as a commissioner on the...

I know that you Tea Party members are here to stay, but I'm still confused about how some of your policies would play out. Maybe one of you out there can help me understand. So here are my questions:

1. OK, so you want to privatize Social Security....

I'm a G-d fearing Jew.

I still write G-d with a hyphen because in Hebrew School they taught us that if a page with "G-d" written on it ended up in the trash bin, we would risk no dishonor.

I think about everything I do in terms of where...

My father always told me, "Never wish your life away."

Yet here it is, another mid-summer, and I'm longing for mid-February. That's when spring training starts. That's when hope springs eternal. That's when my beloved Baltimore Orioles are still in the pennant race.

I'm an Angeleno, have been since 2006....