A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder.

One of the very best reasons for having children is to be reminded of the incomparable joys of a snow day.

I wonder what book signings will be like when most of the books we read are electronic. Will authors sign something else? A flyer, perhaps? A special kind of card devised for the purpose?

Why, I wonder, should the popularity of a news story matter to me? Does it mean it's a good story or just a seductive one?

On the very same day that I ordered an iPad 2, I went shopping to buy myself a letter opener. I like to cover all my bases.

Election Day outside of big cities is different. For one thing, there are so few people in my town that each individual vote really does matter, and several local races have been decided by as many votes as you can count on one hand.