I’ve just passed the three-year mark of writing this column. Every week. For three years. Over 120,000 words, enough for one long novel or two short ones. Why do it, anyway? It seems appropriate on ...

Twenty years! I’ve been writing this column for 20 years. As I said back on the 15th anniversary, “except for teaching, that’s the longest time I’ve ever devoted to a single activity.” And I’ve ...

I had a great idea for a column this week. Unfortunately, this isn’t it. After about 20 minutes of deep soul-searching, it occurred to me that some of you might be wondering how I write these columns.

Quite honestly, I have written and re-written the lede for this column approximately 10 times — both in my head and typing it on my on-screen keyboard. Fortunately, the unexpected heat wave that ...

The passing of longtime Tisbury columnist Kay Mayhew has led to a search for a new columnist. While getting to know potential ...

You can’t tell now, but I am writing this column in longhand. I’m on a tropical island (don’t hate me) without access to a computer screen (ditto) and composing a column this way is an enlightening — ...

I’m so glad the Daily Times and Daily Union agreed to keep this column going. I’ve been writing it for 50 years, starting in the Waupun paper during our early farming years as a means of keeping my ...

This is a night in the life of one Brown Daily Herald opinion columnist. I’ve gone through this process 30 times (though I ...

I had a great idea for a column this week. Unfortunately, this isn’t it. After about 20 minutes of deep soul-searching, it occurred to me that some of you might be wondering how I write these columns.

I’ve just passed the three-year mark of writing this column. Every week. For three years. Over 120,000 words, enough for one ...