Grief

I was going to skip this week to focus on getting ready for the holidays, but I can't without writing this letter. Dear Charlie Rose, You let me down. There's no easy way to say it. You let me down. You filled in a news void with solid reporting, the ability to...

We all have seminal events in our lives. Most are personal--births and deaths, weddings and divorces. Some, however, are public. Massively public. Depending on how old you are, you can respond immediately when someone asks, "Where were you when...?" Pearl Harbor....

The scene is set for an interesting eavesdropping opportunity. One woman sits alone in a coffee shop, her latte beside her, a book in her lap. Across from her sit two women engaged in a conversation loud enough to force the eavesdropper to, well, eavesdrop. One of the...