Ever since the show-business pioneers DeMille and Lasky were drawn to climate-blessed Los Angeles just after the turn of the century, Hollywood ceased being a real place and became a concept, a glitte.

Bangkok is bizarrely contradictory...it blends modern and ancient, with tall skyscrapers towering over centuries-old Buddhist temples. Imposing wats are adjacent to horridly impoverished narrow stree..

People always say, "Be careful what you wish for." I have the same reaction to that sentiment as I do to "Don’t get your hopes up." Both admonitions are clearly impossible to o....

One of my favorite recent books is "The Five People You Meet in Heaven," by Mitch Albom. It gets one to thinking about the five people. It’s a game we play all the time, and I give it .... .