As a white-knuckled frequent flier, I consider good pilots heroes, not bus drivers. Knowing that experienced, rational, well-trained human beings are in the cockpit is all that separates me from lunacy when I'm at 30,000 feet.

As far as I'm concerned, pilots--like public school teachers--are under-appreciated!

Anne Lamott is one of my heroes so I'm thrilled that she has written about the funny, incisive, take-no-prisoners Ivins...

In this season when I feel as if I've fallen down the rabbit hole into Political Wonderland, we could definitely use a large dose of Molly...

Are the media in the battleground states grousing because the $150,000 could better have bought time and space for McPalin?

I went last Thursday and voted early, allowing me to get off. I feel so much better!

But why on earth are we spending $592 for the U.S. embassy in Baghdad? Who's got the contract? Can we cancel it?

And, oh, please, just make her go away and stay there....

About 20 years ago I wrote a series of articles about Lee Peterson, author of the book The Guide to the Wild Edibles of the Eastern United States. I followed him through the fields and wetlands of south Louisiana as he picked and gleaned, then went back to the cabin he was renting and created culinary delights from his harvest.

I was amused to discover that numerous weeds easily identified in my home lawn and garden were, in fact, edible. Soon, I began throwing some of them into salads and other dishes and when dinner guests would inquire about an unusual taste--oxalis leaves, for example, I learned to answer that they "came from my garden" and let it go at that.

If you know what you're doing, foraging is great fun and eating the forage is extremely satisfying!