Jon Margolis

Fellow citizens, meet your most celebrated employee in South Carolina. Ron Cobb, 42, has been a lawyer, a legislator, a lobbyist, a drug dealer and a briber. He is now...

Here are three things about America today illustrated by the civil-rights furor. - Thing One: Our leaders have an extraordinary ability to argue about, and actually get angry about, matters...

Among the disadvantages of becoming less young (believe it or not, there are also advantages) is the increased likelihood of oral complications, resulting in discomfort in and around the gums,...

When you get too far from Tarryall Creek to hear its current burble over the boulders, it is sometimes possible, if you stop walking and listen very carefully, to hear...

Things could be worse. Just consider television. No, don`t leave. Television could hardly be worse. But for now consider television without doing anything so drastic as turning it on. Consider...

Whether or not it is a gift, artistic talent conveys a responsibility. Those who can sway emotions ought to know what they are talking about, lest emotions be swayed toward...

Here is the sin Chuck Robb committed: When the TV reporter asked him whether he had ever committed adultery, Robb did not reply, ''What`s it to you?'' or words to...

First, a disclaimer. What follows is not about animal rights, which was the topic in this space a few weeks ago, inspiring response pro and con. Enough. The subject is...

Let`s go back to last week, to the Ides of April. Actually it wasn`t the Ides of April. March 15, when Julius Caesar got done in, was the Ides of...

One need not admire Kitty Kelley or believe everything she said about Ronald and Nancy Reagan to appreciate her accomplishment, which is to have provided several titillating answers and raised...