In fairness, they’re nuts who claim to be Christians
There’s a great moment in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown when Brown discovers the Christians in his New England village worshipping Satan. It’s a tale of obsession, clearly–men and women so panicked about evil that they kind of like it. I’m reminded of Hawthorne following every [...]

In yesterday’s briefing, I pointed out the San Francisco Chronicle’s story about Cleveland Indians pitcher Paul Byrd’s purchase of human growth hormone. Neither Byrd nor the Indians would comment for the Chron’s story, but yesterday afternoon, Byrd broke his silence.

Raging is a standard newspaper word for fires–almost a cliché– but the Malibu wildfires really have been raging. At least 750 acres are burning, and wind gusts have been clocked at 108 mph. Writer and Malibu resident Veronique de Turenne is providing updates on the situation at her blog Here in Malibu, which [...]