Francis X. Rocca

Somebody (I think it was Gore Vidal, but I hate to give him the credit) once said that children and…

Steve Martin’s proposal for getting tough on crime — “death penalty for parking violations” — was an absurdist gag when…

Fired after refusing to remove an eyebrow ring, a former Costco employee is suing the discount chain for violating her…

To hear some tell it, Italo-Americans narrowly averted humiliation this week when organizers stopped a couple of TV actors from…

I just got through reading Goodnight Moon to my 13-month-old son. Remarkable how it holds his attention longer than anything…

Everyone has a secret passion. It might be a truly unspeakable lust, deserving of all society’s censure and even time…

“Relax your hand,” the policeman said, as he rolled my ink-smeared thumb across the card. I apologized and explained that…

Back in the United States for a couple of days last week, I found a few minutes to visit a…

Last week, on my second day as a citizen of Rome, I saw a local in an SUV back into…

September 11, 2001, was supposed to be our big day. I’d mentioned it in so many e-mails over the preceding…