As July flowed into August, President Barack Obama paid a visit to his ancestral home of Kenya on the occasion…

Tuesday HERE I AM in Sioux City, Iowa, to address the Chamber of Commerce. The day started well, with a…

Saturday A FABULOUSLY INTERESTING day here in Sandpoint. Tim Farmin and I got into my rented silver-gray Chrysler and drove…

Sunday A full day. I had lunch with a stunningly brilliant 24-year-old Chinese woman film student at the Polo Lounge….

Tuesday San Diego. It is a perfect, magnificent Southern California afternoon. Sunny, ’70s, breezy, no humidity. A driver named Derek…

WednesdaySANDPOINT. Something is definitely wrong with the weather. It is killingly hot, and has been day after day after day….

Friday It is the night of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. The rule is that we Jews fast…

Thursday We are back in Beverly Hills. We left one week ago. My last day there, I spoke to the…

Tuesday Sandpoint. It is the day after Labor Day. Like clockwork, summer has ended. The sky is slate gray. There…

Monday “Heart rendering,” as my wife would say. It is Labor Day, the last day of summer. And it’s raining….