The kids have their school team, and then they have their summer team. They play the league games hard, but read more

The kids have their school team, and then they have their summer team. They play the league games hard, but then they come together after the game is over and are friends again.

So you've got your face coming forward and his head coming back and they meet. ... It's like slamming your read more

So you've got your face coming forward and his head coming back and they meet. ... It's like slamming your face into a concrete block, if the concrete block was doing 40 miles an hour back at you.

The integrity of the list depends on the information districts input.

The integrity of the list depends on the information districts input.

A cold case will be brought back to full light. It'll be tough to prosecute but the Crown will succeed read more

A cold case will be brought back to full light. It'll be tough to prosecute but the Crown will succeed by March 12. It involves someone found in a forest, and it feels like the person is coming up on more than one charge. There's going to be lots of public controversy around this case.

Growing older, I have lost the need to be political, which means... the need to be left. I am driven read more

Growing older, I have lost the need to be political, which means... the need to be left. I am driven to grudging toleration of the Conservative Party because it is the party of non-politics, of resistance to politics.

The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages.

The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages.

We remain optimistic that between now and the date of the scheduled vote we will be able to move ahead read more

We remain optimistic that between now and the date of the scheduled vote we will be able to move ahead and address these community concerns.

I had 420 females and 723 males compete in the last two years.

I had 420 females and 723 males compete in the last two years.

Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as read more

Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as a completed concept. It almost seems like a discovery, as if the story was always there. The few elements I start out with are actually clues. If I figure out what they mean, I can discover the story that's waiting.