Here’s a tongue-in-cheek preview of today’s White House turkey pardoning. (By now, the turkey has already been pardoned and Dick Cheney has probably appeared on Fox News to criticize the White House for being soft on poultry.)

Tonight the Obamas are holding their first state dinner, for the prime minister of India. Robin Givhan of the Washington Post has a feature article on how to dress (and how not to dress) for a White House state dinner. This is my favorite part: At a...

Today is the 46th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. I just finished reading Four Days in November: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, by Vincent Bugliosi, an engrossing minute-by-minute narrative of November 22-25,...

I’m so fascinated by my new niece. I’ve visited her a couple of times so far, and I’ve sat there and held this new, warm baby in my arms and just stared at her. It’s weird to think that she’s a real human being. She will lie there completely still...

At 11:04 this morning I became an uncle. My sister-in-law gave birth to a 6-pound 12-ounce baby girl. Mother, father and daughter are all doing great. I can’t believe my brother is a dad. A new human being has been born with her whole life ahead of...