I was assigned to write about when we went to the Eiffel tower. I jumped at this chance to finally take a break from news and write something more creative and exciting. It was maybe the most fun I've ...

Go Straight to Column Writing? By: Joe Grimm. December 27, ... I have written news stories, but what I really love is writing with some style, some creativity, some opinion.

Writing doesn%27t receive the attention it deserves in school. Technology has changed writing dramatically. Writing revolution must be nurtured and guided. We are in the midst of a writing ...

Running is a lot like writing. For people who don’t do much of either, that first sentence has probably already sent them fast-walking to the exit. But I’d probably make it to the door faster, and I’d ...

THE IDEA The Art of Column Writing. For 30 of her 57 years, Jenny Holzer has been one of this country's most influential artists. That's why it makes such good sense for this piece of hers, called ...

Packing again.This time we’re not going far, but the routine’s the same. Nighties, underpants, two dressy outfits, heaps of black slacks and a bunch of colored T-shirts.We are going, … ...

I have been writing this column every week for two and a half years, but the process feels more bizarre every time I pick up a copy of the paper. I try to come up with similes to help rationalize what ...

In writing columns, I used to be confined within the bounds of hard-copy research. Today I can draw on whole universes of material made available by Googling.

Regular readers of this column know that occasionally I dig into my various computer folders and empty them of my column ideas that have yet to come to fruition. This ongoing purging makes room for ...

Writing this column is the second. I've been at it since last April, and that first anniversary has put me in a reflective mood. Last year, I worried about coming up with a topic each week.

The upcoming week marks this column’s 18th anniversary. I almost can’t believe it. It feels like far longer. It almost feels like I’ve been writing it since … “forever ago.” From ...

This column has also allowed me to interview authors, experts and professors of all sorts in the past 14 years and to share their ideas here. For example, I spoke with author Glennon Doyle in 2013 ...