Children connect you to eternity,” she wrote us. “They’re like notes to be opened after we die.

I take Charb’s point, but at some point has Charlie Hebdo been trying to have it both ways because some of what they do is not funny.

One of the reasons we think this market will start to run out of gas at some point is that you’ve essentially created as much gold from straw as you can from this financial alchemy.

Charlie Hebdo mocked everyone. They mocked the left. They mocked the right. They mocked, above all, the extreme right, the extreme right of Le Pen’s. If anything could identify their politics, they were kinds of anarchists.

ICU seems to be staffed by good, smart young docs who think they know everything, and wise RN’s who really do.

AR-15s, in particular, are often called America’s gun. They’re some of the most popular rifles in the country, especially when it comes to sports shooting.

A classy guy had manners. He said please and thank you, Mr. and Miss, and held open doors. Classy guys picked up checks. They left good tips. They dressed with respect. They kept their word. They sent flowers. They apologized personally. They tried to be kind and courteous, even if they sometimes had to be firm, and their best jokes were about themselves. My mother’s friends.

Charlie Hebdo was and is not The Onion or “The Daily Show.” This is a different kind of satire. Might I put it this way – less politically correct.

Despite the reams of paperwork, obstacles worthy of a horse show, and a wait that can rival an elephant’s gestation, adoption feels no different on the inside.

Janis Joplin didn’t just sing a song, she took it over. She swallowed it whole, then sent it back through her gut and her heart.