Paul Erland

I'm a writer living near Nashville, and maybe the only one within a 50-mile radius who's never written a song. Writing fiction is my preference, but journalism provides my daily bread. I'm from the Clark Kent school of journalism -- I never carry a pad to take notes, but rely on my super-memory. I'll say farewell, and while I'm at it, ask you to check out www.farewells.blogspot.com.

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The foundation – and a flimsy one it may turn out to be – of the proposition to raise the legal age limit of the NBA to 21 is that both the league and the colleges will be best served...

Farewells

Nicolas de Chamfort, the French writer and wit, died on April 13, 1794. He was famous for his Maximes et Pensees (Maxims and Thoughts). Chamfort spent a short time in prison for his political opi...