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In 1922, Mark Twain wrote, “Some day a handful will rise up on the other side and make the most noise — perhaps even a single daring man with a big voice and a determined front will do it —, and witch ...

Robert Lesser and Diane Keaton (By Jack Baran Courtesy of Lesser and Paramount Pictures/Getty Images) I was driving into Los Angeles last Saturday, when Annie, my wife of decades, called and said she ...

The Gothic mansion overlooking Biscayne Bay isn’t something you expect to see in gleaming, modern Miami, even in Coconut Grove, the oldest neighborhood in the city. “This is a magnificent example of a ...