What I wish I said : confessions of a columnist

"Just as they do on those television cooking contests when the bell rings and the contestants' hands go up, at four o'clock on Friday afternoon, the column is filed--ready or not--to the columnist's horror, discomfort, or self-satisfaction. Regardless, one exigent and unrelenting thought remains: what you wish you'd said. Such is the life of a weekly newspaper columnist. Unable to ignore the urge any longer, in What I Wish I Said: Confessions of...