The complete online text of Not that it Matters by A. A. Milne.

Alan Alexander Milne was born in London. Youngest son of schoolmaster John Vine Milne, he attended Westminster School and later Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was graduated in 1903 with honors in mathematics. Upon completion of his studies, he imme...

A.A. Milne (1882-1956) worked as an essayist, a playwright, a poet, and an adult novelist, in addition to his important contribution as an author of juvenile books. Although he attempted to excel in all literary genres, he was master of Christopher Robin...

In his autobiography, It's Too Late Now (1939), A. A. Milne complains that his children's books have eclipsed his other kinds of writing. Best known before Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) as a playwright, Milne was an important mystery writer, and the popularity...

What choices do we, as citizens, have in the massive global economy? Can we still have a society that defends the public good, a society focused on promoting the well-being of the whole community? Such a satiety should recognize and respect private interests,...

As is typical at this time of year, Virginia's political landscape has become relatively quiet. But in the absence of big issues to debate, we can puzzle over smaller matters. State Sen. Benjamin J. Lambert III (D-Richmond) was shocked to learn recently that...

A Wisconsin man whose blend of awkward syntax, imminent disaster and bathroom humor offends both good taste and the English language won an annual contest Monday that salutes bad writing.Jim Gleeson, 47, of Madison, Wis., beat out thousands of other prose manglers in San Jose...

Marc Ambinder, who once wrote for the Hotline and who now pens a well-sourced, insider-ish blog about the 2008 campaign, has a fundraising appeal from the Giuliani campaign that will be distributed later today. The pitch: The Democrats will ignore terrorists, take away your health...