Columnist David Murdock reflects on two decades of writing, sharing unexpected lessons learned about inspiration, editing, and finding his voice.

As if life weren’t depressing enough these days, The Washington Post had a real pick-me-up of an article last week that about ...

I had a great idea for a column this week. Unfortunately, this isn’t it. After about 20 minutes of deep soul-searching, it occurred to me that some of you might be wondering how I write these columns.

As I was sitting around the other day, procrastinating about writing this column, it occurred to me that if I just got busy I could knock one out in an hour or so. After a few more games of solitaire, ...