A May 7 column that compared Liberty University President Jerry Falwell to George Carlin, the late stand-up comic, brought forth a lot of mail from far and wide.

Blizzards. Tasting whiskey. Interviewing Charles Starkweather. Performing with Johnny Carson. Retired psychologist Brad Bigelow writes a book about his life.

Six months after Jack Paar made a stormy departure from "The Tonight Show" (over jokes about Communism, among other issues) and viewers enduring a succession of "substitute" hosts (and an ill-fated ...