Editor, Why do the bad guys keep winning? Why don’t ethics matter in this city? Why do they get to play by their own set of rules? There comes a time when […]
Letter: Restore trust with this recall
Lowry: Present course isn’t working
Countries have experienced economic depressions before, but not usually as a matter of choice. The nationwide coronavirus shutdowns over the past three weeks have ground parts of the country to a halt. […]
Stick it to virus by sticking to rules
“These are the times that try men’s souls.” – Thomas Paine, 1777. “Get outta my way! That’s my pack of toilet paper!” – contemporary American, 2020. OK, maybe that’s too hard on […]
Heroes and goofballs of virus crisis
Admit it. Many of you who heard that President Donald Trump had finally decided to take a coronavirus test were rooting for it to come back positive, meaning he had contracted the […]
Lowry; Yes, it’s “Chinese Virus”
The coronavirus outbreak is the first pandemic of the woke era, and as such it’s not surprising that there is a fierce debate over how to refer to it without offending against […]
Another crisis that we will survive
It’s unprecedented. At least for the last 60 years or so. The coronavirus crisis has hit the world and Orange County in a way unlike anything since the Cuban Missile Crisis. That […]
How long will Mark Meadows last?
Forget March Madness brackets; the real gambling has to do with Trump Madness. The hottest bet of all: How long will Mark Meadows last as White House chief of staff? Meadows, the […]
Want a Trader Joe’s? We had one
In various studies and surveys, both formal and informal, when Garden Grove residents were asked about which store they’d most like to see open in The Big Strawberry, the answer is usually: […]
Will virus balk the baseball season?
Anybody who is acquainted with me knows that I’m a baseball fan and root for my hometown team, the Nationals. Did I mention they won the World Series? It’s a new season, […]
Lowry: Straight talk on coronavirus
The White House has been walking into a coronavirus trap. By pooh-poohing worries about the virus and saying everything is under control, it is setting itself up for the charge, if things […]
