Where do the children play? That’s the title of a pop music song from the Seventies, but it’s also a quiet crisis that’s bad and bound to get a lot worse. Recent […]
The assault on open space
Who are your real enemies?
This nation is so divided politically and culturally that we are seeing people who believe and act differently from us as enemies. Not only is that unwise, unkind and un-useful (is that […]
Local recalls starting to fall
We said in a recent version of “Usually Reliable Sources” that recalling elected officials can be a heavy lift and at the local level, that’s turning out to be true. In Huntington […]
Jury says: Picking a car is …
To our readers: The Tribune has launched a new feature called “Tell it to The Jury.” Our “jurists” – who shall remain anonymous – are an Orange County trio of a grandmother, […]
“Friends, Romans … yikes!”
It was a dark and scary night. Studies have indicated that, next to death, the thing that people fear the most is getting up in front of a group to speak. That […]
Question: play sports or music?
To our readers: The Tribune is launching a new feature called “Tell it to The Jury.” Our “jurists” – who shall remain anonymous – are an Orange County trio of a grandmother, […]
Some walls have a message
Art, like beauty, is said to be in the eye of the beholder. We create and share art to express ideas, illuminate beauty and mark places of interest. Now, subjectively, there is […]
She’s beating her Am-xiety
I confess. I have anxiety. Anxiety about the upcoming school year, about COVID and the Delta variant, about the health of my friends and family members, immediate and extended, and about […]
Willing to get out and push?
Jim Tortolano has the week off from writing his “Retorts” column. Here’s a classic from 2017. One of the reasons that the Germans failed on the western front during World War II, and the […]
Recall hammer: it’s a heavy lift
Recalls are like Thor’s hammer; each are powerful weapons that are blunt instruments and heavy lifting. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Huntington Beach City Council, a group called “Save Surf City” introduced […]
