In less than a month, it will be Valentine’s Day. Just in case you haven’t noticed, there are whole aisles in Vons and CVS devoted to this annual, highly commercialized celebration of […]
How to get/keep love alive
Our local ‘believe it or not’
Can you believe that … • The Westminster City Council spent hours recently arguing over when the Republic of (South) Vietnam become independent? That one of those arguing – who has been […]
The shape of things to come
If you can tune your ears to something other than the beer commercials, endless time-filling chatter on the sports networks and endless speculation on just what the heck has happened of Stetson […]
What you need to do in 2024
One of the biggest clichés of January is the New Year’s resolution thing. Quitting smoking. Losing weight. Stop procrastinating. Clearing out the clutter. Stop being so negative. And on and on. The […]
It is a real ducky dilemma
There are almost always two sides to a story. Sometimes there are three or four. In a recent column, I urged the powers that be that in reconfiguring the Civic Center Park […]
Strangers in a small land
We went over to The Other Side on Monday on a mission to fix a broken necklace chain. By that I mean South Coast Plaza, which is a short distance from our […]
Look out for the ducks
January typically is the time for New Year’s Resolutions. No, not for me … I don’t have a lot of success with them. But I have loads of talent in giving […]
The Year of the Drag Queen
From a weird news standpoint, the apex of 2023 for our West Orange County area has to be the Huntington Beach City Council creating an uproar about a library book called “The […]
Retorts: All hail to black gold!
I get a smile out of a lot of things that many people find appalling. And over the last year I’ve received a few giggles from local politics. The final chortle of […]
A cease-fire in the heart
I’m not always sure that having a good memory is a good thing. At Tuesday’s meeting of the Stanton City Council, the chamber was packed – and overflowed – in reaction to […]
