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 […]
Another crisis that we will survive
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 […]
Are we reliving 1972’s drama?
A sort of a case of déjà voodoo. It happened in the midst of a contentious and divisive presidential campaign. The incumbent president is involved in activities that will raise the specter […]
The boom in bashing Bloomberg
In Las Vegas, Mike Bloomberg’s half-billion-dollar crapshoot was revealed as a load of, well, you know. Half a BILLION dollars! That’s what he will have spent before Super Tuesday, when he is […]
AG William Barr is his own man
Can the republic survive Attorney General William Barr? That’s the question that has seized the media and center left, which have worked themselves into a full-blown panic over an attorney general who […]
Judicial friction is a really low Barr
President Donald Trump is right that he does “have, as president, the legal right” to meddle in Department of Justice decisions. However, when he makes public comments, or when it can be […]
Is Mike last man standing before Bernie?
The rich are different from you and me — they can buy themselves instant presidential campaigns. Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg has elbowed himself into the Democratic nomination race solely on […]
