Show Me The Money Dept.: It’s a new year (still), and that’s a good time to address lingering problems and resolving ongoing conundrums (I love that word). As cities in Orange County […]
Retorts: ‘Cash-only crisis’
Bookstores making comeback
Book Full of Miracles Dept.: I don’t often have occasion in this column to shout“Yippie!” often, but when genuine good news emerges I am pleased as punch to beat the drum. The […]
Is Fall of the Mall just the start?
Heavy Water Dept,: You may have read about or seen photos of the vandalism and other damage done to the interior of the Westminster Mall. With the last major department store closed […]
We’re back … happy new year
Back in the Squabble Again Dept: After some “now-you-see-us-now you don’t” business with the e-newspaper version of The Tribune, we’re back with our regular twice-weekly schedule of Wednesdays and Saturdays. And we […]
Going too far too fast often means … cliff ahead!
Military historians refer to the term “victory disease,” a malady of overconfidence that comes from too much success. It often happens that a big triumph, or succession of such, makes the victors […]
Some people make you sick
As I write this, I’m just “coming down” from a pretty generic winter cold. If you’re like me, when you’re in that situation, you probably get a lot of unsolicited medical advice, […]
Legal orders, dogs and cats
In Case You Were Wondering Dept. The conduct of men and women in our armed forces is governed by the Universal Code of Military Justice. It says that no one in uniform […]
Red, blue and the tell-tale mirror
If you are upset about living in a “blue” state … If you are upset about living with a Congress, Supreme Court and White House that are “red” … You – that […]
Going down a slippery street
When I saw on the agenda for this week’s Westminster City Council the items about changing All American Way to Charlie Kirk Way and declaring Oct. 14 Charlie Kirk Day and telling […]
E-bikes a hot issue on roads, sidewalks and elsewhere
I am one of those guys who – when the server says, “Don’t touch the plate, it’s really hot” – is always seized with a desire to see just how hot that […]
