Maybe British Prime Minister Theresa May needs to change her country’s Brexit focus. Instead of severing ties with the European Union, maybe she should address the relationship between the United Kingdom and […]
Looking at a different kind of Brexit
Mike Pompeo: Lobo to Secretary of State
With all the competition for students these days as public school enrollment declines, educators have launched programs to promote the virtues of their districts. One of the ways this is done […]
The FBI is trampling our political order
By Rich Lowry The FBI took it upon itself to determine whether the president of the United States is a threat to national security. No one had ever before thought that this […]
Brother, can you spare a dime, again ….
In 1932, as the Great Depression took hold and once-proud Americans were reduced to begging, Bing Crosby recorded a song called “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” It became a hit, even […]
Retorts: Just what are you afraid of?
“We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember […]
Source: Here’s a good place for a fence
The nation’s attention has been focused on a wall or fence on the U.S.-Mexico border, but there are other barrier issues that might have a more local application. Garden Grove and Westminster […]
Retorts: The ups and downs of 2018
That was the year that was … and frankly, it was not a 12-month parade of non-stop encouraging news of progress and harmony for the West Orange County area. As I look […]
Retorts: The good, the bad and the slow
Where does the time go? It fades away like your dad’s best jeans, as the song lyric goes. This is the last Retorts of 2018, so it seems appropriate to look back […]
Sources: Another home for Shakespeare
The new year is still more than a month away, but events move so fast these days we have to look into the future to try to shape it. Here are two […]
Retorts: Buying into world of chagrin
These are dangerous times in our society, and especially for men. I don’t mean the recent rain, or the crowds and traffic that grow during this holiday season, I mean the […]
