Time travel is one of mankind’s fondest dreams, especially if it means going back to a kinder, slower-paced period … or into a greatly improved future. About every two weeks or so, […]
Time in a bottle at checkout
Stars are nice; winning is better
Right now, the key body part is not the torn ligament in Shohei Ohtani’s pitching arm, but the finger pointing the blame for what’s likely the last chapter of his career in […]
Sticks, stones and kids’ phones
Bullying has been with us as long as people have been around. There’s always been somebody with a chip on their shoulder (or a hidden hurt) that wants to intimidate or terrify […]
Hilary dunked, not drowned us
My parents told me I was born during a hurricane. A check of the records shows there was a Hurricane Barbara, but that hit my birth town of Providence, Rhode Island on […]
It’s time to bring back Mike
When there’s a fire, you break the glass and grab that extinguisher. When the Joker is running wild in Gotham City, you light up the Bat-Signal. When your baseball team starts staggering […]
Angry parents, flared pants
Ever have the feeling that you’re reliving something from your past? Geez, I hope not. There was actually a time that – outside of jeans – a man simply could not buy […]
No action on teacher discipline
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune The controversy over the status of a high school teacher and the larger issues of sexuality continued at Tuesday’s meeting of the Garden Grove Unified School District […]
Would Lassie eat at your place?
In case you haven’t noticed, America – or at least Orange County – is getting more and more doggy. I see more dogs being walked now than ever before. Not only do […]
Which ‘Babe’ was the greatest?
Much attention is focused these days on Shohei Ohtani, the two-way star for the Los Angeles Angels (for the time-being, anyway) who excels at the highest levels of major league baseball as […]
ADUs: good intentions, but ….
There’s an accessory dwelling unit – commonly known as an “ADU” – going up in our neighborhood. Frankly, they are going up all over the place, but this is the one we […]
