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 […]
Sticks, stones and kids’ phones
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 […]
They lost more than a game
“Pride goeth before a fall.” — Proverbs 16:18 It was a rough week for the U.S Women’s National Team in the soccer World Cup. Not only did they barely make it past […]
It’s back to school: Yikes!
Remember that classic “Staples” TV commercial in which parents joyfully react to the song lyric, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” while kids moped miserably? It’s back-to-school time in the […]
