Many years ago when I was the editor of the old Garden Grove Journal, I used to have the occasional lunch with the then-superintendent of the Garden Grove Unified School District. […]
The book on higher standards
Retorts: ‘Cash-only crisis’
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 […]
$11 billion cloud over sports
Sorry to be Right Dept. I hate to say I told you so …. actually, I know I enjoy it, truth to tell. In the past I’ve warned that many factors […]
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 […]
Puka Nacua: one of a kind
I grew up (to the extent that I ever really grew up) watching Roman Gabriel throwing the “post route” deep pass to Jack Snow to the end zone and another Rams touchdown. […]
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 […]
Try to name that handicap!
“What’s in a name? That which we call an orange by any other name would smell as sweet.” With apologies to Bill Shakespeare, let’s consider the possibilities of the sad decade of […]
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 […]
There’s lots of kick in football
I don’t know if President Donald Trump is familiar with the origins of the sport variously called “soccer” or “football.” I’m not sure if he’s more knowledgeable about Cameron Dicker, either. You […]
