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 […]
Bookstores making comeback
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 […]
The Dodger ‘Sho’ topped 2025
There’s still three weeks or so of 2025 remaining, so this might seem a bit early to be proclaiming the high points of the area sports season. Of course, sports writers have […]
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, […]
There’s good news in sports
I know that I sometimes spend a lot of ink (electrons?) criticizing various aspects of sports, but this year I feel this there’s a lot to feel good about as 2025 winds […]
