OK, try these on. The Los Angeles Angels of Santa Ana/Garden Grove. University of Willowick. Willowick Acres. SOGG (South of Garden Grove). Getting a little silly here, I know, but the possibilities […]
Retorts: The perfect idea for Willowick?
What is really real in this “Serenity”?
By Jim Tortolano I don’t like mimes, hypnotists, magicians and the like because I don’t like being fooled. But sometimes there is pleasure in being hoodwinked in a clever and stylish way. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Retorts: Why did Dana, GGFD lose?
Two long-standing traditions in the area suffered historic defeats in the month of November, with implications still difficult to foresee. Dana Rohrabacher, a Congressman from coastal Orange County – including most of […]
Ask what you can do for America
I was in line at the Target store the other day and happened to overhear the conversation of two young men in their early 20s discussing their achievements in some violent computer […]
Retorts: Welcome to the 2018 Mud Bowl
It is the last month before election day. It’s likely that your mailbox is filling up with mud. That’s mud of the political, not geological kind. In many campaigns from local city […]
“A Star Is Born” shines very bright
By Jim Tortolano If there’s such a thing as a perfect Hollywood movie for the 21st century – and there is not – “A Star Is Born” comes close. It combines reflections […]
