Both my parents smoked. My father smoked cigars and pipes; my mother went through Kent cigarettes like President Trump goes through new tariffs. I grew up in a fog of dirty air. […]
Smoke gets in your eyes, brain, lungs, T-shirt, hair, breath, etc….
How best to remember 9/11
I saw a post on Facebook about Sept. 11 observances. One comment was “We’ll never forget.” *Sigh* We already have. By that I mean the mood of national unity, kindness and acceptance […]
Retorts: Do it right, ICE-men
Do It Right Dept. There was an incident recently near a Garden Grove public school in which immigration agents seized a man, handcuffed him, and held him in a van for about […]
Is HB council calming down?
Not as MAGA Now Dept.: The approval by voters of Measures A and B in Huntington Beach in June appears to have had a moderating influence on the Huntington Beach City Council. […]
On that roller coaster again
This is the “back-to-school” season, the annual shifting of tectonic plates which turns grade school kids into teenagers-in-waiting, and those into rapidly emerging pre-adults. It’s a time of anticipation and apprehension. Will […]
Happy days at Disneyland
Disneyland opened 70 years ago last month and the man behind it – Walt Disney – was the fellow who probably had more influence on Orange County than any other person. The […]
How to beat the bullying
A high school student addressed the local school board on Tuesday and complained that he was being bullied. It was a rather brave thing he did, I thought, “taking it to the […]
Big plans that never happened
In a recent column I mused on stuff you never see around our towns: mail boxes, newspaper racks, etc. It got me to thinking about intriguing proposals that never – for better […]
They see what you show them
Unsolicited Advice Dept.: As a licensed and bonded purveyor of unrequested counsel, recent events have compelled me to step forward to offer assistance in … how shall I put this? … […]
More ‘universities’ in our towns?
There are community college campuses in Garden Grove, Huntington Beach and Westminster. As convenient as that it is, might it be even nicer if they were also universities? The idea is not […]
