Sports, like people, tend to be set in their ways. It takes some jarring event or movement to shake things up and get people – and athletic institutions – to accept change, […]
The need for speed in baseball
Suzy, it’s OK to hate the Astros
Suzy Seymour, classified personnel director for the Garden Grove Unified School District, posted a message of tolerance … mostly … on Facebook. It read: “I refuse to hate police officers. I refuse […]
Retorts: Once cap, gown are off
This is graduation week for most area high schools, or – as it is technically called, “commencement.” The start of a new life. It’s also a time of uncertainty and anxiety. What […]
Oh, say can you see … justice?
The paths of progress and politics seldom run in straight lines, and in the midst of protests and argument over police brutality, we are back to Colin Kaepernick and his famous kneeling […]
Graduations, BBQ, history, etc.
A new column we hope to post on Thursdays of news and notes from around “our towns.” A car parade to honor Pacifica High School Class of 2020 graduates is scheduled for […]
Retorts: Some lessons to be learned
Homelessness crisis. Coronavirus pandemic. Racial tensions and disturbances. What’s next, earthquakes? The typical Orange County person might be forgiven a certain degree of shakiness. We’re not used to seeing loud, angry rallies, […]
Wild World: No fans, shaky minors
A new weekly (we hope) column on the weird, wonderful and noteworthy on Planet Sports. What do you suppose the chances are of Major League Baseball and the players’ association coming to […]
City statement on protests, justice
The following statement was issued Monday by the City of Garden Grove: As cities across the nation, including a handful in Orange County, deal with mass protests following the controversial death of […]
Don’t burn flag or the Constitution
Try burning an American flag in front of me, or otherwise abusing it. I will snatch that banner away from you, turn my hose on it (and probably you) and otherwise go […]
Pete: Who’s on your team, America?
We seem to be nearly as divided now as the country was in Civil War times, with little tolerance for The Other Guy in our vain insistence that “we” are the […]
