Pete Zarustica is the new sports columnist for The Orange County Tribune. He was previously a sports writer for the late, lamented Garden Grove Journal, covering the Los Angeles Angels and Anaheim […]
Who’s the GOAT in pro hoops?
Retorts: Business of making stuff up
It’s been attributed to Julius Caesar the phrase that “people believe whatever they want to believe.” Too bad Julie didn’t believe in making a better choice of friends, perforated as he was […]
We can do it, but for how long?
For the younger ones who don’t remember it, this is their “9/11” moment. For baby boomers, this is an echo of their Cuban missile crisis shock. For the Greatest Generation, fast passing […]
Pandemic shows why borders exist
When President Donald Trump announced a restriction on travel from Europe in a mid-March Oval Office address, European Union officials erupted in outrage. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der […]
Good leaders needn’t be “pogues”
Pogues – we’ve all experienced them. They’re the bad managers who get in the way of the job getting done. From the feckless supervisor to the CEO, the term pogue is actually […]
Retorts: Cut your anxieties short
“When you lose your ability to laugh, you lose your ability to think straight.” – Jerome Lawrence. When you join a military unit one of the first things you lose – in […]
Pandemics as the new normal
By Edgar Kaskla “Nobody saw this coming.” That is the phrase that the president insists on every time that he steps up to a microphone. It also happens to be wrong. For […]
“Thank you for your medical service”
We still have shreds of civility left. I love it when people walk up to those in uniform and say, “Thank you for your service.” It is a recognition of their courage […]
How will Trump be remembered?
On Jan. 20, the United States confirmed its first case of the coronavirus. The nation’s political and media elite obsessed over Mitch McConnell’s just-announced resolution governing the impeachment trial of Donald Trump. […]
Retorts: The post-coronavirus world
The news is usually about things that have already happened, which means by the time you read about it, it’s either in the past or the situation has changed. There’s nothing wrong […]
