By Thom deMartino In the darkness of the theater, be it live or cinematic, we lose ourselves in the lines and tales so those we never knew but somehow through the production […]
Engrossing “Lessons” at Golden West
Will virus balk the baseball season?
Anybody who is acquainted with me knows that I’m a baseball fan and root for my hometown team, the Nationals. Did I mention they won the World Series? It’s a new season, […]
“The Way Back” takes surprising path
By Jim Tortolano “The Way Back” starts off as a stereotypical sports hero movie and then takes an abrupt turn in the fourth quarter that somewhat redeems the effort. Ben Affleck stars […]
“Guys and Dolls” is fun and flash
By Thom deMartino The things that matter most to us are often right in front of us: and while we might think it’s about the role of the dice and the game, […]
Lowry: Straight talk on coronavirus
The White House has been walking into a coronavirus trap. By pooh-poohing worries about the virus and saying everything is under control, it is setting itself up for the charge, if things […]
Are we reliving 1972’s drama?
A sort of a case of déjà voodoo. It happened in the midst of a contentious and divisive presidential campaign. The incumbent president is involved in activities that will raise the specter […]
The boom in bashing Bloomberg
In Las Vegas, Mike Bloomberg’s half-billion-dollar crapshoot was revealed as a load of, well, you know. Half a BILLION dollars! That’s what he will have spent before Super Tuesday, when he is […]
AG William Barr is his own man
Can the republic survive Attorney General William Barr? That’s the question that has seized the media and center left, which have worked themselves into a full-blown panic over an attorney general who […]
HHS backs off on Fairview use
SECOND UPDATE: Plans to house people who had tested positive for the coronavirus at the Fairview Developmental Center in Costa Mesa have been dropped by the federal Department of Health and Human […]
Is Mike last man standing before Bernie?
The rich are different from you and me — they can buy themselves instant presidential campaigns. Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg has elbowed himself into the Democratic nomination race solely on […]
