For a man who doesn’t read a lot, President Donald Trump sure has been influenced by history. What’s amazing about the days of yesteryear is not just that we keep repeating their […]
The bigotry of the pious in politics
Prejudices prevail all around the world
“Oh, the rich folks hate the poor folks And the poor folks hate the rich folks All of my folks hate all of your folks It’s American as apple pie.” – Tom […]
Lowry: Idea of a “racist” America is a lie
Beto O’Rourke has taken the measure of America and found it wanting. “This country, though we would like to think otherwise,” he intoned, “was founded on racism, has persisted through racism and […]
Greenland buy isn’t just a Trump folly
President Donald Trump has broached the idea of purchasing the massive and largely frozen island of Greenland from Denmark. Cue the laughter. My Montreal-raised wife tells me that in the nearly uninhabitable […]
Epstein was allowed to game the system
The Jeffrey Epstein case establishes beyond a doubt that if you’re a sexual predator, it pays to be a rich and connected sexual predator. Epstein, now dead of an apparent suicide before […]
The embarrassment of teenage goofs
What’s the difference between a crisis and an embarrassment? Well, if it’s you that’s involved, it’s a crisis. If it’s someone else, it’s an embarrassment. We’re referring to the situation at Pacifica […]
The age-old gaffes of Uncle Joe Biden
When Joe Biden says he’s running for president, he means it literally. He likes to be seen jogging around at his various campaign events. Obviously, that’s his way of showing that at […]
We now return you to your normal life ….
Residents of Garden Grove might be forgiven some jitters after the run of murders that took place in and around the city the last weeks. Crazed people with machetes and drug sellers […]
Moving towards some statesmanship
It has become routine: President Donald Trump spends a golfing break at one of his properties. Tragically, horrific gun massacres also have become part of the routine, two of them just the […]
A “huzza” for “The British Are Coming”
By Jim Tortolano The American Revolution was not just the start of a new nation, it was the beginning of a new phase in human civilization in which people began to throw […]
