Vladimir Putin is not a Facebook friend of mine – that I know of, anyway. He could be, perhaps registered under an alias put out by the Moscow Troll Department, but to […]
Can Democrats pull off an impeachment?
Five hundred thousand can’t be wrong
If we had a dollar for every click …. We’d just like to point out that as of last week, The Orange County Tribune’s website – http://www.orangcountytribune.com – has attracted over a […]
Is America not ready for democracy?
In his “Gettysburg Address,” Abraham Lincoln described a “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” The problem for any democracy is that those people can make a mistake – […]
Retorts: Want to connect? Tell a story
Lining one wall of my home office, from floor to ceiling, is a collection of many of my best friends. No, it’s not photographic mementos from my past; it’s the hundreds […]
A different Frankenstein in “Fire.”
By Thom deMartino The barrel of the pistol trembles. The aged Victor Frankenstein (Scott Keister), gun in unsteady hand, sways deliriously upon an icy plateau in the emptiness of the frozen northern […]
Lowry: The problems with impeachment
Impeachment is about to make everything worse. If our politics seems overheated, our institutions beleaguered and our public debate degraded, just wait until we are in the midst of the impeachment debate. […]
Franken: It’s the foolishness of mortals
Latin is supposedly a “dead language,” meaning no one speaks it as their native tongue. Except attorneys, of course, who use it to make law indecipherable so that they can charge exorbitant […]
Lights in the trees again on Main Street?
It could be looking a lot like Christmas in Garden Grove’s downtown. At least in a couple of months. We are told that last year’s temporary decorative lighting along a one-block stretch […]
The shining example of Cokie Roberts
Let’s take a break from our society’s normal crudefest for a brief moment to honor civility. Cokie Roberts epitomized civility. She was no pushover – far from it. When it was required, […]
SteelCraft opens with taste, crowds
By Jim and Marilyn Tortolano Garden Grove went officially hip last week with the opening of the StreetCraft food hall on Euclid Street near Garden Grove Boulevard. The cutting-edge outdoor urban eatery […]
