Dear Marilyn, I am a college student. I have a class with a close friend of mine. She feels very uncomfortable with one of her teachers. She has good reason to […]
Dear Mari: Teacher needs to cool off
“Gifted” is gifted with fine acting
By Jim Tortolano It’s not easy for me to get interested in a movie about higher mathematics. I think of algebra and geometry in the same way that most folks react to […]
The glass houses of Philip Johnson
By Jim Tortolano Among the most magnificent buildings anywhere in Orange County is the Christ (originally Crystal) Cathedral in Garden Grove, a gleaming edifice of glass and steel that is at once […]
Retorts: The golden pants-cakes affair
We are all getting a big laugh – with a side of outrage – at the incident in which a paying customer was literally dragged off a United Airlines flight in Chicago […]
Dear Mari: Who’s to blame for his affair?
Dear Marilyn, I am a 36-year-old woman, and a mother of four. My husband of 18 years has been having an affair for the last several years of our marriage. It’s kind of […]
Irreverent fun as “Dog Sees God” at GWC
By Thom deMartino Sometimes the tarnishing of childhood icons is a necessary part of growing up. In “Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead” at the Stage West Theater at Golden […]
Retorts: Pull together is the Main thing
Is “downtown” Main Street in Garden Grove ready for its moment? Hope so, because it’s here. Whether the property owners and business operators in the city’s central business district will step up […]
Dear Mari: Giving him money is a gamble
Dear Marilyn, My brother is addicted to gambling. When he was younger, it was really bad. He stole from my mother and my sisters. My dad kicked him out of our house […]
Angels 2017: Getting closer to heaven
There’s a billboard on the Orange (57) Freeway with an image of an Angels’ baseball player and the slogan, “Prove them wrong.” What a great slogan for the 2017 edition of the […]
Retorts: The limitations of demonstrations
When I was in college, I ran into a bunch of guys who fancied themselves as Communists with a capital “C.” They carried copies of Mao’s famous “Little Red Book” and had […]
