What about us? The recent move by the Westminster City Council to put “alternate names” on certain street names to make it easier for residents who are not English-speaking to navitgate the […]
Signs in the right direction?
‘Priscilla’ a romance with Elvis
By Jake Coyle/AP Film Writer Dreamily gazing at the album covers of Elvis Presley was not, statistically speaking, a rare habit among American teen girls in the late 1950s and early ’60s. […]
Next Tuesday is Candy Day
Some might call it socialism-by-social pressure. Some might call it the entering edge of devil-worship. Others see it as an example of helicopter-parenting run wild. I like to think of it as […]
‘Pigeon’ is a non-fiction thriller
By Lindsey Bahr/AP Film Writer Errol Morris’s conversation with the late David Cornwell in ” The Pigeon Tunnel ” is fascinating even without the filmmaking flourishes. Cornwell, better known by his pen […]
Why live anywhere else?
We have a friend, a retiree – we call him “Bicycle Joe” – who pedals around town on his two-wheeler and stops to chat with friends old and new. He always has […]
Jolly good, London Monarchs!
There’s a great big world out there. And it doesn’t end at the borders or seashores. Let’s turn our attention from the We-Don’t-Care-Series toward an intriguing idea floated by NFL Commissioner Roger […]
Greed, gold in ‘Flower Moon’
By Jocelyn Noveck/AP National Writer There tends to be lots of fast talking and fast moving in Martin Scorsese films, often from shifty types trying to get away with something. Or sometimes, […]
Sailing against a strong tide
Now that the Huntington Beach City Council majority has passed an ordinance aimed at limiting “obscenity” and “pornography” in city libraries, I fear the “guardians” they will appoint are in for a […]
Don’t kick the bucket, either
There’s nothing you can do badly that you can’t make worse. Ask Shane Beamer. The head football coach at the University of South Carolina broke a bone in his right foot when […]
The ‘flag (football)’ is up, rising
By Declan McDaniels/Orange County Tribune American football is a fundamental element of our country’s identity. There is a common thread that is seen in the experience of NFL Sundays, College GameDay Saturdays, […]
