By Jim Tortolano I don’t like mimes, hypnotists, magicians and the like because I don’t like being fooled. But sometimes there is pleasure in being hoodwinked in a clever and stylish way. […]
What is really real in this “Serenity”?
Witty “The Long Weekend” gone too soon
By Thom deMartino It’s a rude awakening when you realize the grass is only so-so greener on the other side. In Westminster Community Playhouse’s production of “The Long Weekend,” Max and Wynn […]
Mike Pompeo: Lobo to Secretary of State
With all the competition for students these days as public school enrollment declines, educators have launched programs to promote the virtues of their districts. One of the ways this is done […]
The FBI is trampling our political order
By Rich Lowry The FBI took it upon itself to determine whether the president of the United States is a threat to national security. No one had ever before thought that this […]
Brother, can you spare a dime, again ….
In 1932, as the Great Depression took hold and once-proud Americans were reduced to begging, Bing Crosby recorded a song called “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” It became a hit, even […]
“The Upside” has the upside of humanity
By Jim Tortolano Are you tired of every new film being parsed through the lens of its real or imagined political, cultural and racial implications? “Green Book,” a marvelous movie, was condemned […]
“Glass” breaks through rainy boredom
It’s finally dry outside, so now’s your chance to have a little fun. Take off your boots and raincoat and live a little.
Retorts: Just what are you afraid of?
“We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember […]
“Basis of Sex” is a film tribute to RBG
By Jim Tortolano Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear judicial robes. That’s the main focus of “On the Basis of Sex,” the film biography and hagiography of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the […]
A fallen police hero in the long run
By Jessica Peralta Thirty-nine Rio Hondo College Police Academy recruits ended their police training in early January by honoring a Westminster Police Department fallen officer during a four-mile memorial run throughout the […]
