The news media is about as popular as a first-century tax collector. This probably isn’t breaking news if you are a consumer of journalism, or what passes for journalism.
Now that we are elbow-deep in the pumpkin guts of October, I’m starting to feel the holiday season kick-off excitement. It has captured my imagination ever since I was a young lad overdosing on Brach’s Mellowcreme Pumpkins and memorizing the Sears Holiday Wish Book when I should’ve been diag…
Big things are obviously happening in California’s public school system these days and they will certainly affect not only the lives of nearly 6 mi…
We’ve long known about Colin Powell’s worst public sin. He finally acknowledged it nine years ago when he wrote, “I was mad at myself for not havin…
My first memory of Gary is from his birthday party when he turned 4.
It’s difficult to understand why any rational person would want to be mayor of Los Angeles, California’s largest and in many ways most troubled city.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature on Assembly Bill 1346 makes one wonder whether California politicians ever fully understand — or even want to underst…
Courageous journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia have just received the Nobel Peace Prize. Each of these remarkab…
It’s very easy these days to say that social media is toxic. People act in ways they’d never do in real life, because it isn’t real life. They act …
The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought what appear to be permanent social and economic changes, and nowhere is that more evident than in California.
While I’m plenty sympathetic to young people who say Instagram makes them feel bad about themselves through body-shaming and general taunting and b…
Be extra cautious when you “fall back” on Nov. 7.
I am a person of generally good habits, which is why it is puzzling when I acquire a bad one.
In the national obsession known as fantasy football, the most valuable position this season is not the quarterback or wide receiver, it’s the handcuff.
Sometimes it seems that nobody likes California’s direct democracy — except the voters.
