January 4, 2023, 6:01am Columns
With 2022 in the rear view mirror, this is an appropriate time for a brief look back on what the editor at my first newspaper used to call a Sergio Leone review – the good, the bad and the ugly. Read story
January 4, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Last year, as congressional elections approached, pundits offered a bold prediction: November would bring a “red wave,” a Republican sweep in the House and Senate. Read story
January 2, 2023, 6:01am Columns
They call them “overdose prevention sites.” I’d never heard of them until I saw a picture in the Los Angeles Times of a drug user literally falling down in the middle of a city plaza where dozens of people were openly consuming fentanyl, meth and other deadly drugs. Read story
January 2, 2023, 6:01am Columns
What’s a mountain, what’s a molehill? It’s getting pretty hard to tell in American media. Read story
January 2, 2023, 6:01am Columns
The 845-page final report of the House Committee on Jan. 6 is an epic. Like “Moby Dick” or “War and Peace,” it is destined to be admired more than read. Read story
January 2, 2023, 6:01am Columns
In the movie classic, “All About Eve,” George Sanders as the snob theater critic rakes scheming young actress Anne Baxter over the lies she told about her hard-knocks background. Read story
January 2, 2023, 6:01am Columns
This time of year, we find ourselves touched by the generosity, grace and kindness of people helping people. Extending ourselves to others reveals the best of who we are as humans, and that emerges so clearly during the holiday season. Read story
January 1, 2023, 6:02am Columns
There seems to be some cognitive dissonance, or maybe just a lack of understanding. Like hitting your face with a skillet and then wondering why your nose is broken. Read story
January 1, 2023, 6:01am Columns
Last year’s column successfully predicted Democratic Senate gains and a smaller-than-expected Republican House takeover. Here is our not-totally-serious forecast for 2023: Read story
January 1, 2023, 6:01am Columns
The No. 1 weapon for fighting COVID is in a box in the front hall closet, in my house and in plenty of other people’s houses. Read story
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