Tag: Columnist

Now my father is up in years — a babe from 1929 no less — I do try to give him more of my...

When I was a lad I read the San Francisco Examiner’s renown columnist Herb Caen, the inventor of Three Dot Journalism; a form this...

Have you heard the news? We have gained a new state. Yeah, I know you didn’t know of that because it just hasn’t been...

“I didn’t know her,” the preacher said. “But if I had known her, I’m sure I would have liked her.” I raised one querying...

For today’s column I cite Joe Mathews as main source. Joe writes the California Connected column for Arizona State University’s publication Zocalo Public Square...

So today is Presidents Day. Well, it is as I am writing this. I can remember when I started to understand what a President...

Funny how the mind works. Today I was blankly sitting in front of my laptop with no idea what to write about, tuned to...

How about that Super Bowl! Did you get to watch it? I can’t remember the last one that I have watched, but this one was...

“You’re limping again,” he said (again). “YES! FULLY AWARE AGAIN OF THE FACT I’M LIMPING. DON’T MENTION IT ALL THE TIME!” (I don’t think...

According to English language experts, the phrase “Third time the charm” dates back to the 1800s in Old Britain when the number 3 was...