Tag: Columnist
Window on the World Column | Make the Time
Now my father is up in years — a babe from 1929 no less — I do try to give him more of my...
Funny Papers Again Column | Variation of Three Dot Journalism
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...
Worthy to Print Column | Wartime Leaders
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...
Window on the World Column | The Party Plan
“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...
Funny Papers Again Column | This Just In: Sacramento Lawmakers Scuttle...
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...
Worthy to Print Column | Presidents Day
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 Papers Again Column | From Loop to Loop: Roads We...
Funny how the mind works. Today I was blankly sitting in front of my laptop with no idea what to write about, tuned to...
Worthy to Print Column | Never Give Up
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...
Window on the World Column | The Gammy Leg
“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...
Funny Papers Again Column | Me, Sir Richard and the Third...
According to English language experts, the phrase “Third time the charm” dates back to the 1800s in Old Britain when the number 3 was...
