As news reports have it, Ray Rice beating his wife unconscious and dragging her off the elevator where the altercation took place,was caught on camera but now, among his other quotes delivered at a stream of press conferences, he says…
There is much to be said regarding the shooting death of Michael Brown at the hands of a “peace” officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The news coverage in Ferguson - the minute by minute repeat reporting -has made a circus…
“Cat got your tongue?” a smart-talking blog follower asked. “I like to depend on getting a dose of what you’re thinking, but you’re pulling the same old trick from before,” said an irritated correspondent. Since cliches are in order, I’ll…
Who?” I asked. “Beyonce and JAY Z,” answered my daughter who is visiting here from Colorado Springs. Some people have all the answers. All I knew was that the flashing signs on Arroyo at the corner of the 210 freeway…
There is good news out there when it comes to parents making life meaningful for their children. There’s more to traveling on the freeway and witnessing one of our disturbed motorists exhibit road rage with the kids on board the…
The young mother working in the upholstery store in the trendy area of La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles asked about children in my household. “Huh?” “Well,” she explained, “ You might want to consider a darker color and a…
The Word Police are everywhere and I’m not so sure I can raise bail to get out of the hoosegow, and my yesteryear Monopoly “Get Out of Jail” card can’t help as it was never meant to serve the outspoken.…
I thought I'd put the question to you, the readers, rather than face up to the queries that continually come to me via email. "Where are you?" I'm continually asked, and then I get a complimentary word or two about…
I heard, like most of you, that Justin Bieber got arrested. I didn’t much care and thought surely there was some real news going on that the giggling-in-the-field reporters and giggling-in-the-studio anchors should be laying on us. Am I being anti-social…
We were there! It was the Los Angeles Coliseum. It was Friday, June 29, 1990. It was NELSON MANDELA! We caught the bus at our local NAACP office and we paid $10 for an experience we weren’t going to forget. Ivy…
Did you hug your kid today? Did you give a friendly smile to a kid you didn’t know?When they’re little kids, smiles and hugs seem to come naturally. Don’t much have to think about this as it seems just being…