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Layoffs are cutting newspapers’ brain, heart
September 22, 2013 More than a year ago, after an early morning appointment, I stopped for breakfast with just my Tribune for company....
Sep 22, 20133 min read
Gay marriages are a lot like all marriages
Jun 30, 2013 One October night, late, I wrote my signature. I was tipsy, exhausted, and joyful. Downstairs in the art gallery, our...
Jun 30, 20133 min read
What does a woman REALLY want?
April 21, 2013 Underarm laser hair removal! Purses! Botox! Cleaning products! These apparently are What a Woman Wants. If there’s one...
Apr 21, 20133 min read
Vets suffer while Bush regards his toes
March 31, 2013 George W. Bush, now retired, thank God, has lately been home, making paintings of himself. In my favorite one, he’s in his...
Mar 31, 20133 min read
A springtime dog story
March 17, 2013 Wisteria. Fragrant, lovely, and a source of shade. Fond of all those qualities and seduced by a cool arbor at the nursery...
Mar 17, 20133 min read
Worth Celebrating a 2nd Obama Inaugural
January 20, 2013 Four couples sat in the late September air in a wonderful back yard, enjoying drinks and anticipating a delicious...
Jan 20, 20133 min read
5-year cancer milestone worth celebrating
Jan 13, 2013 I first wrote about cancer long before I was diagnosed with it. In fact, I wrote several columns about it in one way or...
Jan 13, 20133 min read
Our approach to gun ownership is sick
December 18, 2012 Frantic parents, slaughtered children. Adults who chose to devote their careers to teaching and caring, murdered. A...
Dec 18, 20123 min read
Recalling long-lost Mom as she once was
September 29, 2012 It’s been eight years since my mom died, and another five before that when she wasn’t living, if you know what I mean...
Sep 29, 20123 min read
Obama makes me proud to be a Democrat
September 9, 2012 Someone once told me a certain charter school in Utah forbids sharing among its students, instead rebuking young...
Sep 9, 20123 min read
GOP candidates offer nothing to the 99%
September 2, 2012 Faux indignation was the main strategy at the Republican convention. Anyone who watched President Obama flub a line of...
Sep 2, 20123 min read
Sometimes it only takes 1 to make a difference
April 5, 2012 During the summer, an 8-year-old goes to work with his dad in a grimy used auto parts store in East Los Angeles. His dad’s...
Aug 5, 20123 min read
Women's rights? Out come knitting needles
April 22, 2012 I took Alice, my visiting mother-in-law, for a ride in the Avenues one day, heading to Hatch’s for a chocolate fix, when...
Apr 22, 20123 min read