For the past month, I have had the opportunity to ride the train from Newhall to Burbank. Besides being a great way to travel, the train provides a chance to
Lately, I’ve been on a health care kick. As many of you know, I’ve written several columns lately that have been a search for answers to questions that rumble around
I’ve got an idea for CNN. I think it should change its programming and shift into an area where truth and honesty are not as critical. Maybe it could do
In 1984, Canada created a form of universal health care for its residents that is, essentially, free at point of use. However, it does not include prescriptions, home care, eye
Aren’t you fed up with this by now? We seem to have become so narrowly focused and polarized in our views that real and important change does not happen. “My
I don’t know about you, but I am intrigued by the question “What kind of people are we?” Intrigued because at the core of this question is the answer to
Let’s play the what-would-it-look-like game. I am going to envision a health-care system that would appeal to me and let’s see how well it matches up with what you want.
Something has got to change. Our health-care system is broken, and I have the proof. But before I go into that, let me give you a little background. I am
I would like to think that the people we elect as public officials are fairly intelligent folks. We may sometimes disagree with their political views, but it is rare when
I dread the month of April. No, I don’t dislike the great colors that splash our hillsides when the wildflowers come out, or the fact that baseball is back. I
Let’s forget religion. It’s all bunk anyway. Why bother talking about God, Jesus, angels, demons, sin, redemption, grace and the Bible? Heck, things are going so well we really don’t
Do you ever have one of those moments when you are sitting at your kitchen table in the morning with a nice cup of coffee and you read something that
And the Oscar goes to …” Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway for “The Biggest Flub in Awards Show History.” Wait a minute. I read the card wrong. It really goes
On March 7, residents of Los Angeles County will vote on a radical initiative to combat homelessness. If passed, Measure H would raise $355 million each year for the next
Uncle Earl was over at my house last weekend helping me clean the pool. I am too cheap to hire a pool guy. I also worry about Pepino the Pool
Very recently, an NFL coach was overheard in the background noise of a social media post by a player calling the New England Patriots a bunch of “a-holes.” Of course,
My friend Gary Horton recently wrote a letter to the editor in which he questioned the premise of a column written by Gwendolyn Sims. Ms. Sims looked at the question
“The Republicans are shutting down the Ethics Committee? Shame on them! What happened to ‘draining the swamp’? See? Hilary was right! What is that burning smell? My hair!” Well, no,
Once again, I sit alone at the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy offices after the conclusion of the annual Christmas party. The revelers have all gone home, leaving mounds of destroyed
Bartolo, also known as Barty the Innkeeper, was having a bad day. His cook had just called in sick, the roof was leaking again, and the guests in the room
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