
Gary Horton | What’s Next? Locusts? 2020 Isn’t Easy So Far
There’s been plenty of internet memes about skipping past 2020 right into 2021. Can’t we just go to sleep and wake up and have it all be over? We give

There’s been plenty of internet memes about skipping past 2020 right into 2021. Can’t we just go to sleep and wake up and have it all be over? We give

We’ve all seen it. From many angles. We’ve heard it too. The plea for help. Voices of disbelief in the background. The taunting by the officers. We’ve all seen and

Colin Kaepernick, remember him? He’s the former NFL quarterback who shocked sports fans and the country when, prior to the start of a game, he refused to stand for the

At a client’s block-long apartment complex in downtown L.A., one of my firms provides 24-hour security coverage. Because over the weekend the rioting and looting was just up the street

I was pleased to read Tim Whyte’s column on Saturday, May 16. My thoughts exactly. “No longer is it sufficient to just have an honest discussion of the issues…” I

The coronavirus: This 79- and soon-to-be 80-year-old second-generation Californian is afraid that those who can’t handle, and go berserk when they see people wearing the wrong hat, may someday govern

By David Hegg Get ready. Here’s a question you may never have been asked. How would your life be better if you decided to abdicate anger, if you chose to

Four years ago, when I took my son to the University of Oklahoma to start his college adventure, we toured the campus. I was awed by the appearance of it

Joshua Heath’s May 21 column tells that he, like some other writers, has alluded to the New Deal as being the answer to the end of our Great Depression. That’s

As you read these words a small percentage of the world’s Jewish community is celebrating, or has just finished celebrating the holiday of Shavuot. Translated as Pentecost, Shavuot, in Hebrew

So Mayor Eric Garcetti has decreed that Los Angeles beaches can be opened but only if people stay in motion, on wet sand, wearing masks, 6 feet apart. Stopping on

OK, let me get this straight: A guy with orange hair is worried about how he’d look with a mask? A guy with orange hair? Really? He thinks people might

Recently, in the Garden of Stupidity sometimes referred to as this newspaper’s Letters to the Editor section, a rare and beautiful flower blossomed. Randi Kay penned a thought piece that

When a political party becomes so partisan that its knee-jerk reaction is to oppose everything the other side supports without thinking, it forces them to defend some very awkward positions

Armchair quarterback. A person who is not a quarterback but offers opinions and criticisms on the performance or decisions of those who are. This is what I see when it

For comparison purposes, would it be possible to show deaths and hospitalizations for heart disease, auto accidents and cancer to get a clearer picture on the impact of COVID-19 in

When I heard the news that our governor wants to give more money to the illegal immigrants in our state, I got furious. Are you kidding me? We have hard-working,

First question: Why is Gov. Gavin Newsom giving $125 million to illegal immigrants? According to a headline in another newspaper, “school leaders” are pleading for funds to reopen. And in

Ordinary Americans doing extraordinary things: We have an obligation and duty to remember them! It was a gorgeous spring day. The smell of bacon, biscuits and coffee were in the

Let’s get this much straight, right at the top: I hate wearing these darn masks. Hate ’em. I wear glasses and they fog up. They make breathing hard when doing