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By Carla Vigos Special to the Laguna Woods Globe I am a big fan of state fair corn — you know, the ear of corn you spend $5 for without hesitation. It is so sweet, and the stuff you put on them, well, it all makes me happy. Another thing that makes me happy are…
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Back in the 1970s, as an energy crisis held the nation hostage to the whims of OPEC, politicians and planners thought it would be a great idea for Americans to carpool. The idea never caught on, possibly because the politicians and planners had seen too many episodes of “The Flintstones” and were under the mistaken…
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Giants manager Gabe Kapler announced his protest of the national anthem on Friday in the wake of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. A day later, his Mets counterpart, manager Buck Showalter, said he supports Kapler’s action and would support his players if they chose to do the same. “I respect…
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A South Bay Hawks player slides into home plate in a cloud of dust as the Santa Monica Zephyrs catcher applies the tag during a Sept. 2020 game in Inglewood, from the new book, “Grassroots Baseball: Route 66,” a photographic journey celebrating baseball’s roots and the Mother Road. (Photo by Jean Fruth) Inland Empire 66ers…
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For years we have been told that the world should rapidly eliminate fossil fuel use to avoid climate catastrophe — and this is eminently doable because fossil fuels can rapidly be replaced by solar and wind. Today’s global energy crisis is rightly calling this into question. More than a decade of global opposition to fossil fuel…
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Mass shootings understandably horrify everyone. It is a disgrace that the United States, ostensibly the most advanced nation on Earth, can be such a violent place filled with so many people capable of committing such horrific acts. And it is frustrating that there are no clear, simple solutions to the problem of mass shootings or…
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Q. You write a lot about retirement. What’s new and what should we be aware of? I am 68, a recently retired business man and want to make the most of my retirement years. Have we learned anything from the tens of millions of people who are retired? Many thanks. B.J. The answer is yes,…
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“It’s long past time to make Congress act.” That line popped up this week on the Twitter feed from David Hogg, a survivor of a 2018 school massacre that killed 17 people in Parkland, Florida, and a well-known voice in the effort to reduce gun violence. It popped up in a lot of places, actually.…
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This is a defining moment for Anaheim. The painful crisis we face will forever be part of our city’s history. As always, though, history will judge us on how we respond. On Tuesday, our City Council unanimously voted to void a sale and development proposal for Angel Stadium of Anaheim. That same day, former Mayor…
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I remember the day in 2016 that a terrorist attack killed several of my fellow students and professors at the American University of Afghanistan. I wasn’t hurt during the 10-hour siege, but from then on, I decided I could no longer risk attending school in-person because of my young daughter. I needed to be alive…
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