Growing up, Thanksgiving was always — by far — my favorite holiday on the American civic calendar. It still is…

Years ago, a well-known Spanish journalist had the habit of telling us over his microphones: “Flattery weakens you.” There is…

It’s dark now and for Los Angeles, it’s damned cold. I feel a chill. Is it COVID? Let us pray….

Thanksgiving is a time for reflecting on all those things for which we are grateful. It seems particularly important now…

Thursday Yes, it’s Thanksgiving again, and I am totally terrified. All of my sources of livelihood are either obsolete or…

Here, as the decade ends, is my list of what I am most grateful for, in my own words. Think…

Dear College Students, Happy Thanksgiving! You may be tired of stories about Pilgrims and Puritans, so consider instead a word…

Sunday The weather here in LA is perfect. Low humidity. No wind. No clouds. Seventy-two degrees. I lay in bed…

Maybe you do not need another reason to be thankful, but here’s one that you may not have considered —…

Saturday Wow. What a day I had yesterday. Just awful stomach ache. Could it have been from corned beef? Could…