A few degrees under 100 just about mid-day Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley — the fevered-heat wave starts this afternoon, though, officially the baking isn’t supposed to begin until tomorrow. A lot of the…
Fifty years seems a long time. However, entire perspective on the calendar depends on the point of view. If you’re a youngster, thoughts on a three-month summer vacation from school could easily appear as forever-time,…
Warm sunshine filtered by a cool ocean breeze this Wednesday afternoon on California’s north coast — seemingly the last day of all sun for awhile as rain forecast for early Thursday and on into the…
Monday morning overcast and chilly on California’s north coast — sunshine later on is in the forecast. Maybe, maybe not. In the ugly business of news gathering, this was historically sad: Former Washington Post editor Ben…
Last Friday 40 years ago, Dick Nixon quit. He babbled a few words, jumped on a helicopter after performing his standard idiot’s wave, and flew home to somewhere near the house his daddy built. I…
Overcast and a touch of ground fog this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, and a warm breeze, too. The air’s not really ‘warm,’ but feels like it, though. In the atmosphere this morning, though,…
Today 40 years ago, I was getting ready for a much-awaited discharge from the US Air Force and looking forward to a fall enrollment at the University of Florida — one happy, though, clueless youngster.…
Old men, they are now — the big three of the scandal of scandals. The Washington Post blog The Reliable Source reported on a chance encounter in late January of John Dean, Bob Woodward and Carl…