Out Loud: February 22, 2018
I lied. Well, I didn’t actually lie because I fully intended to deliver that talk at the Idyllwild Rotary Club Wednesday, as I mentioned...
Out Loud: February 15, 2018
This is an excerpt of a speech I’m giving at the Rotary Club Wednesday morning, as the papers get delivered.
Pete Seeger said, “After visits...
Out Loud: New Year’s resolution
My New Year’s resolution for 2018 is to get healthier. Not that I’m ill, but just that I’m not as active as I could...
Out Loud: Feb. 1, 2018
For more than a decade John Hawkins has served Riverside County as our fire chief. He has done so with leadership, diplomacy, intelligence,...
Out Loud: January 25, 2017
Other than the occasional wandering bear, lake-stocked fish and migrated bald eagle, our wildlife population primarily derives from their own local ancestry — generations...
Out Loud: January 18, 2018
I have to admire one local board member who, following my criticism of his board’s actions in last week’s column, actually came into my...
Out Loud: January 11, 2018
Now that we leave the holiday season behind with all the kind greetings and promises of a new year, I follow through with my...
Out Loud: The Town Crier
Back when newspaper advertising dropped in 2009 all over the country after the real-estate bubble burst, we put staff on furlough and slashed costs....
Out Loud: December 21, 2017
The last time I wrote this column was for the Aug. 10, 2017, issue. Last week, when JP was out and I ran the...
Out Loud: October 12, 2017
I want to comment after this column’s silence for many weeks now, about the responses we’ve received from you, our readers, as we continue...