Laughing Matters

When I was growing up in the 1950s, my late father worked such long hours that he and I didn’t...

Last week I took issue with Rush Limbaugh’s verbal attacks on law student Sandra Fluke and as a result I...

An axiom in advertising is that sex sells. True enough, Kate Upton, the current Sports Illustrated cover girl, is literally...

As the joke goes, a conservative, a moderate and a liberal walk into a bar. The bartender asks, “What’ll you...

As the years seem to fly by I’ve concluded that getting older has very few advantages. Forget “maturity” and “wisdom,”...

The late J.D. Salinger’s 1951 coming-of-age novel, “The Catcher in the Rye,” is among my favorite books, although I’m hardly...

Perhaps I’m a tad paranoid because today I’m writing about the 50th anniversary of one of the most controversial moments...

Being a UCLA alum, I planned on selecting a fellow Bruin grad at random and writing a “where are they...

If you think you had a rough week, look at the one Mitt Romney just experienced. At a debate he...

These days, sadly, America has become a highly polarized society. It may trace back to the Vietnam era or the...