Randy Stapilus: Looking at late Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood beyond the scandal
After Robert Packwood, the long-time U.S. senator from Oregon, died last weekend, news stories about him flowed around the country. Most had a common theme.
Investigating the Bible: Humble fruit
John Barletta worked as a Secret Service agent for Ronald Reagan at his Santa Barbara ranch. Very skilled on horseback, he became the president’s riding companion. Reagan’s code name was Rawhide. ...
Jeb Bladine: A good time for the occasional sports column
This is a sports column. I’m a long-time basketball fan. My earliest years of home TV coincided with Boston Celtic NBA championships in 1957-59-60-61-62-63. Celtic star Bob Cousy inspired those ...
Leland Thoburn: An open letter from a goose
“Taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the largest quantity of feathers with the least possible amount of squealing.” Or so said Jean-Baptiste Colbert, finance minister to Louis XIV.
Jonah Goldberg: America was more of a mess 50 years ago than today
About the writer: Conservative D.C.-based commentator Jonah Goldberg serves as editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, hosts The Remnant podcast, authors a weekly Los Angeles Times column, holds a chair with ...
Mel Gurtov: There’s a method to Netanyahu’s madness
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s re-election chances election hinge on carrying his war Hezbollah and keeping the fires burning with Iran. At the same time, he must assuage Donald Trump, who has called Netanyahu “crazy” for undermining US-Iran peace talks by continuing military action in Lebanon and trading fire with Iran.
Quirk of the Week: The gone show
School’s nearly out, summer solstice nears, it’s professional baseball/basketball overlap time ... This is a season of transition. With that, a new selection of “Gone, returned, revisited ...
From the Conversation: As Colorado River shrivels, states angle for advantage
The Colorado River is in trouble. Simply put, not as much water flows into the river as people are entitled to take out.
Jonah Goldberg: Trump stuck in box of his own making
Normally, I worry that events may overtake a column. But not so with one on the Iran war.
Jeb Bladine: Local health insurance fight just the beginning
Health insurance in America is unstable and becoming more so. Insurance companies are cancelling unprofitable policies, creating narrower service networks and tightening benefits. There are nationwide ...
Investigating the Bible: An open letter to Willie Nelson
Dear Mr. Nelson / Willie, Why a letter to you? One of your early songs was about the book I investigate each week, the Bible. You were out of money, so you sold “The Family Bible”; Claude ...
Quirk of the Week: What’s Lorna doin’ now?
The sign is new; the cat seems timeless. You might have seen it as of a few months back. “Hi! My name is Lorna! I live here!” The dialogue balloon-style sign is in the window of McMinnville’s ...
Jeb Bladine: Memorial Day Weekend merges fiction, reality
Memorial Day Weekend: flowers to the cemetery, a family barbeque, national mourning for military personnel who died in the line of duty, and opportunity for holiday escape into a marathon movie series. This ...
Jonah Goldberg: Maybe it’s the product and not the packaging
There’s an ancient almost surely apocryphal story about a dog food company executive convening a big sales meeting. A very short version has the exec running through all of the company’s advantages — the best sales team, the best advertising, the best packaging and so forth — then irately asking, “So why aren’t we selling more dog food?”
