#Rarely have so few had to clarify so much

#Rarely have so few had to clarify so much

“Rarely have so few had to clarify so much” The president of the United States is a blowhard — again. If the country thought that it was getting a buttoned-up, by-the-books communicator after four wildly undisciplined years of Donald Trump, it knew nothing about Joseph R. Biden’s long career as Washington’s standout long-winded, seat-of-the-pants, poorly…

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#Public order is the government’s job

#Public order is the government’s job

“Public order is the government’s job” Can we agree that though police and the criminal-justice system are imperfect, the alternative to a government monopoly on keeping law and order — armed chaos and disorder — is far worse? Apparently not on the extremes of the right and left that dominate the political debate. The pragmatic…

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#Ben Whishaw hospital drama takes a dark turn: review

#Ben Whishaw hospital drama takes a dark turn: review

“Ben Whishaw hospital drama takes a dark turn: review” We’ve all seen our fair share of medical series — the overworked doctors and nurses, the brutal hours, the staff camaraderie (or lack thereof), the beaten-down residents, etc. And, by that yardstick, “This Is Going to Hurt” doesn’t offer much of anything new in this oversaturated…

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#Bradley Cooper ripped for fake nose in Leonard Bernstein biopic

#Bradley Cooper ripped for fake nose in Leonard Bernstein biopic

“Bradley Cooper ripped for fake nose in Leonard Bernstein biopic” Bradley Cooper was criticized for wearing a fake nose to portray legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein in his upcoming Netflix film “Maestro”. The Oscar nominee was described as “unrecognizable” while wearing a prosthetic nose in a trailer for the Netflix biopic that was released on Monday….

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#Letters to the Editor — June 1, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — June 1, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — June 1, 2022” The Issue: The slow response of local police to the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting, which killed 21. Uvalde Schools District Police Chief Peter Arredondo is not the only one to blame for the lengthy delay in neutralizing the shooter who brutally slaughtered 21 people in Texas, including…

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#Office romances are up since before the pandemic

#Office romances are up since before the pandemic

“Office romances are up since before the pandemic” While the rest of the world was busy social distancing, co-workers Taina Morfin and Daniel De La Cruz were getting close.  In January 2021, De La Cruz, 23, a clerical worker at a UPS warehouse in Riverside, Calif., got vaccinated and was able to remove his face…

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