I have some wonderful news to share. In a previous post, amid several I did on the early history of our federal Constitution, I reproduced a draft op-ed piece my former colleague and old friend, Maurice Barboza, wrote on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of its approval in Philadelphia in 1787.
Read the Rest!Meet the Fabio-Jackson Family
As a writer of fiction, I believe that the best stories happen all around us—waiting to be told: Real people, with real hopes, dreams, and challenges.
Read the Rest!Meet the Sousa Family
As a former member of the Board of Directors and volunteer for Sacramento’s chapter, I believe in Habitat for Humanity. Simply stated, Sac-Habitat improves our community, one family at a time.
Read the Rest!Meet the Nguyen Family
I hope you’ve survived Gray Thursday, Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday. Today is “Giving Tuesday.”
Read the Rest!Our Flabby Language VI (Redux)
And, finally, another look at the sixth installment of Our Flabby Language. (I posted the newer ones, VII and VIII, in September. You can read them here and here.)–EGF
Read the Rest!TARP/SchmARP–They’re All Schlemiels
It’s almost Thanksgiving, but guest blogger Dr. Barry Pascal has other turkeys on his mind–the ones who tanked our retirement accounts, forcing us husbands to retire elsewhere on important connubial occasions. He thinks he knows why.
Read the Rest!Teww Sssssaxxy fer Mysssssaaalf (Redux)
Still suffering from campaign fatigue—and increasingly annoyed at Republicans trying to change the “more revenues mandate” subject by concocting a national security “crisis.” Good time to refocus on another persistent social problem related to language: delivery.
Read the Rest!Our Flabby Language V (Redux)
Continuing from last Wednesday, following is a do-over for the fifth installment of Our Flabby Language. (One more to follow, next Wednesday.)
Read the Rest!Dr. B.: “Just One More Flush!”
Here’s guest blogger Dr. Barry Pascal, joining us again to wrestle with another great, if overlooked, issue of the day. (It appears he was overlooking his shorts; crumpled trousers; shoes; and a small bathmat while composing his thoughts. We can only hope he washed his hands.)
Read the Rest!Our Flabby Language IV (Redux)
Continuing from last Wednesday, here’s a reprise of the fourth installment of Our Flabby Language. (Two more to follow, on succeeding
Wednesdays.)