Tag Archives: San Bernardino

The Reincarnation of Al Neuharth

A fascinating S.O.B. entered the cosmic recycling bin a week ago. He will be coming around again soon. His kind never dies. Al Neuharth, USA Today founder, and former chairman and CEO of Gannett Co. Inc. – the largest newspaper chain in the U.S. – shoved off at the age of 89 at his home […]

“That (Cop’s) Crazy”

Christopher Dorner’s law enforcement career did not turn out like he had planned, and no doubt he had big plans. Dorner was a police officer at a time when blacks were rising through America’s law enforcement ranks, and were even becoming chiefs. The Los Angeles Police Department had its first black chief in 1992. Like […]

Truths About the American Way

In the real world, Clark Kent would have been forced out of newspapers years ago. Too old. And in today’s world of American newspapers, even Superman couldn’t replace the lost ad revenues that has decimated news staffs. But in the latest comic book series, Superman’s writers don’t have Clark Kent stand and deliver those truths […]

‘Won’t Back Down’ Wimps Out

Years ago when I was a newspaper reporter in San Bernardino, Calif., I covered a story at one of the city’s high schools and needed to use the girls lavatory. Inside the restroom, I found that the stall doors to all of the toilets had been removed. There was no privacy. What happened, I asked […]

Wild Shots in the Dark

A man hears a noise in his yard, grabs a rifle, steps outside and sees someone running away in the dark. The man fires four times and kills 19-year-old Daniel Moore. You’ve never heard of Daniel Moore. He was white. He was walking home from a friend’s house one evening where he had been playing […]

Say Hello to Mr. Bobo

It’s hard to hear  about Congressman Anthony Weiner’s boxer shorts without thinking of the Honorable Judge John B. Gibson. The San Bernardino County Superior Court jurist was publicly rebuked for inappropriate behavior with female subordinates, which he dismissed as just joking. His signature gag was to wiggle his fingers through the folds of his judicial […]