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Taylor and Travis Are Helping Me Be a Better Parent Aug. 19, 2025
SAN DIEGO — After weeks and months of digesting stressful stories about Ukraine, Gaza, redistr... Read More
When Jerry Garcia Sang of Gomorrah -- in San Francisco Jul. 02, 2025
When Jerry Garcia walked onto the stage that night in 1977 — at Theatre 1839 in San Francisco ... Read More
Retroactively Regretting a Raving Good Time Jun. 14, 2025
Dear Annie: Last year, I married the nicest guy I've ever met. I'm 40 and wish I'd met him sooner, b... Read More
When You Travel, Follow Your Passion Jun. 14, 2025
By Victor Block Amanda Syrowatka, a travel expert and director of the Viceroy Bali resort in Indones... Read More
Art, Music and Fun on New York City's High Line Jun. 07, 2025
By Victor Block I recently was enjoying a leisurely stroll along a path that leads through a treasur... Read More
'Truth Teller' Bruce Springsteen Slimes Trump as Treasonous May. 23, 2025
When Donald Trump is president, it's considered dangerously authoritarian if he accuses someone of t... Read More
Big Fun in a Tiny Town: Goodland, Florida Mar. 29, 2025
By Fyllis Hockman Rarely is the word "funky" used to describe an entire town, but welcome to Goodlan... Read More
Venezuelan-Appalachian Folk Music Duo Shows Cultures in Harmony Mar. 21, 2025
Larry and Joe performed for my son's school last week. They were on tour with just one public show i... Read More
My Cat Is Afraid of Muddy Waters Jan. 24, 2025
Every newspaper columnist in America is expected to write 800 words every week about President Donal... Read More
New Song and Music Video Declares President Donald J. Trump 'The Chosen One.' Liberal Heads Will Explode Across the Globe Jun. 09, 2024
A new song and music video is out this week, poised to become the theme song for the legend and grea... Read More
San Diego County Museums Worth a Trip Apr. 27, 2024
By Nicola Bridges Beyond San Diego's world-class Balboa Park museums are a multitude more that each ... Read More
I Was Country Before Beyonce Was Country Feb. 23, 2024
The old man's idea of paradise is inertia. Right now, there's an old woman looking sadly out the win... Read More
Gospel Music Is a Powerful Educator on Social Justice Struggles Feb. 16, 2024
One of the Black history documentaries that I had marked on my to-see list is the recently released ... Read More
Nashville Rhythms: A Melodic Journey Through Music City Feb. 11, 2024
By Doug Hansen Nashville, also known as Music City, is a vibrant destination that captures the heart... Read More
Do MRIs Freak You Out? They Used To Scare Me Too, But Then I Learned This Feb. 02, 2024
I didn't know I was claustrophobic until I had to get an MRI of my knee when I was 32. The technicia... Read More
Sweet Notes Sep. 27, 2023
Persons with diabetes (see Stories for the Waiting Room below) have trouble maintaining healthy leve... Read More
Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do Aug. 11, 2023
Did you have music lessons when you were a youngster? For most of the last century, it is reported, ... Read More
The Secret History of 'Wokeness' Jun. 28, 2023
In Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There," Humpty Dumpty scornfully ... Read More
A Special Childhood Memory During June for Black Music Month Jun. 23, 2023
During the summer of 1981, I fell in love with the timeless gospel music classic "God Is" by the leg... Read More
'Little Richard: I Am Everything': Rip It Up Apr. 21, 2023
Little Richard — or the Great Little Richard, to give him his full title — really was ev... Read More
