A Handy Glossary to Summarize 2020 (to Date)
Tomorrow is December 1, meaning 2020 will begin drawing to a close—in much the way a massacre wanes into an armed skirmish or a tsunami gets downgraded to an 8.6 earthquake on the Richter Scale.
Read MoreTotal Potato Chip Recall—and Going Dutch for Thanksgiving
Total Potato Chip Recall—and Going Dutch for Thanksgiving A new study takes pains to reveal the unnecessary By Ed Goldman As we continue our recovery from Thanksgiving—provided you’re not prolonging the magic by making turkey...
Read MoreCovid, the Buffet Slayer!
Covid, the Buffet Slayer! Thanksgiving spreads to avoid pandemic spreads By Ed Goldman I’m assuming very few of us will be hosting Thanksgiving buffets this year. Ordinarily, the buffet format can be a time-saver: You just make...
Read MoreGot the Blues? Read the Wall Street Journal’s “Mansion” Section
On those occasional days when I feel depressed but fear I’d get a busy signal if I called a crisis hotline, I pick up the Friday Wall Street Journal supplement, “Mansion.”
I’m suddenly reassured that God’s in His Heaven and all’s weird with the world.
Read MoreSome Film Sequels That Died on the Drawing Board
In Wednesday’s column, we reported on the planned closure of AMC Cinemas throughout the country because the company, which is the largest owner of movie theaters on Earth, says it has no money left in its coffers. Why people with bronchial problems should have been lending AMC money is an issue for another column.
Read MoreAMC Is Closing All Its Moviehouses. Gee, Why?
I thought I’d be sadder when I read last month that AMC Entertainment was in such a cash crunch it may be out of dough by early next year, if not sooner. This is the biggest movie theater company on the planet—but even after reopening more than 80 percent of its cinemas, it experienced a staggering 85 percent drop in attendance since the previous year.
Read MoreBlue Line Arts Unveils Evocative New Paintings by Michael Dunlavey This Weekend
I first met Michael Dunlavey a little more than 34 years ago. His new one-man show of richly textural paintings—of everything from wave-beaten old boats to proudly resistant barns and Native American rugs—opens Friday at Blue Line Arts in Roseville, California (with a reception the next day from 4-7 p.m.
Read MoreThis Column (and This Columnist) Celebrate Milestone(s) on Sunday
If things go well, this Sunday, November 15, the great artist Wayne Thiebaud will turn 100, the great actor Ed Asner will clock in at 91, the great singer Petula Clark will be 88 and this grating columnist becomes a 70-year-old.
Read MoreThis is a Good Day to Stand Up for Sacramento Stand Down
At 17 years old, Jacob No is already a purpose-driven man. He says he’s “always had a passion for serving other people,” which has included his volunteering in soup kitchens both in the Sacramento area and Corona Del Mar, where his parents have homes—and, more recently, for Sacramento Stand Down.
Read MoreDaytime TV Can Make (or Keep) You Sick
Growing up, I always associated daytime television with being ill. Yet in spite of some drawbacks—my feeling rotten, my mom’s insistence on vacuuming my bedroom floor at what seemed like two-hour intervals, the TV shows, and even old movies—staying home from school was pretty sweet.
Read More“The Future of Everything” Is Warning Us About Warnings
The Wall Street Journal gob smacked me the other week by running a special supplement called “The Future of Everything.” The dominant theme was what’s next for computer hacking.
Read MoreWill Tab Leave More Willingly than Trump?
To keep you momentarily distracted from yesterday’s many elections—and from the fear that if Trump loses and deigns to make a concession speech it’ll include his revealing the nuclear codes—I thought I’d discuss an issue of monumental importance if you happen to think soda is a monumentally important issue.
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