Army Specialist Willie Gilbert was buried this week at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Los Angeles. He was an infantryman in the 1st Armored Division. The honor guard fired a 21-gun salute, a bugler played taps and 24 white homing doves …

Sometimes in language you need a handy label that lets everyone know what you are talking about. “Liberal” and “conservative” have been useful even although somewhat broad in discussing politics. “Man” and “Woman” are good for obvious reasons. “Insider trading” …

President Obama did the right thing when he decided to kick visitors out of the White House. The visitors budget was slashed by the sequester so they ended the tours, but they should have done it a long time ago. …

Sunday night’s Oscar ceremony was proof that a lot of famous actors don’t get there by thinking of what to say. The Oscar acceptance speech is the opportunity for recipients to be remembered not just for the work they did, …

Sometimes the most dangerous people in the streets are the ones paid to protect you. Early last Thursday morning, in a fog of fear and confusion during the search for a former cop suspected of three murders, Los Angeles police …

One of the turning points in the history of American advertising was the creation of the “infomercial”. Some bright pitchmen decided to do away with those annoying 30-second commercial breaks and make a commercial that is the show and a …

Years ago while following the trail of the Oklahoma City bombers in Arizona, I worked with a freelance cameraman who showed up one morning with a pistol strapped to his leg. I asked, “Why are you wearing that?” and he …

There’s an old joke about a man alone and hopelessly lost in the woods. With darkness falling and desperation setting in, he sits down and mixes a Martini. Immediately, ten people show up to tell him he’s doing it wrong. …

  In the debate about guns and gun control I like to think I have a small advantage because I’ve been in the middle of gunfights and seen people shot to death … more than once.  The first time was in …

Everyone knows it’s possible to go the fruit and vegetable section of the supermarket and inject an apple with poison. But no one does because the world has to operate with a certain amount of trust and, after all, everyone …