I’m sitting on the patio of La Jolla bakery and restaurant Sugar & Scribe, marveling at my “full Irish breakfast.” The $16 plate indeed goes the distance: two eggs, a thick slice of Irish bacon, …
June 12, 2020
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Mexican pastries and Irish breakfasts – Sugar & Scribe's odd pairing
Gonzalez leads legislative pack in cop union cash
As the role of police labor unions has come under increasing scrutiny in the wake of the death of George Floyd, the financial means by which the organizations wield power and influence comes under the …
June 12, 2020
Claude Sautet: melodramatic throwback
It’s been almost four decades since Romy Schneider’s career was cut short by cardiac arrest at the unripe age of 43. Schneider made her acting debut when she was 15, and during her time spent …
June 12, 2020
Ted Kooser: where poetry meets insurance sales
Selecting a Reader First, I would have her be beautiful, and walking carefully up on my poetry at the loneliest moment of an afternoon, her hair still damp at the neck from washing it. She …
June 12, 2020
George Spencer: pious relative to Winston Churchill and Princess Diana
Ignatius of St. Paul (George Spencer) What right then, thought I, had Luther and his companions to set themselves against the united voice of the Church? I saw that he rebelled against the authority of …
June 12, 2020