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• The LA Lakers brass, players and fans are puzzled by the team’s poor start. They fired their head coach Mike Brown after 5 games, played a few games without a head coach, and at press time have an unimpressive 3 and 3 record with their latest head coach. Their best games were...

* A few Sundays ago, the Baltimore Ravens played a late afternoon game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers took the field wearing retro 1934 jerseys with alternating horizontal yellow and black stripes. Upon first glance after turning the channel to the game I thought I...

It had been my intention to use this space to comment on the elections, but  because of scheduling, this column is appearing long after millions of pages of  commentary have already saturated our minds. Let me just say that in the long run Obama will again disappoint his...

There is a board-certified anesthesiologist currently running for Congress to fight for the 700,000 people in California’s 13th District to have control of their own lives She was born to be a physician. Her grandfather was one of two black students in the 1911 graduating class...

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM IS WRONG Once again the Angels break our heart and they will continue to do so until they defy conventional wisdom (CW) and make a few difficult and unpleasant changes. AGREE WITH CW I agree with sports scribes that the Angels must sign starting pitcher Zack...

There are two ways to get medical care: (1) pay for it yourself, or (2) get someone else to buy it for you. There is prepayment through insurance or post-payment through cash or credit. There is direct payment or “assigned payment” through an insurer. One can request...

There has been a great deal of talk lately about head injuries and concussions in football. What about head injuries in baseball? On Sept. 4, Angels shortstop Erick Aybar hit a line drive off the right side of Oakland A’s pitcher Brandon McCarthy’s head. McCarthy fell to the...

Birds and squirrels are always hungry. So it seems whenever we visit my sister-in-law, who has a backyard bird feeder. The problem is getting the bird food to the birds and not the squirrels. Thus begins our true story. Bird watching was so much fun, we bought a simple hanging...

Our Eyes Are Misty The earth is 197 million square miles in surface area with a population of more than 7 billion people. What is the probability that four women would grow up in the same locale with two playing volleyball on the same high school team with the same coach and all...

*When Mike Trout plays left field, and Peter Bourjos plays center, the Angels have the fastest outfield in baseball. Sometime in the future, when the situation calls for a defensive shift to the right, we could move our right fielder closer to the infield and play Trout in left...

The California legislators have left the building – on July 6 as they began their summer recess. They have headed back to their districts to prepare for the fall elections and meet with constituents. But come Aug. 6, they will be back in session and the war games will...

* Has anyone noticed that the number of major league baseball players sporting tattoos is increasing lately? Why take a multi-million dollar property and deface it? I’m hardly uptight but still don’t get the foolishness of it all! It may seem “macho” now but just wait unt...

* In my opinion and that of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) the Supreme Court Decision supports lies and corruption. On June 28, a day that should live in infamy, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA),...

On Monday, May 14, bride to be Priscilla Chan graduated from Medical School. On Friday, May 18, the Facebook IPO was launched. Finally on Saturday, May 19, Priscilla Chan married longtime boyfriend, Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. The COO of Facebook, Cheryl Sanderson, said that...

* Here’s a follow-up on my friend, Bob, whose new car finally arrived in Newport Beach last week after six months of negotiations. The inside color scheme is quite striking as he had portrayed. The leather on the dashboard is a dark mocha; the seats and doors a soft almond color....