USC baseball has a rich history


I knew that 2015 was going to be a magical year for USC baseball once it was announced that former Trojan great Randy Johnson would be inducted into this year’s class of the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. In early January, the “Big Unit” became the third USC player to be elected to receive the […]

Leimert Park overflows with community and culture


Leimert Park began and ended differently than all of my other column adventures thus far.  Usually, I have a specific place or event to write about, somewhere I’ve been before or extensively heard about. This week was slightly different.  There was no specific place or event I wanted to feature, just a general area I’d […]

Nemtsov’s death diminishes hope


Last week, Boris Nemtsov, former deputy prime minister and leading critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was assassinated blocks away from the Moscow Kremlin. With such a high-profile murder occurring right under the nose of the Kremlin, Putin is sending a clear and incontrovertible message: Dissent has no home in Russia. Nemtsov was a leading […]