Pneumonia: Inflammation of one or both lungs with consolidation. Pneumonia is frequently but not always due to infection. The infection may be bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic. Symptoms may include fever, chills, cough with sputum production, chest pain, and shortness of breath. So the “severe cold” I reported here last Wednesday turned out to be […]
JD Lasica
How a daily college newspaper became independent
Twenty-five years ago today, when I was a young pup, I organized and chaired a major journalism convention at Rutgers University that paved the way for the university’s college daily newspaper, the Targum, to become an independent publication. Lesley Stahl, Daniel Schorr and George Gallup were just a few of the speakers who came out […]
Back from Tahoe
Just got back from a four-day weekend at Lake Tahoe. We almost didn’t go because of the forecast of 3 to 5 feet of snow for the region. Turned out to be 3 to 5 inches — and wonderfully timed. The morning after we arrived a soft blanket of snow fell, which delighted Bobby, a […]
Culture Clash: subversively brilliant
As I mentioned yesterday, my wife and I, and a friend, Colleen, trekked to San Jose Saturday to catch the comedy troupe Culture Clash. I hadn’t caught them in about eight years — when I interviewed them for the cover of the Sacramento Bee’s Ticket section — and so I was heartened to see how […]