Fred Gardner | O'Shaughnessy's

Our Times 11/23/22

Weed’s Black Neighborhood If you’ve only driven past Weed on Hwy 5, or stopped to take a photo of Mt. Shasta and have a cup of coffee at the Hi-Lo Cafe, you might not have known that the town had “a thriving...

I So Affirm

That’s what freethinkers say when asked to swear to God, as I was asked in a Chicago...

Chicago ’68

In 1968 my stock in peace movement circles was very high, due to the “success” of the...

Vincent Hallinan’s Remarkable Running Mate

By Fred Gardner September 13, 2000 In 2018 the New York Times began running obituaries of...

Doris Kearns Goodwin Creates Feng Shui in Boston

“A girl has to hustle.” –Truman Capone The New York Times runs an occasional...

Robert Trippet

“Stealing From the Rich: The Home-Stake Oil Swindle” by David C. McClintick (Evans, 1977) recounts how a Tulsa, Oklahoma lawyer named Robert Trippet masterminded the most lucrative Ponzi scheme of the 20th century....

Clutter

We’re moving from the East Bay to the Wine Country, one carload at a time. I promised Rosie I would bring all her possessions and not try to distinguish between the useless stuff and the treasures. With a little help from...

Mission Bay Backgrounder

My medical problem wasn’t as grave as Bruce Anderson’s (described in the AVA February...

Two Words Instead of One

I always read those cute little lists in Harpers and it dawns on me that I might have one to contribute. Over the years in my AVA column I’ve remarked the replacement of one word for two in modern American usage. For...

Author: Fred Gardner