Writing can be an albatross around the neck. Or it can be an adventure of great expectations leading to profitable ends. For Alex Z. Salinas, writing is a wild roller-coaster ride with its curvy ...

I’ve been writing poetry for about as long as I can remember; in truth, I can’t even remember how long. My mother died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1996; my father died in 2005 from multiple urinary ...

One night over dinner, my good friend Craig, a terrific photographer, asked me why I write so much. My immediate reaction was to say, “Because I can.” My measured reply was more to the point: “Because ...

This is my last Glendale News-Press commentary as president of the Glendale Unified School District Board of Education. I would like the News-Press staff and readers to know that it has been my honor ...

Don’t confuse becoming an expert source for reporters with a side quest. It can be an important part of your direct path to expert or thought leadership status. What’s an expert source? You’re reading ...