Articles by John Balzar Page 2

Gray Davis is smiling now. Read more

IT was bug-eyed and bowlegged, it buzzed like a nest of bumblebees and looked something like a bathtub on wheels. Read more

YES, there are practical motives, like saving gasoline and getting exercise at the same time, but the bicycle is also a pathway into an exuberant, often madcap, 21st century culture of speed, grace, give-a-whoop fun, obsession – and lawless derring-do. Read more

LET’S admit, there’s hardly anything so obvious as bringing our summertime yearnings to bear on sand, surf, skimpy swimsuits, longboards, short boards, skim boards, volleyballs, webbed chairs, straw hats, escapist novels and the tang of Coppertone on the seashore. Read more

Could this be – hang on – an election fight for the soul of the Democratic Party, a spirited thrust by the antiwar movement into the backyard of Southern California’s defense industry to define just what shade of blue is blue enough these days in confronting the prolonged conflict of Iraq? Read more

A high-seas adventure with enough action and suspense to have you holding your breath. Read more

You might never hear of Bill Fenical again. Read more

THIS was a boom you could actually hear. Read more

Interesting. Read more