Category Archives: Matt Weinstock

Those Plastic Bags There are times when public servants feel they aren't getting through to the public they're trying to serve. Not long ago George M. Uhl, city health officer, warned of the dangers of permitting children to play with … Continue reading →

Re: Sharks There's so much activity in Sharksville these days, first thing anyone knows the papers will appoint shark editors. Meanwhile, a man who used to be a commercial shark fisherman says it's a waste of time to try to … Continue reading →

An Act to Remember Unintentionally profound remarks come from the strangest places. The setting for this one was postwar Japan. It was told to Hal Humphrey by publicist John Plake, who was there. The soldiers in a certain headquarters company … Continue reading →

The Other Half He calls himself Skid Row Joe From Kokomo. His conversation is rambling and disjointed. It doesn't seem to make much sense. Yet when you put it all together it does. Like some of William Faulkner's writing. "You … Continue reading →

Summer Sadness Yesterday was the last day of school and the big thing with the youngsters normally would have been report cards and autographs in the school annual and parties and gay farewells to teachers and friends. It wasn't. It … Continue reading →

  Los dos Refritos When I read the AP story stating people who eat a lot of tortillas apparently absorb less strontium 90 from nuclear explosions than other persons, I knew right off here was a matter crying out for … Continue reading →

Yet another panel that will never been seen in the legacy version of "Peanuts." It doesn't go well on greeting cards and coffee mugs. New Togetherness Maurice Ogden of Garden Grove has a fearful short story titled "Freeway to Wherever" … Continue reading →

Galloping Inflation As all armchair horse players know, bookmakers don't pay track odds. They limit payoffs to $60 for win, $24 for place and $12 for show on a $2 bet. Of course, this takes care of most wagers, but … Continue reading →

This was one very sad day in my young life.   Blind Justice Sees While absent-mindedly crossing a downtown intersection, an elderly woman saw the traffic policeman at the corner coming toward her and realized in panic that she was jaywalking … Continue reading →

Book sales are at a record high, Sylvia Porter says. People are turning off their TVs and reading ("Exodus" and "Lolita," presumably). East Coast Culture Actor Harold Peary, among others, was propelled to his typewriter by mention of the We … Continue reading →

  "Unbelievable!" Mafia Troubles Sometimes a person just doesn't know what to think. When the Jackie Leonard case broke, Chief Parker said the beating was pure revenge by the Mafia," to which he has attributed all sorts of deviltry. A … Continue reading →

Wrong Rite It seems incredible but people keep going to the wrong funerals. Announcement was made in a church on a recent Sunday that a faithful parishioner named Fred Johnson had died and services would be held on the following … Continue reading →

The Missing $113,200 The case of the missing $113,200 is obviously a classic of its kind and don't think for a moment that the whodunit boys aren't fully cognizant of its implications. Why, it could revolutionize the TV private eye … Continue reading →

Balm of Bother The differences of opinion over background music in offices — whether it soothes or disturbs — continues to echo. The original complaint came from a City Hall worker who found the music there shattering to his nerves … Continue reading →

You've Got Troubles? How tough can things in L.A. get? Let a down-and-outer describe it: "I've been cut off from all relief and if it were not for a little cleaning job I wouldn't eat. I missed two meals the … Continue reading →

Writing Rights Ray Bradbury, a home-town boy who has become one of the nation's most prolific authors of realistic fantasy and who has seen many of his story ideas stolen without payment, believes firmly that writers should fight for their … Continue reading →

Supreme Insult Mostly the people in state employment offices who deal with the public, a wearing and thankless job, take things as they come, but occasionally there's an exception. A man came into one office for his unemployment insurance as … Continue reading →