Columns by Rick Newcombe

Bob Myers, RIP

Robert Sutton Myers was a successful sports artist and caricaturist whose work was seen by millions ...

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Why We're Leaving L.A.

If New Yorkers fantasize that doing business here in Los Angeles would be less of a headache, forget...

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The FDA's Unauthorized War on Pipes and Cigars

George Washington was a tobacco farmer and John Adams a pipe smoker, and every town in America has h...

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Put That in Your Pipe

The end of the last century saw the birth of two Germans who will be famous for eternity:  Ado...

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Lifting Weights with Otis Chandler

Editor’s Note: Otis Chandler, former publisher of the Los Angeles Times and chairman of Times Mirr...

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John Roberts and La Lumiere's Commitment to Excellence

On the first Monday of October, when the United States Supreme Court begins a new term, the Marshal ...

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