Growing up in the Pico/La Cienega neighborhood of Los Angeles in the 1950s, I longed to be the corner newsboy. At rush hour, he stood proudly at that busy
REED PARK —City officials will pay tribute to world-famous tennis pioneer Gertrude "Gussy" Moran this Sunday by naming the Stadium Court at Reed Park the Gussy Moran Stadium
The World Series is finally over. Frankly, I was tired of seeing all those guys with beards. The Boston Red Sox looked like a Smith Brothers cough drop box. Now
For Pacific Palisades attorney and freelance writer Paul Morantz 1978 was looking to be the best of years. And yet, at 32, 1978 was almost his last.
In February, Paul&
During his ill-fated run for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, John Edwards' campaign theme was "Two Americas." If anything, the income inequality Edwards referred to has only
Last week, right after I e-mailed my column ("What can we give the Tea Party?"), I heard a disturbing news bulletin. The reporter boldly announced the shutdown and
Given the government shutdown, now in its second week, I find myself wishing Mark Twain was still alive. This particular Congress would be a never-ending supply of material for Twain,
Approximately 10 years ago, I received a surprise phone call from Ed Asner. Why was this legendary actor, a seven-time Emmy and five-time Golden Globe winner, calling me? Ed had
This may come as no shock, but Americans (including yours truly) are addicted to pizza. Generating $32 billion annually, there are 3 billion pizzas sold in the U.S. each
