Hopefully this will be my last column on the 2012 election. However, following last week's missive I received a flurry of e-mails. (One through seven is a "
This past election season I received more robocalls than I have friends. Lots more. Each morning I was greeted with so many urgent e-mails telling me I had to save
With Hurricane Sandy's horrific destruction, writing about anything else seems shallow. And yet in 72 hours we have a national election that will dramatically affect all our lives.
With the presidential election only 10 days away, I am reminded of the most dramatic, which took place in 1960. The race pitted JFK, the Harvard-educated senator from Massachusetts and
As the Nov. 6 election gets closer, the stakes and controversies couldn't be greater. Frankly, I'm still stunned by Willard Romney's hidden video released
What do the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the disastrous Iraq war, corruption on Wall Street and within the banking industry, and the crash of 2008 all have in common?
When I first moved here in 1975, Santa Monica was a far different town. Curiously, the population hasn't increased that much but the demographics certainly have. Our city
If you're into celebrities, Santa Monica is the place. One day while hiking in the local mountains I saw Daryl Hannah, Michael Keaton and Tom Hanks, and they
Amidst the many Mitt meltdowns, with the release of the 47 percent of the country are moochers hidden video of his candid talk given in front of $50,000-plate donors,
Editor's note: This column was originally published Sept. 14.
When I was in grade school, Pearl Harbor Day, observed every Dec. 7, was a solemn occasion. On that
Tomorrow is the birthday of one of Santa Monica's most beloved native daughters, former tennis star Gertrude "Gussie" Moran. As for how many candles will adorn