DESPITE A 1990 FEDERAL LAW, IT TOOK A court order to force the White House to finally produce a report on global warming. After stalling for 4 years, the Bush
THIS PAST WEDNESDAY, PACIFIC PARK unveiled their new Ferris wheel with music and a pyrotechnic show. With its 160,000 LED lights the wheel can probably be seen from space.
IN A FEW WEEKS WE’LL ALL BE GOING TO the polls. Well, actually about 25 percent of us. June primaries, especially with no presidential or gubernatorial races, attract a
RECENTLY I WROTE ABOUT THE TIME I SAW a one-legged man crawling along the sand and into the ocean where he floated contentedly. The man was a homeless Vietnam
DON’T LOOK NOW BUT SUMMER’S JUST around the proverbial corner. When I moved to Santa Monica 33 years ago (as a mere child, well, not quite) summer was
IT’S BEEN OVER A MONTH SINCE I’VE written about politics. Curiously, the readers who disagree with my views the most seem to miss the chance to send me
YEARS AGO IN MY APARTMENT BUILDING there were fancy ashtrays on the wall by the elevators. With a touch of a fingertip, the cigarette butts fell into a lower chamber
FOLLOWING MY RECENT COLUMN about procrastination, I received a number of e-mails. Readers, who previously disagreed with me on Bush, the war, global warming and the death penalty, found
LAST WEEK, ON THE ROAD TO POSSIBLY winning their 12th NCAA basketball championship, UCLA lost in the semis to Memphis by 15 points. And it wasn’t really that close.
I’VE DECIDED TO TAKE A WEEK OFF from bashing Bush, or the war, or even the ficus fiasco on Fourth and Second streets. Lately it feels like I’m
TWO DAYS AGO WAS THE FIFTH anniversary of the Iraq war. That’s a year and a half longer than WWII, but today the news is business as usual i.
ON TUESDAY, I WASTED HOURS WATCHING the election results in Ohio and Texas, including the spin afterwards. It’s amazing how both sides can claim victory. The primaries are so
