By Peter Davison Santa Monica
As I watched the homeless people sift through the garbage cans in the alley, panhandle on the beach and boardwalk, beg on street corners and in front of the market, library and other public places, and just considered all the people starving in the streets, I found myself on this Thursday hoping George and Laura Bush were having a lovely coronation.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 22, 2005. Read the original PDF.