JACK NEWORTH, FORGIVE ME
Not trying to invade your territory. I know how much this pretender president offends you in every way, as a patriotic and informed American. And how
What are we, Santa Monica?
Aren’t we the refuge at the end of the freeway? Gateway to the vast blue Pacific Ocean, seen just over the serene shoulders of
A WORK IN PROGRESS
We all are, hopefully. But progress is something we’re desperately in need of, and right now. We’re spinning in circles. And when that happens,
LAST WEEK I ASKED
“Are you ready for 2018?”
The week before I declared, “I am now, for no particular reason or event, determined to be unrelentingly optimistic.”
It ain’
Work swiftly. Quietly. Under cover of darkness. Succeeding before anyone has even gotten wind of it, before it can be stopped.
There are those here who have always suspected there
By CHARLES ANDREWS
THE SANTA MONICA SYMPHONY
Bless them, gave us another excellent performance Sunday night.
Sibelius #1, Rossini, and Korngold with violin notes so high service dogs howled their
By CHARLES ANDREWS
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT KEVIN POORE
And his cool documentary, “LongPlaying,” that you can see at a free screening this Sunday afternoon (LA) or the following
THANKS, OBAMA
It’s horrifying. I never, until very recently, thought I would say the words or even think the thought, “If Trump wins…” A year ago I assured my
WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?
I thought that’s what I would hear, when I attended last week’s gathering for local religious leaders’ take on “the moral issues” surrounding LV,
