Eighty years ago my mother was in grade school where schoolroom paste was made by mixing a little flour and water together. Memories of that simple glue came back to
As long as there are movies, there will be Westerns. A love letter to a time in America when heroes loomed large and men (and women) lived and died by
Last month, in his second inaugural speech, President Obama waded into the longest-running argument our history offers. "Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about
The official naming of that new six-acre park under construction in the Civic Center is a big deal at City Hall.
I thought "Palisades Garden Walk" was
Dear EarthTalk: I've read conflicting reports about the dangers of non-stick cookware. I have a set of older non-stick pans and am not sure if I
The stature awarded President Obama by future historians will be largely determined by his response to one issue: climate disruption. The president's recent speeches and appointments suggest that
Los Angeles is a city generally known more for outrageous fads than its reverence for tradition. (Think hula hoops and mini-skirts.) And yet this summer would have marked the
Twenty years ago in Australia I helped free a bottlenose dolphin from a drift net. In 2004, a small pod of bottlenose dolphins protected four swimmers from great white sharks
We are living in a world where we have around 196 countries and each country has its own customs, rituals, values, traditions, languages and cultures. Each and every culture is
The war over toxic chemicals and human health is spilling over into places we live and work: our buildings. The American Chemical Council (ACC) has launched an expensive and focused
California homeowners are hearing more and more about parcel taxes. Either they recently suffered sticker shock when they opened their property tax bill to see a parcel tax that they
Based on what I am reading this is a difficult time for investors. The market has moved up in the first five weeks of the year more than most experts
