As every good businessman knows — including Gov. Romney, with whom I had been associated as a limited partner at Bain Capital Ventures — the soundness of a company and its ability
This Day of the Dead season in Santa Monica brings some usual challenges. The recent deaths of two Santa Monica homeboys clouds the celebratory day in tragedy and loss. A
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.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy — the largest storm with the lowest barometric pressure ever recorded in the Northern Hemisphere, which devastated the eastern seaboard, leaving 8.2 million people
We have just moved up from fifth to fourth in a ranking of all 50 states by the Washington, DC–based Tax Foundation but, for average folks, this is not
In Sunday's New York Times, Thomas Friedman made what is quite possibly the single greatest argument in support of life that has ever been written on the subject.
President
Barack Obama — Democrat
We're in Santa Monica. What would you expect?
Seriously though, Obama has done a respectable job during extremely difficult times, helping to keep the
With the Dow dropping, as predicted, about 250 points, it's time to think about buying. Certainly this should be true of Apple stock, which dropped from over $700
Dear EarthTalk: I heard that the Arctic summer sea ice is at its lowest level since we began recording it. What are the implications of all this melting?
— Jo Shoemaker,
Santa Monicavoters have a real chance to improve both their city government and school district this election.
Development and traffic are the big issues in the council race. You can
With Election Day right around the corner, the propaganda machines are busily spinning political webs with which the candidates can lure voters. However, no matter how badly Americans might want
