When I saw the nativity, menorah, solstice and atheist displays in Palisades Park last New Year's Eve, I remembered a turquoise trailer that appeared every week at my
What do the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, the disastrous Iraq war, corruption on Wall Street and within the banking industry, and the crash of 2008 all have in common?
This November, Proposition 34 — the SAFE California Act initiative — will ask California voters to stop funding the state's broken death penalty system and try another approach to improving
Back in the day, the most frightful offense on Halloween was either a teacher who banned costumes in the classroom, a torrential downpour starting at roughly 4:45 p.m.
Jerry Rubin is fasting. Again.
This time it is to save the Paul Conrad sculpture "Chain Reaction," which is outside the Santa Monica Courthouse where I appear for
Dear EarthTalk: Given that the presidential election is just around the corner, what can you tell me about each candidate's environmental track record and positions? — Jane Miller, Chicago,
It's another election year and yet another school fundraising scheme is on the ballot.
Measure ES is a $385 million bond to supposedly pay for repairs and renovation
Lots of us have observed that foods that are good for us — broccoli and bean sprouts — don't trigger intense cravings. In the late afternoon, when my energy is
When I first moved here in 1975, Santa Monica was a far different town. Curiously, the population hasn't increased that much but the demographics certainly have. Our city
Lately I've been feeling like that 12-year-old boy on whom all the girls in school have a crush: The more I offer them nothing besides my sheer indifference,
While voters' attention is being diverted to the three major statewide tax increase measures on the November ballot (Propositions 30, 38 and 39), many taxpayers are about to be
