As 2011 comes to an end, this is a great time to reflect on your successes and evaluate your professional and career goals. Oftentimes we end up being so busy during the year that we move from one project to the next without truly taking time to acknowledge all that we have done.
Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much these days. But there is one thing on which they do see eye to eye: the value of early childhood education.
The tax-and-spend Sacramento insiders who hunger for more taxpayer cash are having to secure their drool bibs after the release of a poll claiming broad public support for Jerry Brown’s proposed tax hikes.
Who are Santa Monica’s homeless? I get asked this question quite often. Who are they? In other words, is there a particular economic or ethnic group that makes up the majority of the homeless population? I usually answer, “You will probably be surprised.
Although I may look a little stodgy on the outside with a few gray hairs blossoming on the top, I still know how to celebrate, and this is the time of the year to do that sort of thing.
There’s more than joy in the air this holiday season. I’m thinking wackiness. For going on six decades a coalition of local churches has erected tableaus in Palisades Park illustrating the biblical Christmas story, and a Jewish group has a menorah display.
Q: With my children getting out of school for the holidays, we may be heading out of town for a few days. What are some precautions my children and I can take to help prevent being a victim during this joyous time? A: The holiday season can be the most wonderful time of the year.
For anyone old enough to remember back to 1960 the recent photos from Iran of a “captured” American surveillance drone must be reminiscent of another embarrassing saga in American intelligence history.
The failure of the congressional “super committee” to reach an agreement on reducing the deficit was not just bad fiscal news. It was a significant failure of political leadership.
About a week ago I received an invitation to a protest. Seems like I’m getting more invites to protests than parties this year, what with the Occupy hordes trying to get more people involved in various events.
Dear New Shrink, I am engaged and in the process of planning my wedding. Most of my friends have already gotten married but a number of them also have already split up.
The Santa Monica Daily Press editorial writers are entitled to their own opinions, but not their own facts. Regarding the Dec. 9 editorial about the Airport Commission (“Airport Commission’s lack of diversity is troubling”): Are residents who attend the commission meetings supposed to feel guilty
