Dear New Shrink, Several weeks ago you wrote a great article about people who you called “anxiously attached” and tend to be jealous and clingy. You also mentioned an avoidant/detached type, which sounds like it could be my fiancée.
A connoisseur of romantic comedies, I learned ages ago that despite how hilarious and charming Katherine Heigl and Cynthia Nixon are when they have it unknowingly smeared on their cheeks, there’s actually nothing adorable about real life, non chick-flick poop.
I wrote in my July 26 column that we needed to get the elevators fixed in the parking structures in Downtown. Well, City Hall was listening. Martin Pastucha, director of the Department of Public Works, called to update me on the status of the elevator repairs.
By now, renters have recently received their notice of the Annual Rent Adjustment allowed under the city’s rent control law. It’s one of the largest increases in rent control history and the biggest jump since 2006.
Q: I sometimes see multiple police officers dealing with only one person. Is that necessary? Do you really need more than one officer to deal with one person? A: Excellent observation and thank you for the question! The Santa Monica Police Department boasts an eclectic force of community safety expe
The presence of illegal immigrants in the United States continues to generate ineffectual political initiatives, from employment verification mandates to referendums against in-state tuition access.
Congress and the president may have resolved the debt crisis but to me it’s the same old, same old, only worse. I shouldn’t be so cynical, but, as Popeye used to say, “I y’am what I y’am.
I’m writing to correct a huge misconception about banning chocolate milk in Santa Monica-Malibu public schools. I am a fully trained and board certified pediatric cardiologist who has grown up in Santa Monica and have kids who attend the public schools in Santa Monica.
Dear New Shrink, I have been under a lot of stress at work dealing with several looming deadlines. I am on several different projects, all of which have different parties involved.
There’s an old joke about the intimidation tactics of the Teamsters union. “How many Teamsters does it take to screw in a light bulb?” Answer: “Four — you gotta a problem with that?” As much as we would like to think that labor unions have abandoned their threatening and often illegal behavior to ge
There used to be a time when I thought it was absurdly intrusive and morally wrong, but lately I’ve been quietly admiring China’s one-child policy, although probably for different reasons than its government intended.
Sunday morning I was sitting in the lobby of the Loews Hotel overlooking the Santa Monica Pier having breakfast while reading the New York Times. The hotel is filled with people from across the globe.
