A recent editorial cartoon sums up the tension between average taxpayers and government employee unions. It shows two guys sitting at a bar. One, head in hand and looking glum, is labeled “public sector” and he says to his companion, “They’re trying to cut our pensions.
While it may very well be true that everyone loves a parade, I wonder how much they’d really be appreciated if people had to live through the equivalent of a marching band, cheering squad, decorated floats, fireworks, cannons, confetti, costumes, cotton candy and fried dough in their living rooms al
Fame is elusive for most of us. Thankfully. Most people don’t really want to be famous. The idea is seductive. The red carpet walks, the people rushing us to get an autograph, the swag bags of goodies, the piles of money that are thrown in the face of the famous.
City Council recently reviewed plans for a new 8,300-square-foot branch library in Virginia Avenue Park adjacent to the existing Thelma Terry building.
Q: I watch the news and I often see deviants that prey on children to satisfy disturbing sexual desires. My question is how do I protect my children from these sexual predators? A: Thank you for posing this important question.
Lately, the big news from Washington D.C., and state houses across the country, is budget cuts. Under attack are programs such as food stamps, school nutrition and even veterans’ medical benefits.
Despite the notion that fixing the nation’s public schools may require an “act of superman,” a coming together of not just educators, education officials, policymakers, parents and students, but education grantmakers as well, might actually be the “force of nature” needed to turn around our failing
As the clock ticks down on the window of opportunity to place a massive tax increase on the June ballot to support Jerry Brown’s budget plan, taxpayers are unhappy and it’s not just about the taxes.
Dear New Shrink, I have been thinking about your dating advice offer. Well, here is my question. I live in Santa Monica and the beautiful women that live here are endless.
Opinions are like armpits, everybody seems to have two of them, and usually they both stink. While I recognize that fact in theory, it doesn’t mean in practice that I was prepared for my daughter to have a point of view, never mind many of them — often times several of them a day — and certainly not
“Everything’s perverted in a different way, isn’t it?” — Alfred Hitchcock Do you ever wonder why some of the greatest performers and directors of all time have never won an Oscar? It certainly has nothing to do with lack of talent.
There’s nothing that instills admiration for your local bus company then when the bus you’ve been waiting for for 20 minutes passes your stop. I had taken my aging TR-6 into European Exclusives for servicing last Tuesday.
