Enthusiasts. Fanatics. Zealots. Extremists. Bigots. These are five words to describe differing levels of devotion to activities and ideals. This is why I love language, and why language matters.
Obama signed a bi-partisan bill on Feb. 11 decreeing that analog television will remain until June. If you were unaware of the national conversion to digital TV, you’re not alone.
With the unfortunate passing of Herb Katz last month, there’s now a vacancy on City Council. Procedure calls for the remaining council members to appoint someone by Feb.
Charles Darwin expounded the theory of evolution in his 1859 book “The Origin of Species.” It was in that book that Darwin theorized that plants and animals evolve and develop without the aid of an intelligent Creator through a process of natural selection, which ensures the “survival of the fittest
Why should politicians be the only ones with stimulus plans? I happen to have a stimulus plan of my own. It would stimulate good moods and help rid of us of bad feelings and depression.
Saturday is Valentine’s Day, or, as some call it, “Singles’ Awareness Day.” If you’re a guy and you haven’t bought a gift yet, I suggest you put this column down ASAP and head over to See’s Candy or Victoria’s Secret.
As the world as we knew it imploded in recent months — after several years of writing on the wall for any Democrat, Republican, business or individual who chose to read it (not many did) — a little-reported-on aspect of the mortgage meltdown has been where do as many as 38 million illegal immigrants
Scores of superstitions surround fashion and beauty, and this inauspicious date of Friday the 13th is the perfect time to check them out. Let’s start in the bedroom.
With all apologies to Lamaze, Fisher-Price, Playskool and Baby Einstein, they’ll have to find some other baby to peddle their wares to because my 6-month-old daughter has apparently decided that playing with my hands is preferable to any of her actual toys.
General Motors, having sucked up $9.4 billion of taxpayer cash since Christmas, now desperately craves the remaining $4 billion authorized by President Bush for disbursement in February.
It’s been said that many a truth has been spoken in jest. Last year, I wrote an April Fool’s column in which I pretended to announce my candidacy for a seat on the Santa Monica City Council because I believed that it needed “an injection of energy, youth, style, soul, and sex appeal.
Editor’s note: This is part one of a four part series. “… nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
