Last Friday was horrific for the Santa Monica Police Department beginning with a call about an assault with a deadly weapon near 4th and Santa Monica Blvd.
When officers arrived
It's Mueller Time
In the final days of Watergate, Senator Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) broke the news to Richard Nixon that he was likely to be impeached. When Nixon
Seventy years ago today, October 27, 1947, ten courageous screenwriters and directors, known as the “Hollywood Ten,” refused to answer illegal questions about their political associations posed by the House
Laughing Matters
A Dodger House Divided
Despite the title, this is not going to be a sports column.
Rather, it's about a significant event in L.A. history
Eleven years ago I came up with the banner “Laughing Matters.” Five-hundred and fifty columns later, either I've changed or the world has. For years, I've
“Rebel in the Rye,” a movie about famed writer J.D. Salinger is currently playing in theaters to excellent reviews. As hopefully I will explain below, if, in 1974, it
Talk Loudly and Carry a Big Shtick
Not long ago I read Vice-President Mike Pence thinks Donald Trump is like Teddy Roosevelt.
After I spit out my coffee I decided
My longtime friend, Jerry Rosenblum, 95 years young, is an inspiration to many. When Jerry was12, and at the height of the Great Depression, his father passed away. To help
On Tuesday, Donald Trump and Melania made a visit to Austin, Texas to support victims ravaged by Hurricane Harvey. Inexplicably he didn't mention those who died (19 and
