Last week I poked fun at Donald Trump’s possible run for president in 2012. The Donald says he’s going to make his official announcement on “The Apprentice.
One indicator of Barack Obama’s electoral vulnerability is the long line of the usual suspects, and plenty of unusual ones, positioning themselves to run against him in 2012.
April Fools’ Day is actually only a quasi holiday. I mean nobody gets off work. Nobody gets off work on St. Patrick’s Day, either, although many take the next day off due to hangovers.
The old saying is that when opportunity knocks, you’re supposed to answer the door. But it’s with mixed emotions that, after living in Santa Monica for almost 36 years, and having written 300 of these columns, this will be my last “Laughing Matters.
Guess what folks, we’re in another war. If you’re keeping score at home this makes three simultaneously: Iraq, Afghanistan and now Libya. Frankly, I’m not a fan of any of them.
Divorce in America is a “growth industry.” It’s been estimated that 50 percent of all marriages end in divorce. (And that poll was taken before Kelsey Grammer.
I intended to write about the famous BNP Parabis Open tennis tournament taking place in picturesque Indian Wells through March 20. Besides the Grand Slams, BNP Parabis was last year’s most widely attended tournament (340,000 visitors), and for any tennis fan in Southern California it is a must.
This week I had intended to write about the recent “makeover” here at the Shores apartments. (That is, until I happened to see Charlie Sheen and Moammar Gadhafi in TV interviews.
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.
In Washington D.C. last week, CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) held its annual convention attended by 11,000 people, most of whom were Tea Party members though thankfully not in costume.
It’s remarkable how much of the history we were taught in school was distorted or just plain wrong. Howard Zinn, famed historian and political activist, who died in Santa Monica in January of 2010, wrote “A People’s History of the United States,” which sold 2 million copies and exposed many of these
As I write this a million Egyptians are in the streets of Cairo and Alexandria demanding the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. He’s been a brutal dictator (to whom we give $1.
