By Dorie Meek
The situation isn’t working Dear Dorie, The youngest of my three children is 18 months old and I’d like to go back to work. How
Few could blame the victims and all those touched by the Farmers’ Market tragedy of three years ago for wanting a piece of the man responsible, but even a piece
Cigarettes are legal to buy, to own and to smoke — just not in public anymore.
I’m a smoker. Well, I used to be. I grew up in a household
I’ve taken a lot of heat for my criticism of the incompetent way Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District finances have been handled over the years.
What should we
Sticks and stones... Recent racially heated outbursts by Oscar winner Mel Gibson and Michael Richards, best known as “Seinfeld” neighbor Kramer, have thrust racism back into the headlines in recent
... Buzz knew he’d hit the Big Tyme on Tuesday, standing in line to make it legal at the DMV, doing that hurry-up-and-wait thing. It soon turned
Controlling the homeless crisis
By COMMON SCENTS BY CAROLE ORLIN
Every time I travel, I come back home with some degree of additional insight. A few weeks ago, I spent
By Heidi J Hameed Los Angeles
I was reading the (letter) entitled “No reminders needed for O.J. saga” (Nov. 23, page 4) and I have a few words to
By Marilyn Brennan Santa Monica
In the article in SMDP’s Friday, Nov. 17, 2006 edition (“Clearing the air for SM smokers”), I did not see a mention of the
It’s time for me to share some of the e-mails that I have received in response to some of my recent columns. So, enjoy: In response to my
Santa monica art palette making arts and culture come alive in santa monica
By HAMP SIMMONS Special to the Daily Press
I hope everyone had a terrific Turkey or Tofu
By Alex Epstein is a junior fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute in Irvine, CA. Contact the writer at
America’s leading Internet service providers (ISPs) have spent many years
