Editor:
By misrepresenting City Manager Rick Cole's comments on placemaking to be supportive of an initiative being circulated for signatures, Phil Brock and Ron Goldman ("City of
By John Thatcher
I'm sure that you have noticed the recent proliferation of people on the street with signs and flyers taped up in your neighborhood. Yes, election
In response to the letter from Venice resident Angela Eren, most of the things she values about Santa Monica Airport (SMO) do not require that business jets land and take
It's no secret that Congress has been so polarized for the past six years, they get nothing done. (Other than raising campaign money.) In fact, only 10% of
FiveThirtyEight, the ultimate Stat Nerd website lists the number of Americans who are currently serving or have served in the past at around 7.3% of the population. A tiny
Civility. Dialogue. Compromise.
Still possible? I truly hope so. I wrote last week that it was getting pretty ugly out there, and it is.
Santa Monica Next, a pro-development
Editor:
I applaud SMDP contributor Al Barrett for his opinion commentary, "Humans and Planet Earth.” It is urgent that we realize that failure to take immediate action to drastically
I've seen the future of education, entertainment and engagement - and it's amazing.
As someone who doesn't watch television except for the 20-45 minutes
By Michael Feinstein. Inside/Outside. April 25, 2016
The best electoral systems give voters a realistic chance to elect candidates who reflect their views. In most industrialized democracies, this is
To the editor:
If direct democracy is the ideal, then Citizens United is its mirror opposite. By direct democracy, I mean one person, one vote. Under Citizens United the spending
This week’s banner ought to read “No Laughing Matter,” because my general subject is mass incarceration in America. Simply put, we account for 5 percent of the world’s
