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.
Phillip Gellburg keeps insisting that he worships and adores his wife Sylvia, yet he hasn’t made love to her in more than 20 years. “You gradually give up and it closes over you like a grave,” he says.
Dear New Shrink, I have heard from several people that social media can help individuals find new jobs. On the other hand I have also heard that some people have lost out on job offers as a result of personal things they have posted online.
A recent editorial cartoon sums up the tension between average taxpayers and government employee unions. It shows two guys sitting at a bar. One, head in hand and looking glum, is labeled “public sector” and he says to his companion, “They’re trying to cut our pensions.
While it may very well be true that everyone loves a parade, I wonder how much they’d really be appreciated if people had to live through the equivalent of a marching band, cheering squad, decorated floats, fireworks, cannons, confetti, costumes, cotton candy and fried dough in their living rooms al
Fame is elusive for most of us. Thankfully. Most people don’t really want to be famous. The idea is seductive. The red carpet walks, the people rushing us to get an autograph, the swag bags of goodies, the piles of money that are thrown in the face of the famous.
City Council recently reviewed plans for a new 8,300-square-foot branch library in Virginia Avenue Park adjacent to the existing Thelma Terry building.
Q: I watch the news and I often see deviants that prey on children to satisfy disturbing sexual desires. My question is how do I protect my children from these sexual predators? A: Thank you for posing this important question.
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.
The Daily Press was impressed by City Manager Rod Gould’s sobering report on the Santa Monica Police Department’s disastrous investigation of school board member Oscar de la Torre, who, if you don’t know by now, was caught on camera at a fist fight between two high school students.
Despite the notion that fixing the nation’s public schools may require an “act of superman,” a coming together of not just educators, education officials, policymakers, parents and students, but education grantmakers as well, might actually be the “force of nature” needed to turn around our failing
As the clock ticks down on the window of opportunity to place a massive tax increase on the June ballot to support Jerry Brown’s budget plan, taxpayers are unhappy and it’s not just about the taxes.
