This Saturday UCLA plays USC at the Rose Bowl in a football rivalry that dates back to 1929, which was the year of the Great Depression. The Bruins must have been in a depression of their own because USC won the first two games by a combined total of 128-0.
“I am not an émigré, I am an exile,” playwright Bertolt Brecht insisted, and he proved his point by returning to Germany soon after the end of World War II.
Dear Peace Corps, It’s been 50 years since the idea of you was born during a speech by JFK at the University of Michigan. It’s been a wonderful life — and now is the time to see how you’re faring.
With this country’s dismal economy bringing unemployment and a collapse of the housing market, Americans are fearful and pessimistic about the future.
Philosophers have pondered and debated the question of “what is true?” for eons. Now, thanks to the bureaucrats at the California Air Resources Board (CARB), we have our answer: The truth is whatever CARB says it is, and those who utter forbidden opinions to the contrary will be punished.
It’s shocking how many couples have silly fights over money. The solution is rather simple. Behind all of this drama are the real issues of valuing your partner’s time, and whether or not you’re a fair person.
One of the many joys in my life is walking my dog through Virginia Avenue Park on a daily basis. I’m in that park usually twice a day and I see how active it is as a community centerpiece.
Yesterday was Thanksgiving, which meant millions of Americans traveled near and far to have a holiday dinner with their family. It also meant, shortly thereafter, millions of Americans reached for an antacid.
Last year Iceland and Norway killed 688 whales while Japan, under the guise of “scientific research,” slaughtered 1,000 whales. In the 20th century humans decimated whale populations around the globe by 1.
With the holiday shopping season upon us, City Hall is pulling out all the stops to make sure we shop locally. It took nearly 10 years but it looks like the City Hall bureaucrats have finally realized that traffic Downtown is a mess and getting worse.
Q: I’m flying out of town for the holidays and would like some suggestions on making my time at the airport less of a hassle? A: The United States Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has provided a list of all the new flight guidelines that travelers should know.
One of the cruelest ironies in California’s never-ending budget crisis is how the public school system has been brought to its knees while funding for illegal alien students, provided by citizen taxpayers, becomes ever more generous.
