When his wife Joy died in 1960, C.S. Lewis’ life crumbled. “If my house has collapsed at one blow,” the famous author and Christian apologist writes in the early pages of “A Grief Observed” (1961), “that is because it was a house of cards.
This past week, Q-line asked: Santa Monica’s rent control law, first passed by voters April 10, 1979, has been in effect for three decades and it continues to be a hot button issue in this city by the sea.
Some of the criticism George W. Bush and his administration received when they began the war against Iraq was that they were trying to force our culture on the Iraqi people.
As California heads into high summer, those sweltering weeks that burn like a fever from mid-July well into September, there is no indication that our state or federal leadership has yet to truly grasp the environmental catastrophe the Golden State now faces.
Hall of Fame catcher (and amateur philosopher) Yogi Berra, once complained about a neighborhood restaurant, “It’s gotten so crowded lately that no one goes there anymore.
For most residents of Santa Monica, news that the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against City Hall, claiming it is violating the rights of the homeless by arresting them for sleeping in public spaces, came as a shock given the many efforts made to address this complex issue.
Over the past few weeks the media has bemoaned the loss of Farah Fawcett’s hair, Ed McMahon’s laugh, Billy Mays’ OxiBeard, Michael Jackson’s noses and what was left of Sarah Palin’s credibility.
Have you sent out numerous resumes only to hear nothing back? Despite the hours you are putting in to your job search you may be missing a few key points that are interfering with your success.
Listen, wouldn’t you think that a musical that could produce lyrics that rhyme “prodigious, religious, prestigious and litigious” would be a show you’d like to see? Well, yes and no.
If some guy had told me six years ago that Arnold Schwarzenegger the movie star would be governor, I wouldn’t have believed it, partly because I don’t think he can be taken seriously in the role of a politician.
Editor’s note: This is the final installment of a two-part series. In my previous column I conservatively circumscribed about the nature and extent of Obamaholism and Bush Derangement Syndrome that has led many liberal sycophantic sufferers to splash about like Cleopatra, the Queen of Denial.
The oceans are teaming with life and full of washed-up treasures. Whenever Suzie and I and our children walk along the seashore we always come home with driftwood, seashells and smooth rocks.
