During his two terms in office, George W. Bush stepped outside the boundaries of the Constitution and assembled an amazing toolbox of powers that greatly increased the authority of the Executive branch and the reach of the federal government.
The appointment of Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights co-chair Gleam Davis to the late Herb Katz’ City Council seat is still garnering a lot of angst from disappointed Ted Winterer fans.
The good old-fashioned American newspaper is dropping like the proverbial fly that we used to swat with it. Recently, the Rocky Mountain News printed its final edition.
Dear President Obama, We are inspired by your election. It represents the promise of America, and a triumph over prejudice and bigotry. Throughout your life, you have spoken up for groups of Americans who need a voice.
I remember in my tweens, riding in the back seat on the way home from church and telling my mother that when I became an adult, I would get a nose job.
A show on TV two weeks ago was so ghastly, I’m still having nightmares. And I’m not referring to Jason dumping on Melissa on “The Bachelor.” (Frankly, I’m embarrassed I even know that.
Following Santa Monica’s lead, Newport Beach is considering banning smoking in a variety of new places, potentially including parks and outdoor dining areas.
The national unemployment rate rose to its highest level last month in more than a quarter century, according to government data released last Friday.
When it comes to toxic families, John Patrick Shanley’s makes Eugene O’Neill’s look like the Brady Bunch. In his virulent family drama, “Beggars in the House of Plenty,” currently being reprised at Theatre/Theater in Los Angeles, playwright Shanley portrays his father as viciously cruel, unrelenting
As president of the second largest bank in the world (Chase National) when the stock market crashed in 1929, Albert Wiggin had the vice president of the New York Stock Exchange go to the floor of the exchange on “Black Thursday” and very publicly buy large blocks of shares in major American corporat
Foreclosures, which are spreading by epidemic proportions, now affect nearly one in every eight American homeowners. The labor market is deteriorating at an even faster rate, with the jobless rate jumping to 8.
I love Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies. Luckily for me, one of my coworkers brought in several boxes of the delicious cookies she ordered weeks earlier. When I was handed a box, I noticed that they appeared smaller than last year.
