MY MOTHER USED TO SAY THAT “RICH people have property, poor people have children.” Many a pundit on the right will speak of the “richness of love” that children bring,
WHEN YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT candidates or issues, just follow the money. Nowhere is this truer than with Proposition T, formerly known as the Residents’ Initiative to Fight Traffic.
By Mari Ston Santa Monica
This is a letter to everyone who is living one pay-check or less, from being homeless. There are programs to help you eat and
By Marilyn Brennan
I was amused that Linda Shockley, (”Tell it like it is,” Letters to the Editor, Sept. 4) who is tired of Democrats “whining,” etc. actually quoted a
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By By Dane Roberts Wans On Bookreview
A very easy group of Americans to scam are the elderly. A get rich quick program always sounds good.
IN 1980 ONE OF THE LONGEST-RUNNING Off-Broadway productions closed after charming New York audiences for more than four and a half years. The play was “Vanities,” by Jack
By Mariel Howsepian West Dressed
IN ONE OF MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK photos, I have no lips. The unctuous photographer had told me to “Smile, princess,” and I smirked. I
‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ 2-Disc Collector’s Edition With the digital enhancements Tim Burton’s story that puts Santa in jeopardy goes even deeper and darker. Jack Skellington (Chris
By Elizabeth Brown Kitchen Vixen
MY MOM REMINDS ME THAT I USE TO EAT half a cheese sandwich with mayo, bologna with ketchup or tuna salad. She finds this amusing
This past week, Q-Line asked: The Amethyst Initiative, a group of college and university presidents from around the country, claim the current legal age to drink needs to be
By Mark Kaiserman Santa Monica
I, for one, find unsettling the thought of a bulldog only a heartbeat away from having her finger on the nuclear arsenal.
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