By Gera Korte Santa Monica A better idea Editor:
Petition denied. As I understand it, trees [on Second and Fourth streets] will be replaced by trees — not exactly little petunia
By Carol Agate
It seems that 30 years later the battle to end gender discrimination in laundries has not been won (“Taking it to the cleaners,” page 1, May 14)
WHEN YOU WANT TO GO ON A VACATION, one of the first things you do is plan the trip. In real estate, to be a successful investor you need to
I DON’T DO DRUGS BECAUSE I HAVE AN addictive personality. I know this about myself, so I’ve always been immune to the sales tactics of conventional drug dealers.
By Steve “the Mailman” Breen Going Postal
A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE MOTHER’S Day, I occasioned upon the film, “Baby Mama.”
This fractured fairy tale of natal surrogacy had
By Leslie Wizan Santa Monica
To Kenny Mack, Great article in the SMDP — “Lesson Learned,” page 5, May 14. Please continue to focus your mighty pen against the district, the
By Marilyn Brennan
Regarding the article in last Thursday’s edition of the Santa Monica Daily Press, “The Village clears first hurdle,” I was appalled to read that this project
By DAVID MURAKI is director of the California Conservation Corps. He joined the program on Jan. 22, 1978 as a crew supervisor and worked in various positions until 1996. He
THIS PAST JANUARY I WAS SITTING IN A Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, observing the people around me. One of them, a bull of a man, was watching the news-
By Ron Lowe Santa Monica
President Bush says more war. Republican presidential front-runner John McCain says much more war. (McCain states that he wants American soldiers to remain in
By Kathy Cleary Los Olivos, Calif. War, war and more war Editor:
As presidential candidates and candidates/ husbands proclaim their allegiance to “Indian Country," one can only hope that
By Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute. He can be contacted at
IN OUR POST-9/11 WORLD, GOVERNMENT secrecy has