YEARS AGO IN MY APARTMENT BUILDING there were fancy ashtrays on the wall by the elevators. With a touch of a fingertip, the cigarette butts fell into a lower chamber
By Mike Bandit On behalf of all of us who have ever been down on our luck, I’d like to thank the generous and compassionate people of Santa Monica:
By Allan Evans This is to all the well-wishing people who unwittingly gave in to my exaggerations and downright fabrications when I asked for spare change.
You became my
By Mike Gutowski I hate panhandlers.Well, that’s not entirely honest. The truth is I hate the way I feel when confronted by panhandlers.
I hate going to the
By members of Step Up on Second Your column here
EVERY WEEK, I FACILITATE A WRITING group at Step Up on Second, a provider of recovery services and housing to
By Jeff Segal Santa Monica
I am writing in regards to your April 19, front page article (“School officials apologize”) about Santa Monica school district’s superintendent, Dianne Talarico, apologizing
By Richard Martini Santa Monica
Who elected Mr. (Walt) Warriner the person to decide if a tree in Santa Monica lives or dies? I can’t believe the arrogance of
By David Richards Santa Monica
I am shocked and amazed that the SMDP newspaper would let a propagandist, misinformer (Steve “the mayhem” Breen) spew untruths, manipulated statistics and nonsense. He
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of lethal injections. This latest ruling has thrust the controversial practice back into the spotlight and is raising a lot
IT WAS RECENTLY REPORTED THAT ASHLEE Simpson, the younger, less notorious (yet identically dimwitted) sister of former reality TV star Jessica Simpson, is knocked-up and engaged to her rock
THERE ARE A FEW THINGS YOU SHOULD know about John McCain that the media is not reporting. He was born in Panama and played as a child with future narco-
By Eric Cooper Santa Monica
Lloyd, I’m kind of baffled by your latest article (“Monica Lewinsky, God and the race,” page 4, April 19-20) about there being too
