By Carmen Balber Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights Santa Monica
You’ll never again have to read about the speaker of the Assembly or any California politician jet-setting
By Carrie Ferguson SMASH principal
As the principal of Santa Monica Alternative School House (located at the corner of Ocean Park Boulevard and Fifth Street) I would like to express
By Georgina Llamas 2700 Kilburn Avenue Napa, CA. 94558
My name is Georgina Llamas and I am a fifth grade student at Napa Valley Language Academy in Napa, Calif. The
At the Sunday Farmers’ Market, there are pummelos, Kabocha squash, hybrid cauliflower from Cornell University in your choice of orange or purple or pale green Italian heirloom cauliflower shaped like
THIS PAST TUESDAY JOHN MCCAIN and Barack Obama easily swept their respective Potomac primaries. This leaves McCain as the presumptive Republican nominee and Hillary in a bit of trouble. First
By Evelyn Elliott Santa Monica
The homeless, jet emissions, rent control, polluted beaches, traffic, gangs, ficus trees, shortage of parking spaces and bicycle clubs. With all its warts and pimples
By Cosmo Bua Santa Monica
“Hell is truth seen too late — duty neglected in its season.”
Tyron Edwards, American Theologion. As regards the ficus and palm trees on Second and
By Bruce Joffe
Representative Henry Waxman is leading a Congressional kerfuffle about lies and liars in the game of baseball. Either Roger Clemens, or his ex-trainer are lying before
By NEIL MACAULAY is a Santa Monica resident and grammar referee. He
LAST FRIDAY I BEGAN TO READ JOHN Whithead’s article and was ready to grapple with the complex
By Meredith C. Carroll
BEING MIDDLE-AGED HAS TAKEN QUITE a beating as of late. The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning last week that Botox injections - the saving
MUCH HAS BEEN MADE OF NONPARTISAN ballots in Los Angeles County that were cast incorrectly in last Tuesday’s California primary. Nonpartisans, or Independents, were allowed to crossover and vote
By Ron Lowe Santa Monica
Let’s cut to the chase. Did you see the picture of George Bush embracing John McCain? If you want four more years of Bush
