By Kenny Mack Word in Edgewise
I LOVE THE GOSSIP WEB SITES. I KNOW I shouldn’t, but I do. I find the accidental entertainment provided by celebrities struggling to
By Yaron Brook and Don Watkins The Rand Stand
AS PART OF HIS UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE proposal, John Edwards would make doctor visits and other forms of preventive care mandatory.
By Justin R. Kerns Northridge
(Re: “L.A. subway plans take a radical shift”) Imagine a fantasyland where one could travel from Santa Monica to the San Fernando Valley to
By Steve Keats
The 1980 edition of the Oxford American Dictionary gives the definition of “fireman” as 1) a member of a fire department; and 2) one whose job is
By Eric Cooper
I thought the “Letters to the Editor” section of your paper was a public forum for subjects brought up in your paper. But at least once a
THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE NEWS WAS consumed by a teacher in the Sudan who allowed her charges to name a teddy bear Mohammed. This offended some religious fundamentalists there, so
By Barry Barker Santa Monica
I am always amused by the rantings of Ron Lowe in the columns of this newspaper, but his latest conspiracy theory (“Not the firefighters, too,
By Caroline Jacobs
Now’s the time to come to the aid of our ficus trees — the lovely, shade-giving trees which line both Second and Fourth streets, from Wilshire
By Carol Hastings
I now write because of the lackluster attempt at creating some holiday ambiance with the hanging things in the trees on Fourth Street. What’s that about?
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE BEGINNING TO resemble prisons. The purpose of a K-12 education is to keep countless potential criminals off the street.
Or maybe my perception is off. Maybe
YOU’VE GOT TO HAND IT TO CITY OF Los Angeles politicians. They’re finally doing something to relieve traffic congestion on the Westside. Until recently, traffic wasn’t on
By Steve Keats Santa Monica
Why do cyclists and pedestrians have to push a button to get the green while motorists just drive? I’ve raised this question with the
