By JACK NEWORTH also writes the TV review column “Channel Surfing” for the Daily Press’ Current section. He
BACK IN 1999, ONE ASPECT OF presidential candidate George Bush’s background
By MEREDITH CARROLL’S column appears each Thursday. She meredithccar-
AS THEY RELEASED THEIR 28TH ALBUM this summer, ‘70s funk band Kool & the Gang declared there is “no age
I’M CONVINCED THAT EVERY MAJOR retail company in the world has a Department of Customer Confusion. This clandestine operation doesn’t sit next to marketing, accounting or IT in
By Bea Nemlaha Santa Monica
On Nov. 12, the city’s Landmarks Commission may well approve construction of one or two new, two-story Modernist recti-linear buildings in Santa
By Geno Schotte Santa Monica
(Re: “Cops’ crackdown on bikers misguided,” Nov. 7, letters) There is nothing debatable to discuss with Santa Monica Critical Mass bicycle riders. It is all
SOME BELIEVE THE REAL ESTATE PARTY is over and now it is time to pay the piper. Then there are those who believe the real estate market is simply going
By BRIAN HEPP is a financial consultant and (310) 453-0077 or at
SO FAR, YOU’VE DEVELOPED A SUCCESSFUL investment strategy that has helped you reach many of your
I WANT THE WGA TO KNOW THAT, despite my disgust with the majority of its product, the irrelevance of most of its members, and my seething hatred for its arcane
By Roger Swanson Santa Monica
Last Friday night, the Santa Monica police used shock and awe techniques (against) Santa Monica Critical Mass (SMCM). I witnessed what some in the city
By MICHAEL J. TITTINGER is Editor of the Daily Press. When he’s not having his taint tickled, he
IT WAS ABOUT 45 MINUTES INTO CELL phone shopping that I
HAVING A DOG IN YOUR LIFE IS A wonderful thing, not just because they keep the floors relatively food free, warm you at night, and are always glad to see
(Editor’s note: John Wood is a former staff writer for the Santa Monica Daily Press currently living in China.) IT’S NOT EASY BEING DIFFERENT IN CHINA. In a
