Some politicians are still calling contraception a social evil. This is an astonishing claim in the 21st century when all the evidence is that contraception is key to a more successful economy and a better quality of life — not only for individual women and their families, but for us all.
In 1921, New York Gov. Nathan Miller called a challenge by women voters to his ally, New York Sen. James Wadsworth, “sex antagonism.” Organized by the newly formed League of Women Voters to unseat Wadsworth, these women were, Miller said, “a menace to our free institutions and to representative gove
March 11 marks the one-year anniversary of the tragic Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Because millions of tons of debris flooded into the sea from this catastrophic event, it’s understandable that people are concerned about tsunami-related material washing onto Southern California beaches.
About a week ago I took my dogs for a walk along the alleyway east of Lincoln Boulevard. I started at Pico Boulevard and made my way down to Ocean Park Boulevard.
To the City Council, residents and supporters of the Santa Monica Pier: The Santa Monica Pier is one of the great treasures on the West Coast. It has stood the test of time and serves as one of the great examples of how preservation and entrepreneurship can combine to make an icon known around the w
The City Council will vote on the fate of the nativity scenes tonight and judging from recommendations made in a staff report, this 58-year tradition in Santa Monica, the “City of the Christmas Story,” may be history.
Re: “Stop special interest money,” The Taxman, Feb. 15, page 5. Jon Coupal of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association — who makes his healthy living (last reported to be $300,000 annually) fundraising, concealing, and dispensing special interest money through what the Sacramento Bee calls “a sophist
Re: My Write, Feb. 13, page 4 In his column, Bill Bauer gets his analysis of the School Board’s recommendation to increase slightly the number of interdistrict school permits completely wrong.
Now that the application season has concluded for millions of students applying for undergraduate, graduate and professional schools, the acceptance notifications loom over many of their heads like dark clouds for the next few months.
In 1920, a talented American rower named Jack Kelly applied to race in the British Henley Royal Regatta. The most prestigious rowing event in the world, the Henley seemed a natural fit for Kelly, who had already been the U.
What do establishment Republicans and liberal Democrats have in common? They’ve long labored under a shared misconception: conservative candidates are unelectable.
It was 9 in the morning, on a wonderfully sunny day, when I heard the eight words I’d been waiting for: “Clear for takeoff, right turn at shoreline approved.
