“He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.” Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” act I, scene 2 With 37 million people, it’s remarkable that California has one of the most pristine and unspoiled coastlines in the United States.
The presence of illegal immigrants in the United States continues to generate ineffectual political initiatives, from employment verification mandates to referendums against in-state tuition access.
I’m writing to correct a huge misconception about banning chocolate milk in Santa Monica-Malibu public schools. I am a fully trained and board certified pediatric cardiologist who has grown up in Santa Monica and have kids who attend the public schools in Santa Monica.
A plant-based diet beats a traditional meat-based one hands down when it comes to trimming one’s contribution to greenhouse gases, but not everyone is willing to plunge head-long into a life of tofu dogs.
In a close vote, the House recently passed a provision that undercuts one of the most successful environmental programs of the decade, one that requires all bulbs — including the incandescent — to achieve higher efficiency levels.
Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig recently struck out, big time, by stubbornly refusing to relocate the 82nd All-Star Game from Phoenix, Ariz.
Two years ago this week, 4.5 million of America’s workers enjoyed a modest pay increase, as the federal minimum wage rose from $6.55 to $7.25 an hour.
These are the good times. I was driving through the country last Saturday, looking at deer happily chowing down in wheat fields. Every place is a drive-through if you’re a herbivore at this time of year.
July 16 marked the 66th anniversary of the first nuclear weapons test explosion. The United States’ test, code-named “Trinity,” was exploded in the desert of New Mexico and ignited the nuclear age.
In a recent interview, former deputy Secretary of State Elliot Abrams said that President Barack Obama “sees Israel as a problem,” reminding us of the question that won’t go away.
How sad that just two days after our nation celebrated another Independence Day, a major U.S. court decided to ignore the Constitution. I refer to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision on July 6 to allow open homosexuality in the military ranks, thus immediately ending the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Te
Dr. James McClintock, a renowned University of Alabama-Birmingham marine biologist who has conducted research in Antarctica for more than 25 years, told me the following story.
