The coffee shop, like the cup of coffee itself, has evolved over the decades into something that at times is an amalgamation of music store, kitchen appliance section from a small department store, internet service […]

Ambition is the name of the game in Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, and thespian lore has it that productions of the play are doomed if anyone utters its title inside a theatre without subsequently performing a […]

The Oscar nominations were announced last week and the lineup proves once again how traditional the voting body most often is. The past two years have yielded some impressive fare, even daring by the Academy’s […]

Life imitates art! The fellow who wrote Audacity of Hope became the star of perhaps America’s most audacious Presidential Inauguration ever and what an event! Here’s a recap from my center front row TV seat. […]

Dear Editor: Fellow Santa Monicans, you may have missed the all but secret meeting which our City Council set up to receive public input on filling the vacant council seat left by former Mayor Katz. […]

In the Disney animation The Tale of Despereaux, the hero is banished from Mouseworld because of his refusal to cower. As the plot thickens, Despereaux is forced to traverse a ledge strewn with deadly mousetraps […]

It’s the constant bugaboo of California politics: Republicans and business interests have claimed for decades that businesses will move out of state if taxes, home prices, and utility rates rise. Maybe now it’s time at […]

There was word late last week that our new President would, thank God, be allowed to keep his Blackberry. Initially there were security concerns, but those evaporated in light of the fun anticipated by the […]

Since nationally prominent Westchester and Fairfax are expected to dominate the Western League boys basketball race the battle for third place is important. The team that finishes third is likely to receive a playoff berth. […]