Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro Vintage Canada: January 31, 2006 The Final Solution: A Story of Detection Michael Chabon Harper Perennial: November 1, 2005 The Memory of Running Ron McLarty Penguin: December 27, 2005 […]

Traditionally, the Santa Monica Conservancy holds its annual meetings at historically significant Santa Monica sites. This year’s meeting will take place at Hotel Casa Del Mar on Sunday, January 29 from 3 to 5 p.m. […]

Michael Dukakis, former Governor of Massachusetts (1974-78; 1982-1988) and the 1988 Democratic nominee for President, will be the honored speaker at the 15th annual Ernest D. Pipes Lecture Series at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church […]

Whenever you hear the term “smart growth,” you’d do well to suspect you’re being scammed. The term was coined by people who intended to create reasonable, partial solutions to air pollution by bringing people and […]

The use of vegetable oils for engine fuels may seem insignificant today. But such oils may become in the course of time as important as the petroleum and coal tar products of the present time” […]

In 1963, Joe Valachi Made New York mobsters uneasy When he testified before Congress About his boss, Vito Genovese. The info this “soldier” provided Was not what the Mafia planned Republicans will feel as betrayed […]

At its January 4 meeting, the Landmarks Commission discussed the draft Alternatives Report presented as the next step in the “Shape the Future” project. From a historic preservation standpoint, we feel that the most important […]

At its January 4 meeting, the Landmarks Commission discussed the draft Alternatives Report presented as the next step in the “Shape the Future” project. From a historic preservation standpoint, we feel that the most important […]

WASHINGTON – The day we mourned a man whose life was devoted to clarity, this city was hidden in fog. You couldn’t see the Potomac, even on its bank. There were many things to love […]

Minutes before starting to write this piece, I opened some e-mail from a friend.  It contained a clip from the “Tonight Show” in which Larry the Cable Guy describes shopping at a Home Depot store, […]