May 18, 2024 Breaking News, Latest News, and Videos

Category: Opinion


Hometown Hero: David Bryan – Educator and Adventurer:

April 27, 2013

April 27, 2013

David Bryan, the Head of School at New Roads School in Santa Monica, has spent most of his life in...

Immigration Change Vital For GOP, But Not Enough:

April 27, 2013

April 27, 2013

Last fall’s overwhelming, more than 3-1 Latino vote for President Obama has at last gotten leading Republican politicians to realize...

Readers Respond To U.S. Postal Service Column:

April 21, 2013

April 21, 2013

Readers responded to Steve Stajich’s Mirror column regarding the U.S. Postal Service, and were united in their support of sustaining...

The Time Has Come To Address Palisades Park Fitness Classes: Letter To The Editor:

April 21, 2013

April 21, 2013

Dear Editor, When I first started offering outdoor fitness training classes in Palisades Park more than 10 years ago, the...

Governor Jerry Brown Now Looking At A 2014 Cakewalk:

April 20, 2013

April 20, 2013

Like flowers blooming in the spring, Republican candidates for governor have begun to pop up during the last few weeks....

Digital Sign Blackout: Amen!:

April 20, 2013

April 20, 2013

We were driving back home to Santa Monica after sunset from a weekend in the desert. We don’t usually make...

San Onofre, Hanford Help Fuel Anti-Nuke Initiative:

April 20, 2013

April 20, 2013

The operators of both the San Onofre Nuclear Power Station and the nuclear waste reservation at Hanford, Wash., could not...

Food Trucks Only Welcome Under Certain Circumstances: Letter To The Editor:

April 16, 2013

April 16, 2013

Dear Editor, Food trucks, both daytime and late night, are a welcome service only within certain unique venues /circumstances such...

Beware Of Easy California Municipal Bankruptcies:

April 13, 2013

April 13, 2013

No one is seriously suggesting that California will soon become another Cyprus, the Greek-speaking Mediterranean island nation whose economic bailout...

What Say You? Dignity, Autonomy, And The Advance Directive:

April 13, 2013

April 13, 2013

Dr. Jonathan Weaver, a member of the medical staff at Saint John’s Health Center, believes “communicating ones wishes for treatment...