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Opinion May 24, 2012

Reflecting On The Meaning Of Memorial Day: Tony Morris: Reflecting On The Meaning Of Memorial Day: Tony Morris

As Memorial Day approaches I am reminded of a letter dated October 7, 1918 my father, Effingham Buckley Morris Jr. , U.S. Army major, wrote to his wife and family members from the trenches of […]

Opinion May 20, 2012

Why your middle school student is supposed to make you crazy: Letter To The Editor:

Dear Editor, Middle school can be an incredibly emotional, complicated and confusing experience… and that’s just for the parents. For the kids it’s just a natural part of their own personal and educational development. It […]

Opinion May 20, 2012

City Council Should Not Move Senior Center From Palisades Park: Letter To The Editor:

Dear Editor, I appreciated the column “Miramar Expansion: Or We Could Just Say ‘No’…” by Steve Stajich on May 4. I too wonder why the priority for Santa Monica is to become a prime destination […]

Opinion May 19, 2012

Hydrogen Highway Grants Fail The Smell Test:

Millions of dollars in “hydrogen highway” grants by a state commission are drawing cries of favoritism and collusion as they seem to guarantee that most refueling stations for the hydrogen fuel cell vehicles due to […]

Opinion May 19, 2012

The Flag, Apple Pie, And Same-Sex Marriage:

Regarding just about any sort of societal unpleasantness, you can often say aloud “Well, that’s just wrong” and you’d be correct. But saying that in 1962 about denying civil rights would only buy you a […]

Opinion May 13, 2012

Fairmont Miramar Needs To Go Back To The Drawing Board: Letter To The Editor:

Dear Editor, On May 2 the City of Santa Monica, the Chamber of Commerce and several other prestigious local groups, including the Santa Monica Mirror, gave a 2012 Sustainability Quality Grand Prize to the Fairmont […]

Opinion May 13, 2012

City Council Took Appropriate Action To Move Forward With Fairmont Miramar: Letter To The Editor:

Dear Editor, The City Council took the appropriate action by moving forward the process of evaluating the redevelopment of the Fairmont Miramar hotel. The city will now review the hotel’s proposal, explore alternatives and analyze […]

Opinion May 12, 2012

Park-Like Partnerships Probably Can’t Help Other Services:

The many thousands who regularly use the state’s large and varied park system were among the most distraught of Californians when legislators and Gov. Jerry Brown last year imposed cuts and closures on the system, […]

Opinion May 12, 2012

We Should All Be So Beastie…:

You don’t need me or the genius of content dubbed “entertainment news” to observe that some people do better with success in show business than others. Sometimes the inability to creatively harness fame and fortune […]

Opinion May 12, 2012

What Say You? A Murder Of Crows:

Crow complaints are on the rise in Santa Monica. Neighbors are complaining about early morning loud noise, crows carrying away fledglings from other bird’s nests, crows frightening off other birds, crows eating garbage and crows […]