How the Grinch Steals Obama:
On the one hand, the exultant high following Obama’s election had to wear off or at least morph into something new at some point, and we are in Year Two. It was beautiful and real […]
Letters to The Editor:
[Editor’s Note: In the last week, the Santa Monica Mirror editor has gotten a couple dozen letters regarding Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed cut to California’s In-Home Care program (IHSS). Although many of these letters appear […]
Tips for College Grads Entering the ‘Real World’:
You have finished college and received the long-awaited diploma. After going on interviews and sending out your resume, you landed a job. Congrats, college graduate. You are about to enter a whole new world. This […]
The Kids Are Alright. But How Are We Doing?:
Near the holiday weekend one of our cable channels offered-up a kind of festival of “Teens-out-of-control!” movies from the 50s and 60s. “Rebel Without a Cause” and “The Blackboard Jungle” made the list of course, […]
Needed Prop. 13 Fix at Last Gets a Serious Look:
Ho-hum. Another summer, and on other state budget deficit, another impasse in the Legislature, and once again a major part of the solution stares lawmakers in the face and they do nothing about it. Oops. […]
There’s LUCE, and Then There’s “loose”…:
Class stratification doesn’t have to be part of the dialogue about every single thing in America. Or does it? You can certainly point to a lot of on-going problems and argue that because those who […]
Brown-Whitman Race May Turn on Populism vs. Business:
When finances turn questionable for a big business, there are layoffs. From General Motors to General Electric and even the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Chronicle, that’s how it’s done. It doesn’t always work: […]
I Eat, Therefore I Risk:
Let’s start with the water bottle. Because that’s just such a strange modern mentality to begin with… the notion that something is safer or more pure because it’s in a sealed plastic bottle. But okay, […]
Hometown Hero: Ted Winterer:
2010 will be the first time Ted, his wife, the designer Beck Taylor, their children, Eleanor and Steele, and their dogs will join the marchers. For the previous three years Ted was a parade producer […]
Time to Change the Map on High Speed Rail:
Here’s a question for the California High Speed Rail authority: How about cutting out the most expensive parts of your current plan – which also happen to be the most controversial – while leaving its […]
The first protest at René Redzepi’s Noma pop-up at the Paramour Estate (Video)
The protest was organized by Jason Ignacio White and One Fair Wage after the owner and chef of Noma, René...
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Film Review: Oscars Landscape 2026
My Oscar choices and predictions. The 98th Academy Awards, Sunday, March 15th at 4:00 PM, on ABC, and streaming on...
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