Opinion pieces, editorials and letters to the editor on Santa Monica issues from Santa Monica Mirror.
By CHARLES ANDREWS WELCOME into the world, JULIAN! My newly minted next-door neighbor, now is the third Beautiful Boy in our small complex. While there are little ones running around trying to get us to […]
Our city is currently coming through a cycle of decline, hoping to enter a more ascendant phase. But it is encountering two major headwinds that, in spite of everyone’s best efforts, do not augur well […]
By CHARLES ANDREWS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: “BLUE KISS,” Ruskin Group Theatre – How can I highly recommend something I haven’t seen yet? See Library Girl. See Jazz Bakery. Track record and integrity. More next week, but […]
by Bruce Leddy, SMa.r.t. Guest Columnist When it comes to new state housing laws that override local zoning, our City Council tends to say, in effect, “There’s nothing we can do! Our hands are tied!” […]
By CHARLES ANDREWS NO KINGS!! Organizers estimated about 8,000,000 people took to the streets Saturday for this one. The previous one was pegged at 7M. Those seem like big numbers, but considering the U.S. population […]
It was 4:31 in the morning when the San Fernando Valley lurched. The Northridge earthquake lasted less than 30 seconds. The effort to reckon with what it revealed would consume the better part of three […]
By CHARLES ANDREWS OK, KIND OF A CLEVER HEADLINE, BUT INACCURATE They’re here for more than a year, and “brutish” is far too mild a descriptive adjective. (Anyone remember parts of speech?) I think many […]
By CHARLES ANDREWS GOT LUNCH PLANS FOR SATURDAY? Do they include saving our democracy, maybe the entire planet? (Never forget, he’s got the nuclear codes.) Standing up for immigrants, in this nation built on immigration? […]
A Comparative Environmental, Financial, and Regulatory Analysis The Two Scenarios (Three?) The airport remains operational or closed, but likely leading to the third and future use of the land. So it should be worth taking […]
By CHARLES ANDREWS VERY IMPORTANT REMINDER A week from Saturday, March 28, is the second NO KINGS PROTEST, and it almost feels larely like this might be our last shot, to show overwhelmingly, millions and […]
