Editor: The Miramar Hotel, a member of the Santa Monica family for generations, is proposing to make changes to its property that will enhance our Downtown, create a gateway to our city and deliver much-needed […]

There’s something tranquil and right about a spin on the Ferris wheel at Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier just as the sun is going down, or even later when the moon hangs over […]

James William Fulbright, a United States Senator representing Arkansas from 1945 to 1975, was a politician who opposed Brown v. Board of Education, but supported formation of the United Nations and came to oppose U.S. […]

Dear Editor, Santa Monicans, their Westside neighbors, and countless other people around the world have been celebrating the joyful seasons of Passover and Easter this April. As they do so, some may think back to […]

Amid the euphoria that erupted in much of California when a group led by former basketball great Earvin “Magic” Johnson and financier Mark Walter spent more than $2 billion to buy the Los Angeles Dodgers […]

You don’t need me to tell you that the media ensuing from the fatal shooting of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin by 28 year-old George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida has been filled to bursting with haggling […]

Despite persistent delusions that it retains plenty of influence, the California Republican Party is in increasing danger of descending into third place among party registration choices of California voters. That’s clear from the newest voter […]

April Fool’s Day isn’t really “celebrated” in the strictest sense. I’ve never been invited to an April Fool’s party although maybe the perfect April 1st event would be to invite people to a party… and […]

There’s always reason for suspicion when political parties with dramatically disparate ideologies band together for anything. So it was when the state Republican and Democratic parties partnered in a lawsuit that eventually got California’s old […]