Opinion pieces, editorials and letters to the editor on Santa Monica issues from Santa Monica Mirror.
Wildfires are a reality in Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) communities. Due to an adequate lack of rainfall during the “rainy season” this year residents of Topanga and adjacent WUI communities such as Malibu, Pacific Palisades, […]
Do the Democrats who dominate the state Legislature side with a governor of their own party or do they go the way of their colleague Republicans, who fought with party mate Arnold Schwarzenegger most of […]
Shame is getting to be one of those words like “thrifty” and “discipline” that seems to smell a bit musty every time it’s pulled-out and glued down somewhere. Maybe what we need to do with […]
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. […]
Pepper spray? Used on Santa Monica College students? How could that be? It’s not who we are, not as a city, not as a community, and not as an institution of higher learning. But it […]
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 […]
