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OpEd: Red State / Blue State: Where Would You Rather Live?

December 6, 2016 admin

By Tom Elias “The pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states,” Barack Obama...

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OpEd: Earthquakes: Are We Ready?

December 6, 2016 admin

By Steve Stajich Earthquakes here are inevitable. Not as much as traffic on the 405, but still we know they...

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BOYB: Phil Reflects on Thanksgiving at the VA

December 5, 2016 admin

Phil is surrounded by the true spirit of giving at the annual “Westside Thanksgiving”

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OpEd: SM.a.r.t. A House Divided Cannot Stand

December 2, 2016 admin

Following the election, our city remains as divided as ever. Are we an urban, or a beachfront city? Who will...

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Good Taste Santa Monica: I Wonder If It Comes In A Pod? Rare Coffee Brews In Santa Monica

December 1, 2016 admin

By Barbara Bishop I met few business associates at a very low-key coffee/tea shop the other day in Santa...

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OpEd: No Paroles for Mass Killers, Even Under Prop. 57

November 28, 2016 admin

By Tom Elias There was considerable irony when a California parole review panel late on Oct. 27 – just 12...

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Hot Flash: I Need My Beauty Sleep

November 28, 2016 admin

By Barbara Bishop I need my beauty sleep! We always say it, but is there some truth to sleeping that...

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OpEd: SMa.r.t – A Thankful City

November 26, 2016 admin

2016 gave Santa Monica a lot to be thankful for. SMa.r.t. (Santa Monica Architects for a responsible tomorrow) would like...

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OpEd: Swimming in Cartoon Movies

November 21, 2016 admin

By Steve Stajich It’s almost mandatory that anybody with a weekly newspaper column occasionally wrings their hands in angst over...

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Opinion: SMa.r.t. Santa Monica Architects for a Responsible Tomorrow: The Alchemy Of Greed

October 21, 2016 mirrormmg

Opinion: Our City is experiencing an identity crisis fueled by gluttony. The powers in the City of Santa Monica have apparently decided that bigger is better and that that this “bigger” needs to be fueled constantly by more…more development, taller and denser buildings, structures that are out-of-scale with our town…more people…more tourists…more workers…more residents.