By Steve Stajich   A few notes about our experience of life becoming more dependent on video imagery before we go in on police body cameras: It wasn’t all that long ago that something occurred […]

By Steve Stajich   Oh the sadness and disappointment when our heroes sometimes trip and fall, revealing that they are normal size and strength humans just like us. Of course it’s our own fault for […]

By Steve Stajich   Baby boomers can have a rough time of it some days. If it’s not one thing, it’s another. We embrace two terms of Obama as a clear and permanent turn in […]

By Steve Stajich   Full disclosure: Because our home has a few workout devices in a room, we tend to watch television news channels during our exertions to stave off aging by means of fitness […]

By Steve Stajich   Okay, quick show of hands: The Internet is a modern wonder, allowing us to communicate faster, find old friends online, shop at home, post pictures of our dogs wearing Santa hats… […]

By Steve Stajich Full Disclosure: I was a chubby kid, from about age 7 to 13. At that time, retail stores sold pants for boys who were “husky.” That term was deployed because any other synonym […]

By Steve Stajich   Or at least, those were the opening lyrics from singer Maureen McGovern’s 1972 hit single that was initially written for the movie “The Poseidon Adventure.” In that film, a cruise ship […]

By Steve Stajich   It’s not a secret that there are those who have long yearned to uncouple the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD.) But as recently as spring of 2016 meetings with representatives […]

By Steve Stajich Nostalgia is a drug used frequently by writers. Much of writing, not to be confused with typing, comes into being from the memory banks of the writer. But as a drug, nostalgia […]