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Opinion January 9, 2017

Opinion: Top Contradictions of 2016

By Steve Stajich It was not “the worst year ever” for us. Get with some Syrian refugees on how bad things can get. But it was a year of often baffling contradictions. As they say […]

Opinion December 28, 2016

Christmas: Take a Hike!

By Steven Stajich As Terry Bozzio cited in her 80’s musical essay “Walkin’ in LA”… nobody does that. Apparently, back then anyhow, people just didn’t walk places. Among the sights you would not see back […]

News December 21, 2016

The Ghost Ship Sails On

By Steve Stajich The Oakland fire at a building known as the Ghost Ship was the worst fire in modern California history, with 36 lives lost by count of the investigation so far. The […]

Opinion December 12, 2016

OpEd: Driving Backwards

By Steve Stajich I haven’t been in one of those cars that drive themselves yet, but I imagine that you can sit just about anywhere you like since the thing, you know, does the steering […]

Opinion December 6, 2016

OpEd: Earthquakes: Are We Ready?

By Steve Stajich Earthquakes here are inevitable. Not as much as traffic on the 405, but still we know they are coming and hopefully most of us have a box of supplies somewhere that includes […]

Opinion November 21, 2016

OpEd: Swimming in Cartoon Movies

By Steve Stajich It’s almost mandatory that anybody with a weekly newspaper column occasionally wrings their hands in angst over popular culture. I don’t think I dip into that as often as some others, but […]

Ricky Gervais, host of this year’s 73rd Golden Globes.

Opinion January 17, 2016

Okay, I Guess We Need Awards Shows:

Awards of some kind would probably exist in our society whether the giving and getting of them involved seeking them out or not.

Opinion October 9, 2015

Recycling & Guns: A Possible Similarity:

In the New York Times Sunday Review section of Oct. 4, John Tierney, writer of the Findings column for the New York Times Science section, makes a simple if arguable point: While all of our […]

Carlisle (Frank Noon) tries to seduce Tom (Ben Sharples) to write text that minimizes the side effects of his company’s new drug.

Life and Arts April 11, 2014

“Co-Dependents: 2 Plays On Drugs” On Stage At The Little Theater:

With the tragic death of Philip Seymour Hoffman from a cocktail of heroin, cocaine, and several other drugs, he became another number in the tens of thousands of people who succumb to deadly drug addiction […]

Santa Monica activist Jerry Rubin is a big supporter of Chain Reaction.

Opinion March 12, 2014

Restoring Chain Reaction: A Time For Gratitude, Appreciation:

By Jerry Rubin Now that the iconic landmarked ‘Chain Reaction’ peace sculpture has been saved and the City of Santa Monica has started a process of restoration, I thought it might be interesting for people […]