I’d be delighted to find out that Eli Broad, or his people, are keeping tabs on Santa Monica by way of The Mirror. After all, they’re looking at building a museum for the billionaire’s art […]

I can’t see or interpret every signal that’s out there. I’m just not that good.  The ratings are falling for American Idol. What does it mean?  Could a renaissance in singing by trained professionals be […]

Whatever else a tree symbolizes, it makes us think of time. Or it should. When Ronald Reagan famously observed “If you’ve seen one redwood, you’ve seen them all” he revealed his deep nothingness in regard […]

Last Chance Waltercio Caldas, through April 24, Christopher Grimes Gallery, 916 Colorado Ave., 310.587.3373. MOPLA+ (Month of Photography LA), through April, Frank Pictures Gallery, Bergamot Station, 310.828.0211. Rachel Whiteread Drawings, through April 25, Hammer Museum, […]

Much as we’ve all integrated the Internet into our lives, it turns out the FCC hasn’t really been able to stay ahead of the public’s appetite with involvement to the degree that you’d hope. In […]

Someone I consider to be very wise once asked me exactly what my problem was with expensive restaurants. I explained that, for me personally, there was a conflict in stuffing one’s self with high-end restaurant […]

War is hell. But in realizing that any one war is over, a fresh hell may be revealed. Take for example, the now infamous battle of videotape formats. Old timers and VCR war veterans will […]

Full disclosure: I have eaten sushi and will likely eat sushi again. In my first experiences dining on sushi, I may have naively made a few assumptions about the food I was ingesting. I know […]

When I was a kid in Wisconsin, our family had a radio in the kitchen that was on every morning at breakfast. In the winter you’d hope to hear that it was a “snow day,” […]

Dear Editor, The concept of an animal abuse registry is to list those convicted of certain animal-related felonies on a public website as is done with sex offenders. As animal abuse is a violent act, […]