Reflections & Observations: Flawed Plan, Flawed Process
Under Santa Monica City Council rules, when a Council member has a stake -– however slight or indirect –- in a matter, which comes before the Council...

Don’t Blame The Horses
The headline in the Sunday Los Angeles Times Opinion section caught our eye immediately...

Rough Justice
Kentucky Judge Megan Thornton has had it. It seems that as often as not, after a victim of domestic violence has requested that the Judge put a restraining order in place against her batterer...

Letters To The Editor

Bay City Beat: Faith: Testing one, two…
Soupy Sales tells a very long story about a well-trained dog that suddenly goes crazy in town, buying drinks and carousing...

The Last Word: CHENEY STILL WON’T TURN OVER NOTES FROM MEETINGS WITH ENERGY LEADERS

Point of View: Redistricting Returns With a Vengeance
Voters, beware. Redistricting is back. Every 10 years it revisits us like a recurring plague...

In Her Opinion: A Southern California Schubertiade
How else would one celebrate Franz Schubert’s 205th birthday other than attending a Schubertiade? I don’t know much about Schubert, and I’ve never before attended a Schubertiade, but...