Just a thought by Judith Martin-Straw

I picked a paper up out of my driveway yesterday, and discovered a front page story about a local NRA group running a toy drive. I paused to gasp. What next ? Will there be …[READ MORE]

That incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi met with the President this past week is not, by itself, extraordinary. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer – you know, Amy Schumer’s uncle – was also in …[READ MORE]

There were dozens of people headed in the same direction on Tuesday evening, strolling into the space at the side of the stone house in Lindberg Park. The candlelight vigil for the victims of the …[READ MORE]

While the biggest political challenge we seem to be facing locally is about Measure K, both national and international political problems are so daunting, they almost defy description. There is a bit of wisdom being …[READ MORE]

Watching the weird ‘blackout” request go racing through Facebook last weekend brought home three important points. Facebook can be a farce; get a request from a ‘friend’ and you just do what they ask? Nor …[READ MORE]

We have these lists of forgotten histories that pop up once in a while. Typically during February, there will be a list of African-American inventors, people whose names you did not know, who created things …[READ MORE]

People who think that a theater is just a building are people who have never entered through the secret door. The Robert Frost looks really good. The massive, year-plus makeover that cost CCUSD $26 million …[READ MORE]

There’s a tinge of irony. The School Board of the Culver City Unified School District took the step, last year, to consolidate their elections with the national election in November so as to foster a …[READ MORE]

Today is the day that hundreds of newspapers across the country carry editorials to disclaim the idea that “The press is the enemy of the people.” With every repetition of this lie, it gets stranger …[READ MORE]

Would it surprise you to know that Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas has a doctorate from University of Southern California in Social Ethics and Policy Awareness? Would it surprise you to know that Sebastian …[READ MORE]