Just a thought by Judith Martin-Straw

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]

The first Action Item on the city council’s agenda last Monday seemed fairly low-key; appoint a sub committee to weigh in on the process of naming a public parkway after the late Judge Harold Cherness. …[READ MORE]

In the teeth of a heat wave, I tend to be more of a library lurker than a multiplex maven, but circumstances took me to the movies twice in the last week. It wasn’t by …[READ MORE]

I don’t know why I didn’t realize she was there; I should have known. As I was leaving the City Council meeting last Monday night, walking towards the elevators in the center of the City …[READ MORE]

I want to begin by clarifying my role as a journalist in this community, because we are now living in a world where it is easily assumed that everyone has an agenda, everyone is playing …[READ MORE]

I teach yoga when I’m not writing journalism.  For years I have taught Hatha Yoga at the YMCA, and I close the class with the traditional “Namaste.” It does not translate directly, but the way …[READ MORE]