Curious City

SHOOTING IN THE DARK I imagine most columnists feel that way sometimes. Who’s reading? Is anybody reading?! Are the people...

I HAVE HELP Writing these columns, you know. No one Thesaurus-cribbing non-original thinker could produce alone this massive volume of...

I KNOW YOU EXPECT Sarcasm from me. I minored in it, in college. Bachelor of Journalism/Sarcasm. But I was sincere...

TED WINTERER LOVES SANTA MONICA I’m pretty sure of that. Kevin McKeown does too, and Gleam Davis. Sue Himmelrich, Rick...

DIRTY WORDS “Liberal,” “Progressive,” “worms.” The first two, attacked from both the left and the right. In the People’s Republic...

“LIBERAL,” “PROGRESSIVE” -- DIRTY WORDS I will return to this loaded subject and especially as it applies to local politics....

WISHY WASHY That’s what Lucy used to call that other Charles, Charlie Brown. Growing up reading Peanuts, I never identified...

A CAN OF FLYING WORMS I knew it. Years ago, during one of our several Santa Monica Airport kerfuffles, whenever...

TOTALLY DISGUSTED Not all people. Not the overwhelming majority of them. But the worst just continue to sink even lower....

NOBODY’S LISTENING? You never get to ask questions about the direction your beloved city is going, or offer suggestions or...