Even in progressive Santa Monica, these are not great times for journalists. However, I'd like to share two hopefully amusing examples. The first involves someone who doesn'
At the risk of sounding like Rodney (“I get no respect”) Dangerfield, I confess that, in reaching out to interview prominent people, I rarely even get a return phone call.
By tomorrow or early next week, Brett Kavanaugh will likely be Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh. Yikes! (In a 1983 letter in which he admitted he was “an obnoxious drunk,” Kavanaugh
In January, 2017, Donald Trump reportedly instructed his administration to treat each day as if it were a reality show. It seemed insane but for two years we've
At the height of Watergate, as young reporters Bob Woodard and Carl Bernstein were closing in on President Nixon, their stern Washington Post editor, the late Ben Bradley, warned them.
November 1, 2017, seemed like just a typical day for hard-working, local handyman Russell Braunstein. A Santa Monica resident for twenty-five years, Russ was busy on the job at a
Last week I purchased a new (used) bike. Realizing this isn't exactly “breaking news,” I nonetheless hope what happened to my beloved mountain bike, and why, will pique
America is mourning the passing and celebrating the life of Senator John McCain. In 1967, POW McCain heroically rejected the N. Vietnamese offer of release once they discovered his grandfather
When former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson faced rape charges in 1992, his lawyer's closing argument to the jury was essentially “My client's an animal. Would
