Tag: Laughing Matters

Even in progressive Santa Monica, these are not great times for journalists. However, I'd like to share two hopefully amusing ...

In the fall, as kids in grade school, we'd often be asked to write an essay, “What I did over ...

At the risk of sounding like Rodney (“I get no respect”) Dangerfield, I confess that, in reaching out to interview ...

In January, 2017, Donald Trump reportedly instructed his administration to treat each day as if it were a reality show. ...

At the height of Watergate, as young reporters Bob Woodard and Carl Bernstein were closing in on President Nixon, their ...

November 1, 2017, seemed like just a typical day for hard-working, local handyman Russell Braunstein. A Santa Monica resident for ...

Last week I purchased a new (used) bike. Realizing this isn't exactly “breaking news,” I nonetheless hope what happened to ...

America is mourning the passing and celebrating the life of Senator John McCain. In 1967, POW McCain heroically rejected the ...

Abraham Lincoln once said, “You can please some of the people some of the time, some of the people all ...

At the end of last week's column, I was describing myself (circa more decades ago than I care to admit) ...