One of the commonest and most important wishes for January 1 is, “Have a happy, healthy new year!” Let’s face it. Health is the most important of our human conditions. Without it,…
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I was thinking about Santa and how fast he has to go to deliver presents to all the people on this beautiful planet. That’s a global population of 7.7 billion naughty and…
‘Tis the season to be traveling! “Consumers have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season: higher wages, more disposable income, and rising levels of household wealth,” says Bill Sutherland, AAA…
The Woolsey Fire began on Thursday, Nov 8. Nov. 9, our electricity was turned off at daybreak. Along with the electricity, we lost internet, cable TV, wifi and phone service. The flow…
A friend of mine just got kicked off Nextdoor for life. A wonderful guy and a super good neighbor. I have been researching the subject of social media censorship, so I thought…where…
Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, gave it as a gift to the world and never profited directly from it. He made his idea open sourced…anyone could…
So! What’s up with the talk of trust busting in Washington? Is it time for a Teddy Roosevelt-trust-busting-breakup of Big Tech? The Daily Beast asks, are the Tech Oligarchs “a fearsome threat…
Remember that movie, Catch Me If You Can, about Frank Abagnale, who, as a kid, ran the FBI ragged, forging checks and stealing identities? (He assumed at least eight identities during this…
About 12 years ago, I gave an assignment to my critical studies film class after viewing “Motorcycle Diaries,” a biopic about Che Guevara, starring dreamboat Gael Garcia Bernal. For most of my…
There are many beautiful gardens in Topanga, as varied and eccentric as the people who live here. After the killing heat we have had, determined to revive my own fried, scorched, burnt…