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…
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Ah, it’s the time of year when the veil is thin, the golden time of year when leaves and secrets are carried through the air, when something is whispered in the wind.…
“The Fourth Freedom is freedom from fear, which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will…
“Elections have consequences,” a friend of mine likes to say. “Well, duh,” I like to say. After the recent Brett Kavanaugh debacle—as if Donald Trump’s upset in 2016 wasn’t enough—you’d think we…
Perhaps no other object in the night sky is as compelling as the Earth’s Moon. Our moon is bright: second only to the Sun. Our Moon is large: its disk’s diameter can…
Not Our Problem? Dear Editor: Are others in the canyon are facing this, since many of the electrical poles have been replaced in Topanga? On June 15, SCE installed a new electrical pole…
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…
The Equinox has passed. Summer, that great celebration of sunshine and play, is officially over, and we are heading into the annual loss of daylight and the onset of literal darkness—if we…
“Freedom from Want” was inspired by America’s Thanksgiving holiday, a time when family and friends gather together to share a meal and spend time together. Many cultures have traditions of giving thanks,…
During my career in the classroom, I displayed a large poster expressing the wisdom of Mark Twain: “Never let your schooling interfere with your education.” It was my way of telling students…