There was once, a kinder, gentler time. There was once a world of grace and manners, of dancing classes, apples for teachers, golden rules, and hand-written thank-you notes. There was once, like…
Opinion
In the absence of rain and to our delight, “Fernwood Rain Report” contributor Eric Fitzgerald transfers his writing skills and love of astronomy into a celestial monthly feature, “Backyard Astronomer.” As a…
SCE Public Safety Power Shutoff It seems there are so many other options for SCE to improve safety during red flag days. For those of us who have electric cars, if there…
Kathleen Sgamma, for one, is delighted with the direction of environmental policy in the age of Trump. As president of the Western Energy Alliance, a trade group of indie oil and gas…
This is the second of Amy Weisberg’s four essays inspired by Norman Rockwell’s 1943 quartet of paintings “the Four Freedoms.” In Norman Rockwell’s painting depicting the freedom of worship, he fills the…
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…
The recommended method for avoiding injury while setting up a Sansbug is to toss the 20” disc into the air, then stand back as it springs to life and lands at your…
I recently had the pleasure of visiting the New York Historical Society’s Norman Rockwell exhibit and was deeply moved by his paintings illustrating Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms. Roosevelt presented the Four…
The heat was rising even though it wasn’t yet ten in the morning. Along the coast there seemed to be no breeze, just a still flatness, the water almost motionless and oddly…
Two people witnessing an automobile accident often come away with conflicting accounts, even within moments of the event. Ask them six months later to recall the same accident, and their stories will have been transformed by…