Editor's Essays

	The State of Normality By Ari L. Noonan @ 9:00 PM May 17, 2011 Found in: Editor's Essays The Sacramento Bee and the Los Angeles Titanic, two of the state’s most influential media organizations, unsurprisingly concluded this morning that Gov. Bald Retread did a fairly terrific job in crafting a budget that delights all Californians. read
	Even if People Are Discouraged, Mielke Prefers a Sunny View By Ari L. Noonan @ 5:00 PM May 13, 2011 Found in: Editor's Essays Except for my wife, David Mielke is the only person of my acquaintance who can dress in the dark. read
	Anybody Interested in Praying — or Just Preying? By Ari L. Noonan @ 5:00 PM May 12, 2011 Found in: Editor's Essays Warming up for tomorrow morning’s hour-before-classes rallies in front of all Culver City schools to convince the Legislature to aggressively pursue tax hikes to aid funding, an exasperating and familiar story hovered into view. read
	A Pathetic Case of the Blind Leading the Sightless into the Lair of a Holdup Man By Ari L. Noonan @ 11:00 PM May 11, 2011 Found in: Editor's Essays Memo to the hundreds of nice but insufficiently informed, blinders-wearing persons who will dutifully line up in front of all Culver City schools an hour before classes on Friday morning and cheer for Gov. Bald Retread to raise our taxes — hit ‘em again, harder, harder — in three categories, income, sales and vehicles. read
	How to Foul up an Impressive Story and Convert It Into Stale Mush By Ari L. Noonan @ 4:00 PM May 05, 2011 Found in: Editor's Essays What captivates me more than Swish Obama’s 8 gaping gaffes in trying to keep his Ossifying Osama stories straight is why he has behaved so reprehensibly. read
	How Are You Going to School? Biking or Walking? By Ari L. Noonan @ 6:00 AM May 04, 2011 Found in: Editor's Essays Second in a series Re “A New/Old Way to Travel to School” read
	A New/Old Way to Travel to School By Ari L. Noonan @ 5:00 PM May 02, 2011 Found in: Editor's Essays I hadn’t been sitting long in Amy Anderson’s office this supposedly sedentary morning before I felt the uncharacteristic urge to either jump onto a bicycle or take a sudden, and lengthy, walk. Anywhere. read
	Ridley-Thomas, a Petulant Prisoner of Pettiness By Ari L. Noonan @ 11:00 AM April 28, 2011 Found in: Editor's Essays Re “A Different Ridley-Thomas at Oil Field Update Meeting” Re “The Fabric Was Stretched at Oil Field Meeting” [Editor’s Note: Three months ago this afternoon, County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, peeved to the point of outrage at a Jan. 28 story in this newspaper, began a marathon pout that continues unabated. Without delving into unpleasant details in the 90-day interim, Mr. Ridley-Thomas, ducking contact by telephone and email, deputized one Karly Katona to telephone the newspaper late yesterday afternoon. She was to give her impressions of his Monday night “community meeting” on the oil field regulations dispute. Ms. Katona was understandably taken aback when the editor said he did not want to speak with her, only with the supervisor. Shortly after, Ms. Katona emailed the newspaper. This morning, the editor replied to her. Below is the record of their correspondence.]read
	Ridley-Thomas: Disappointment By Ari L. Noonan @ 1:00 PM April 20, 2011 Found in: Editor's Essays Toward the end of one of my more forgettable marriages, my For a Few More Minutes Wife slid past me one morning at the breakfast table. It was 8:45. Summoning her most attractive smile — midway between a Doberman and an ailing dachshund — she said icily, “Are you going to the office today?”read
	How Much Longer Can the College District Afford This Dandy? By Ari L. Noonan @ 4:00 PM April 18, 2011 Found in: Editor's Essays Re “Dandy Dan Is a Doozy — with an Asterisk” The clodhoppers on the Los Angeles Community College Board of Lack of Trust(ees) surely stooped last year when they hired the Dandy Dan the Chancellor Man to stand guard over this very needy District. Benedict Arnold probably is getting nervous in his gravebed. Where is Frank Quiambo when we need him?read

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