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L.A. Times Reviews Rove Book. Can You Guess the Outcome?

Ari L. Noonan — 2010-03-09

Digesting Timmy Rutten"s book reviews in the Los Angeles Times is like buying your lunch-hour tuna sandwich every day at the same deli: No drama. Years in advance, you know within two taste buds exactly how the tuna will strike your palate.

Culver High Students Diagram a Policy for Flipping Phone Ban

Ari L. Noonan — 2010-03-09

Flanked by his fellow founders, the president of the recently organized Student Union at Culver City High School is scheduled to meet with a team of administrators on Thursday to negotiate a reversal of Culver High"s ban on cell phones and ipods during break times.

Union to Offer a "Fairer" Way for the District to Save $1 Million

Ari L. Noonan — 2010-03-09

Without a further contract bargaining session on the schedule, Teachers Union President David Mielke plans to use tonight"s 7 o"clock School Board meeting at Lin Howe School to publicly unveil the union"s counter-proposal.

Seeing Anew

Carter Dewberry — 2010-03-09

My mother"s eyes welled with tears as my brother pointed and exclaimed, “Look, mommy, it"s a tree!”

Candidate Claims a Finding

Robert Zirgulis — 2010-03-09

Remember when I said the "fix" was in on all these endorsements for City Council?

Warmer or Colder, It Doesn"t Matter. Bible Blames Global Warming.

Ari L. Noonan — 2010-03-08

When the Los Angeles Times has a child-sized mission to cover, the Juvenile Editor whistles for Jimmy (Very) Rainey.

Selling Us Short

John Cohn — 2010-03-08

This is going to be a little bit confusing.

Malsin Should Be Returned to the Council, Cops Say

News — 2010-03-08

Culver City police officers today have made clear they believe they can count on Scott Malsin.

There Really Is Something Fishy About Bassy

Ari L. Noonan — 2010-03-08

Re: “Bimbo Alert: Guess Who Is Skulking Away with Education Dollars?”

Your Handwriting Holds Secrets You May Want to Unlock

Nicholas Pollak — 2010-03-08

Not too long ago a neighbor invited me to his 40th birthday party. I asked if, as my gift to him, I could become his party"s entertainment.

Last Thursday Was "a Teachable Moment for Students"

Letters to the Editor — 2010-03-08

Re “I Propose a Toast to Manipulation Day”

Bunning, a Lonely Hero

Ari L. Noonan — 2010-03-05

It has been much easier in Washington this week to savage Jim Bunning than to think through his unvarnished reasoning with him.

Bimbo Alert: Guess Who Is Skulking Away with Education Dollars?

Ari L. Noonan — 2010-03-05

I wonder what the Culver City teachers who led their sin-free students by the nostrils out to the curb yesterday morning to play pliable puppet for their union bosses will think when they swallow Karen Bass"s latest gotcha scam.

Backwards in High Heels: A Bronze Start to a Silver Jubilee Year

Frederik Sisa — 2010-03-05

I like to think of the International City Theatre in Long Beach as the off-Ahmanson. That is, the ICT is to the Ahmanson what off-Broadway is to Broadway; it may not be the first theatre that comes to Angeleno minds when craving the stage, but it’s the source of many gems and well worth the drive. The reason isn’t all that difficult to articulate: excellent production values and bravura choices, including Mark Twain’s Is He Dead and Berthold Brecht’s Threepenny Opera from past seasons. Alas, as the ICT’s silver jubilee season gets underway, the inaugural production doesn’t quite meet the high standards set by previous productions. Backwards in High Heels: A Ginger Rogers Musical has all the temperament of a high school play.

Looking Back

Alexandra Campbell — 2010-03-05

It"s been a whole year since I started writing for thefrontpageonline.com. How time flies! Can it really be 52 weeks since I began telling readers what was going on Inside My Head?

Time

Robert Ebsen — 2010-03-05

Time can mean so many things to so many people. This is what time means to me today, as I approach the age of 70.

Teachers Union Agrees to Five Furlough Days

My Opinion — 2010-03-05

[Editor"s Note: As contract negotiations continue between the Teachers Union and the Culver City School District, Union President David Mielke filed the following report with his members on yesterday"s session.]

It Rained in Torrents, but Drenching Did Not Dampen Our Spirits

Shachar — 2010-03-05

Dateline Jerusalem — It has been raining non-stop for five days with hail, thunder, lightning and flooding, the biggest storm in five years.

Cops Stand Behind Cooper

News — 2010-03-05

The Culver City Police Officers Assn. this morning has endorsed Jeff Cooper for City Council.

I Propose a Toast to Manipulation Day

Ari L. Noonan — 2010-03-04

On the way home from picking up my wife at the airport this early morning, we drove past El Rincon School.

What Happened to Healthcare Reform?

Dr. Janet Hoult — 2010-03-04

Here are a couple of political limericks written by Robert Keating, a member of our Green Poets group in Santa Monica.

Zirgulis Salutes Zirgulis Recycling Plan

Robert Zirgulis — 2010-03-04

At the last School Board meeting, I was asked to bring old campaign yard signs to this morning"s protest against school budget cuts at Culver City High School.

Cooper Gains School Board Endorsements

News — 2010-03-04

Jeff Cooper today announced the additional endorsements of many current and former Culver City School Board members for his City Council campaign.

Advice for K. Silbiger: Take a Long Pause

Ari L. Noonan — 2010-03-04

>Re “About My Visit to the City Council”

Wasn"t Olympics Discipline a Little Loose?

Mike Hennessey — 2010-03-04

Possibly I shouldn"t have said anything last week about the International Olympic Committee and the high standard they were trying to uphold.

Could the Winner and Loser of This State Contest Actually Both Win in November?

Thomas D. Elias — 2010-03-04

No one in California politics gives 33-year-old Republican Damon Dunn much chance of unseating Democratic Secretary of State Debra Bowen this fall.

Edwards Makes Real News Again — Only in the Non-Democrat Media

Ari L. Noonan — 2010-03-03

Sometimes when I fold my eyes, I envision my wife saying, “Did you hear that John Edwards was released from prison this afternoon after serving 15 years?”

Jobs in the Aftermath

John Cohn — 2010-03-03

The single biggest loser in this recession has been jobs.

Good Reason Blacks Give Obama A Racial Pass

Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson — 2010-03-03

The undeniable fact is that President Obama has gotten a racial pass from blacks.

Urban Comedy: Tavis Smiley, A Crab Determined to Reach Beyond His Grasp

Eric L. Wattree — 2010-03-03

He is at it again, people.