Niche, a website that helps parents discover schools and neighborhoods that are right for them, has named Culver City’s School District the fourth most diverse district in the nation. Using a wide array of statistics, Niche’s Most Diverse School Districts rankings are based on rigorous analysis of demographic and student life data from the U.S. Dept. of Education along with … Read More
Is Obama at Bottom of Voters’ Fake Protests?
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Are the tightly organized hordes of “protestors” suddenly emerging this month at Republican town halls schooled professionals or valid hometowners? With the GOP controlling the leadership in a majority of states, plus owning majorities in both houses of Congress and the White House, does it make sense that Republican voters would be storming the gates? Isn’t it wildly illogical that … Read More
Pardon. What Is Your Name?
Dateline Boston — The family I nanny for is expecting. Whenever I hear that someone is pregnant, I start thinking about baby names. What an important decision to make! I love thinking about names. I always hated my name growing up. Alex. All throughout my elementary school years I heard, “That’s a boy’s name!” Or people thought I was saying … Read More
Small’s Intellectual Approach to Sanctuary Cities
Thomas Small
First in a series. Ten months after winning elective office on his first try, City Councilman Thomas Small has shot to the top tier of thoughtful, reflective hometown politicians in Southern California. While it is no surprise that he will endorse the bandied-about sanctuary city label for Culver City at the March 27 meeting, the real story is how he … Read More
Student Victim of OCC Liberals Needs Help
Mr. O'Neil
By contrast with the overwhelming dominance of liberal newspapers, the courageous Orange County Register is asking readers to organize and fight back against recent misbehavior by left-wing bigots at Orange Coast College. The Register, a lone voice in the liberal academic environment at OCC, mainly is seeking reinstatement of student Caleb O’Neil, 19 years old. He secretly videoed his professor … Read More
Judicial Watch Will Defend Rosebrock
Mr. Rosebrock
Dateline Washington — Judicial Watch today announced it will provide legal representation to Robert L. Rosebrock, a Vietnam-era veteran who faces federal criminal charges for displaying two four-by-six inch American flags outside a Veterans Affairs fence last Memorial Day, May 30. Mr. Rosebrock faces up to six months’ imprisonment if found guilty on any of the three charges. Mr. Rosebrock … Read More
Street Closings for Sunday’s Screenland 5K
On Academy Awards Sunday morning, portions of Culver and Washington boulevards leading from Downtown will be reserved for 3,000 guests in the once-in-a-century Screenland 5K. With the race starting officially at 9 a.m., runners and walkers follow the yellow brick road, experience two legendary studio backlots, view the 100 points of lore on the Centennial Trail and finish on the … Read More
Denzel Hits the Ball Over the ‘Fences’
Denzel Washington and Viola Davis
A token of friendly advice: Do yourself a favor one evening this week. See the excellent Academy-nominated Denzel Washington film “Fences” ahead of Sunday night’s Academy Awards. Best movie I have seen since “High Noon” in 1953. Fences, from August Wilson’s stage production of the same name, is a piercing portrait of the real-life struggles of a middle-class family in … Read More
Living a Dream, Dancing Across New York City
John Cassese, The Dance Doctor
Seventh in a series. Re: “Singing and Dancing to Escape a Flying Ashtray” Growing up as the youngest of five brothers in New York City in the 1950s and ‘60s in a family that pushed boundaries, John Cassese recalled a daunting moment. “One of my older brothers, Philip, was killed in an automobile accident when he was 23,” said the … Read More
Student Whacked. Prof. Confusion Goes Free
As normal Americans know, G-d gave us liberals to act as foils for our mindless entertainment moments long before SNL became a twinkle in Putin’s glass eye. Crude liberals planted their booted feet on the necks of college profs and kids a century ago, and they have not relented. We were harshly reminded again this week. Swaggering and liberal, Orange … Read More