Bringing a steady flow of unvetted Muslims into our country is the centerpiece of sophisticated, carefully  choreographed protests against President Trump. This is not just about the lowest rung of the community, punks and overweight single ladies, crashing into the streets to enliven their dull lives. This is a many-pronged drive. Another dimension of the outrageous sympathy campaign to slide … Read More

Even though three-fifths of the City Council will be out of the country next week, Councilman Goran Eriksson is not envious. The business owner travels farther and more frequently than any star in the galaxy. Or any human star on the dais. A couple of Council meetings ago, he was on the telephone to colleagues from his native Sweden. In … Read More

Air raids sounded and screams threatened organs of hearing last November when President Trump was elected. In normally quiescent, sedate Culver City, you could hear a bomb drop over the din that raised fears of illegal immigrants vanishing via instant, noiseless deportation. The crowd of hometown protesters was quelled by the Police Dept.’s hands-off policy and the City Council’s declaration … Read More

Second in a series   Re “Asst. Super Reynolds Is Retiring” Closing out his fifth year as assistant superintendent for business services for the School District, Mike Reynolds is going to be working on Irving Place longer than expected. His retirement, disclosed here earlier this week, will start Nov. 1, not July 1.  Supt. Josh Arnold and the School Board … Read More

Seldom has a high-profile government guy deserved to be canned as strongly as the staggering, fumbling, weaving James Comey. Going back to a black day last July when the now-former FBI director committed an act of self-humiliation, his firing has been10 months in the making. Mr. Comey stunned Democrats and Republicans last July when he said Hillary Clinton clearly broke … Read More

While Vice Mayor Thomas Small speaks romantically of Sicily and Italy after numerous visits, going there next week will be new for Mayor Jeff Cooper and former Mayor Jim Clarke. In buttoning down the beach community of Capo d’Orlando, Sicily, as Culver City’s new Sister City, Messers. Cooper, Small and Clarke will be figuring out, with Capo leaders, what the … Read More

Seldom has a journeyman book reviewer come so shamelessly unspooled as Michiko (Ah Hate Republicans) Kakutani did the other morning in The New York Times. Michi, as she calls herself, worships daily at the altar of St. Barack Obama, the Joke Who Became President. Frustratingly undisciplined at the age of 62, the vicious liberal toady whipped herself into what smelled … Read More

Third in a series   Re “What Can Mayor Do About Infrastructure?” In assessing the fiscal responsibilities now confronting new Mayor Jeff Cooper, one of the insightful sages of the community delivered a warning to the mayor and City Council: “We have a healthy reserve fund that we will burn through in no time at all if we are unable … Read More

Fourth in a series   Re “Vice Mayor Small Is Going Home – Sort of” When Vice Mayor Thomas Small lived in Sicily and Italy in the early 1980s, he did what a curious 19-year-old college student is expected to do when he takes a year off from classes. He roamed and explored. “Once I lived on a farm, and … Read More