I have been so turned-on these last few weeks by my recent PDF scanning and searching of 197 Wikipedia Coats of Arms articles, and of my word and fact books, that I knew my tree ID hobby would be next. A few years ago, I learned to identify over 200 trees. Funny what happens to our memories. I’d say that … Read More
Final Score on Our Cruise
Mike Hennessey
Dateline Dayton – On a recent Wednesday after taking Jake, our dog, to his hotel, we were on our way to Baltimore, the port, in anticipation of a cruise to Canada. Since we didn’t need to arrive at the ship until Thursday afternoon, we stopped at the Rocky Gap Casino and Resort, in Flintstone, MD, for the night. A great … Read More
Quake Insurance? No, Thanks
Mr. Elias
Chuck Quackenbush is long gone from California after his scandal-ridden ouster from the state insurance commissioner’s office in 2000. He went on to live for awhile on the Big Island of Hawaii and subsequently has been a sheriff’s deputy in Lee County (Ft. Myers), Fla., where he shot and critically wounded a suspect in 2008 while the man allegedly resisted … Read More
How Handy to Marry a Handyman
Ms. Vaillancourt's handy husband.
Dateline Boston — I married a handyman. Husband is good at a lot of things—working with computers, mincing vegetables, reading maps. He’s also great at doing small jobs around the house that I might be able to do, but not easily. I don’t take it for granted, but when I started seeing him work his magic at other people’s houses, … Read More
Are President’s Pants on Fire?
President Obama. Photo: Reuters
When you watch President Obama deny foreknowledge of the latest White House embarrassment, it is obvious why he blew his last window-washing gig. True to his career goal — to be remembered as the most inept, least serious American president of the last two centuries — Mr. Obama staggered through his latest public fib like a 50-cent drunk. Even his … Read More
Latest Strong ‘No’ Against CW
Measure CW is a thinly-veiled property tax increase. Enough is enough. Do not be stampeded by fear. No writing supports the amount allegedly needed. Exactly how will our monies be used? Where are the documents by which Culver City projected the amount of funds allegedly needed? None has been provided—a definite red flag. Show us the numbers. Tell us the … Read More
Cows Aren’t Only Ones Getting Milked and Bilked
Experts at getting milked. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Seventh in a series. Re: “Refugee Who Games the System?” I have spent a half-dozen days this month telling you about my Iranian refugee friend who came – or fled? – to America because she believes she can have a free ride in our adopted country for the rest of her life. That leads me to a question for our … Read More
A Refugee Who Games the System?
Re: “Can an Asylum Seeker Go Home Again?” As an immigrant myself, I was shocked that my Iranian refugee friend, who came here seeking political asylum, voluntarily returned to Iran and visited other countries while abroad. And what did Iranian officials tell you while entering the country? I asked. “Nothing,” she said. “I had no involvement in the politics, it … Read More
Zach Greenberg, Epitome of Perfection
Zachary Greenberg
Culver City High School senior Zachary Greenberg has earned the highest possible score on the standardized ACT exam – a composite score of 36. “Zachary is the epitome of a scholar athlete who excels in the classroom and on his team,” said Asst. Principal DuBois McMillan. Greenberg is captain of the Centaurs Water polo team in his second year on the … Read More
Garcetti Turns (Remains?) Wimpy on Corruption
Mayor Garcetti
The Guss Report — Alive and well is the perception that Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti employs the same approach toward advancing his political aspirations that J. Wellington Wimpy did in the old Popeye cartoons: “I will gladly quash corruption allegations and throw whistleblowers under the bus if you make a massive donation to my next campaign.” For example, for nearly … Read More