California Wildfires Are the Lesson We Never Learn
It is wildfire season in California. The first typically come in early to middle autumn when the land is dry as a bone and the Santa Ana Winds blow hot air to fan the flames. A spark here and the fire is started. A few burning embers caught up in the winds, and the fire [...]
CSI Is Just Another TV Show In Los Angeles
The public sure loves its true crime stories. The public also loves television shows that approximate true crime, like CSI, which most know stands for Crime Scene Investigation. The CBS Television Network programs CSI in a number of cities. The cities range from New York, Las Vegas, Miami, but not Los Angeles.
The show is produced [...]
Beware! Female Sex Addicts Are Lurking Among Us
There is a vintage Steven Sills song. It is called “Love the One You’re With.” That seemed like wise words in earlier days when not only the more responsible among us but even the young had less concerns. Today there are many things to fear, from food additives to terrorists. You can catch every kind [...]
Sarah Palin–What Becomes of Her Now?
Last night like just about everyone else, I sat in fron of the television, staring at election returns. I watched John McCain give his concession speech, which I found to be sincere and dignified. I watched Sarah Palin as well. She and her husband stood behind and to the side of McCain, looking a bit [...]
Lindsay Lohan and the Celebrity Personality Makeover
Sometime over the summer I was reading an article in the Los Angeles Times about San Francisco poet, August Klenizahler. I read how he was the bad boy of verse, and how he has alienated fellow poets with his critiques of their work. He has disenfranchised himself from the Academic literary scene by pronouncing [...]