By Jack Neworth America’s foremost humorist, Mark Twain, considered the Spanish-American War rather ironic. (Actually he considered it rather criminal.) Our forefathers had come to America to escape tyranny, and yet we […]
We are a country of amnesiacs
Atomic Scientists Set The Clock Forward
Faced with inadequate progress on nuclear weapons reduction and proliferation, and continuing inaction on climate change, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) announced today that it has moved the hands of […]
Swami X Speaks
What we believe has a lot to do with what we experience, and how we experience it. Unfortunately, we take on beliefs before we are emotionally mature enough to fully understand them. […]
Free Speech on Ocean Front Walk?
By Bill Mitchell ‘Dissident speech’ is the revolutionary Right protected by the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution of the United States. It is not a permit to […]
Poetry
January 1st, 2012 Venice, CA – Mary Getlein Home before the Hour – Michelle Lepori Love Knows – Ronald K. McKinley 16:13 Monday, January 30, 2012 – Roger Houston can’t ask the wind why […]
Theatrical Review: “Awake in a World that Encourages Sleep”
Reviewed by Roger Linnett From the beginning of Raymond J. Barry’s “Awake in a World that Encourages Sleep” at the Electric Lodge, the audience is subjected to a lurching, frenetic exposition of […]
Get Ready for the Doomsday Year
Not since 1000 AD has there been so much apprehension about the new year. It’s the end of the Mayan Calendar, the lining up of the sun with the galactic core, the […]
This Year’s Boardwalk Ordinance
By Greta Cobar A new ordinance regulating vending on the West side of Ocean Front Walk (OFW) is set to take effect in the next few weeks. It was signed by Mayor […]
Letters
The Venice Mummy – John D Ekstromer Save the Venice Post Office – Tina Catalina Corcoran Who’s Poisoning the Leaders of South America? – Bill Mitchell ———————————- The Venice Mummy Dear […]
Arrests On Third Street
By Mary Getlein The who, what, where, when, and why of it is! Who gathered long time residents of Venice, mostly artists. What? The LAPD showed up at 5:30 in the morning […]
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