Opinion

Assessing the Worth of a Celebrity

Published by admin on Thu, 05/09/2019 - 5:36pm

For those of you – like me – who routinely review financial websites, it’s gratifying to see what useful information can be picked up. A few days ago I happened upon the site of Jeff Rose, a Certified Financial Planner in Carbondale, Illinois.

Time for a Pet Cemetery in Long Beach?

Published by admin on Thu, 05/09/2019 - 5:35pm

It is illegal to bury your family pet (or family member) in your back yard. Although many people do it. They bury their family pet that is. Or maybe sprinkle a handful or two of a loved one’s cremains in their garden.

Movie Review: 'Capernaum'

Published by admin on Thu, 05/09/2019 - 5:10pm

Places are like the moon, they have a dark side which is never shown to anybody. Once considered the Paris of the Middle East, the 5,000-year-old city of Beirut, Lebanon has for decades been devastated by civil wars and political corruption.

Theater Review: 'Skylight'

Published by admin on Thu, 05/09/2019 - 5:08pm

Love, lust, resentment and guilt are some of the emotional conundrums broached in David Hare’s drama, “Skylight,” which won the Olivier Award for Play of the Year in its premiere production at London’s National Theatre in 1995.

Beachcombing

Published by admin on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 5:13pm

Here we go again. Another large institution in Long Beach – CSULB – is asking the public to pick its new mascot after deciding that Prospector Pete should be banned to the lower campus.

Solving the Housing Crisis

Published by admin on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 5:12pm

Not a day goes by I’m not reminded of California’s housing distress.

Movie Review: 'Cold War'

Published by admin on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 4:36pm

This cold war has no guns firing bullets at people or falling bombs raising havoc below, but it does have lots of conflicts, subterfuge, plotting and scheming. The setting for Cold War is 50s Poland.

Movie Review: 'Cold War'

Published by admin on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 4:34pm

This cold war has no guns firing bullets at people or falling bombs raising havoc below, but it does have lots of conflicts, subterfuge, plotting and scheming. The setting for Cold War is 50s Poland.

Beachcombing

Published by admin on Thu, 04/11/2019 - 4:37pm

Do you have a pet peeve? Everybody can usually sound off about something that annoys them in life. Generally I’m happy with most things, but in thinking about the topic I realized that an entire column could be written about the subject. For instance:

The Class-Action Gambit

Published by admin on Thu, 04/11/2019 - 4:10pm

It’s taken a long time in coming, but federal judges are in the process of cleaning up the perennial abuses of the class-action lawsuit business.

Beachcomber

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