Opinion

Movie Review: Intrigo: Death of an Author

Published by admin on Thu, 04/23/2020 - 4:15pm

A large weighted object is pushed over the side of a small boat drifting on the surface of a shimmering teal-blue sea. A man slowly hikes a rocky, crumbling path through the bleak landscape of a remote Greek island.

Why Would a City that Has Its Own Health Department, Not Proactively Protect Our First Responders?

Published by admin on Wed, 04/15/2020 - 10:32am

I have just finished reading the article about the Long Beach Police Officer who blew the whistle on the city’s lack of protection for our first responders. I read it several times because I thought there must be something missing.

A Century of Pandemics

Published by admin on Thu, 04/09/2020 - 7:15pm

Just so you’ll know, not a single word of the next several paragraphs are mine. The purpose of this article is to put the current Coronavirus epidemic into perspective with the other epidemics over the prior 100 years.

Beachcombing

Published by admin on Thu, 04/09/2020 - 7:08pm

Normally we would be posting the “Best of Long Beach” winners in this issue but decided to hold off for a couple of months since some of those services are not accessible at this time.

The Choice We Have

Published by admin on Thu, 04/09/2020 - 6:56pm

The mind works by means of a vortex. It establishes one thought and then expands on that thought moving in a spiral direction forward with the original thought as guiding principle.

A Little Humor + Wisdom

Published by admin on Thu, 04/09/2020 - 6:02pm
  • Half of us are going to come out of this quarantine as amazing cooks. The other half will come out with a drinking problem.
  • I used to spin that toilet paper like I was on Wheel of Fortune. Now I turn it like I’m cracking a safe.

Movie Review: 'The Invisible Man"

Published by admin on Thu, 04/09/2020 - 5:22pm

The husband, Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), isn’t very visible at the beginning of the movie and then, not at all – he has become invisible. In the field of optics, Adrian is an innovative genius – his personal life a control freak.

Beachcombing

Published by admin on Thu, 03/26/2020 - 6:08pm

Just when he thought his restaurant days were over. Jim Choura finds himself right back to the good ole days of The Galley Delicatessen.

In Support of Urban Sprawl

Published by admin on Thu, 03/26/2020 - 6:06pm

A remarkably articulate political columnist, who covered government for nearly 60 years, just produced an article opposing suburban sprawl.

Theater Alternatives

Published by admin on Thu, 03/26/2020 - 5:46pm

With so many theaters suspending stagings of live performances – such as the Ahmanson and Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and South Coast Repertory in The OC – it may be time to explore some indoor viewing opportunities. After all, social distance is the advice of the day.

Beachcomber

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