Community, Diversity, Sustainability and other Overused Words
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As Jerry Brown finished his 4th term as California governor, he opened the prisons and the border. He also gave the people of California one more gift: Impossibly long lines at the DMV. In May 2016, Brown announced that anyone, no matter what their citizenship status, could get a California Drivers license. The FAA threatened to keep Californians from boarding planes, because as ID, California Drivers licenses would be worth nothing. After litigation and negotiation, the State and Federal...
As yours truly predicted in 2016, the US Food and Drug Administration or FDA, has approved marijuana for medicinal use. http://www.smobserved.com/story/2016/07/10/news/dea-source-confirms-schedule-ii-medical-marijuana-is-in-the-works/1562.html The DEA approves drugs derived from plants, rather than plants for medicinal use. But a THC derived drug means that Marijuana is no longer any more illegal than the grapes from which gallo makes wine. It is now a legitimate plant for drug manufacturers to...
Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum is back with an exciting summer line-up of socially conscious theater, music and performance. The Summer 2018 Season, including five plays set to open in rapid succession and perform in repertory throughout the summer together with a host of satellite events, will open June 2 and continue through mid-October in the company's breathtakingly beautiful outdoor Topanga setting. Kicking off the season on June 2 will be William Shakespeare's Coriolanus, co-directed by...
The Santa Monica father who shot himself on the lawn of John Adams Middle School on Saturday has been identified by friends and associates as Daniel Callahan. His son's mother wrote to us to say: "He was my son's father. He did not kill himself over custody. I am the mother." A donation page has been set up for Callahan's family. It says: Liam Callahan lost his father, Daniel Callahan, on June 23rd. We are hoping to support Liam in starting a nest egg for his future education, as well as other...
9-year-old US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced that he is retiring. Seen as a centrist, who often decides close cases, Kennedy recently sided with the conservative majority in upholding the latest version of the Trump administration's travel ban. Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) is the senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. President Ronald Reagan nominated Kennedy to the Supreme Court in 1987, and Kennedy was sworn in on February 18,...