The Great Debate About Marijuana
UNITED STATES—Marijuana is a subject that has people arguing against or for the drug to be legalized. A lot of people consider the drug...
Addressing The Crisis In Syria
UNITED STATES—It’s an issue that has literally swept the nation in the past week or so. The threat of chemical warfare at the hands...
The Importance Of Being Punctual
UNITED STATES—I always ask myself time and time again, why is there only 24 hours in a day. It’s not enough time to get...
Homeowners Are Nibbling Away At Our Trails
LAUREL CANYON—Over the last few years I and neighbors have complained that homeowners are moving into the neighborhood and putting up fences, gates and...
The Miley Cyrus Debacle: Was It Too Much?
UNITED STATES—Almost every American in the country has been talking about Disney starlet Miley Cyrus who has made a radical transformation since shedding her...
The Stop And Frisk Policy Is It Right?
UNITED STATES—The stop and frisk program inNew Yorkhas raised many eyebrows in the previous weeks, especially with news that a federal judge has ruled...
GrayAugust A Protest
LAUREL CANYON—When you get an email from Tommy of the Canyon Country Store, it gets priority. I’ve only known Tommy as a person who...
Gigabytes Of Trouble
UNITED STATES—When I was a kid, we had something called a typewriter. There were shiny new marvels, like the Selectric my mother used at...
An Ecological Disaster In The Hills
LAUREL CANYON—You’d think it was the Deepwater Horizon all over again when you talk to the neighbors. Arguments between old buddies, calls for criminal...
Points Of Contact
UNITED STATES—Most people these days do not even understand what debate is. They seem to think it is some kind of verbal brawl where...