
Getting what you need
Certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man. • U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Oliver Wendell [...]

At one with four wheels
As a native Californian and, perhaps more importantly, an Angeleno, I have spent a disproportionate amount of my life in [...]

A lift from the good Doctor
A few months ago, a friend of mine mentioned something about "Doctor Who," a BBC science fiction series about a [...]

A time of cleansing
It was that time of year again. Time, if you're Jewish, to reflect on all you've done over the past [...]

Calling Los Angeles home
I grew up in Los Angeles, but it is such a vast metropolis that saying that only leads to another [...]

For love of dogs
When I was around 11 or 12 years old, my family brought home a dog. I don’t know where he [...]

The secret life of class reunions
The closest invention to a time machine is perhaps the high school reunion. Going back to the campus where you [...]



Diversity detective
A few years ago, a friend of mine new to the Los Angeles area began telling me something was abuzz [...]

Trees, sunsets — and strikes
At this time of year, a strange pause sets in, an obligatory winter break that to me has often felt [...]