by altha-admin | May 15, 2012 | Articles
While working in local high schools, I would hear the students greet each other, saying: "Qué paso, guey [pronounced "way"]? When I read an article in the LA Times about Spanish slang, I found out that "Guey" is a corruption of the word...
by altha-admin | May 14, 2012 | Articles
Rejection of austerity has pressed a growing margin of Greek voters to support with audacity a political party which swears by "Mein Kampf" and offers up Nazi salutes as a send-off during political deliberations. The sudden resurgence of the "Golden...
by altha-admin | May 14, 2012 | Articles
The Redondo Beach Unified School District has arranged for drug-sniffing dogs to begin searching their local high school. This sobering development should be enough to sober up parents and local leaders in the community to the grim truth: Beach Cities youth are...
by altha-admin | May 14, 2012 | Articles
so much dependsupon a red wheelbarrow glazed with rainwater beside the whitechickens. The ultimate in minimalist Imagism, one may argue, is William Carlos Williams' snapshot of life "The Red Wheelbarrow". The images conjured up by the poem suggest...
by altha-admin | May 12, 2012 | Articles
The non-partisan California Citizens Redistricting Commission has redrawn the western half of the South Bay and attached the Beach Cities to Beverly Hills and Malibu. The entire Santa Monica Bay is now encapsulated in the newly-designed 33rd Congressional district....
by altha-admin | May 12, 2012 | Articles
The Emperor of Ice-Cream Call the roller of big cigars, The muscular one, and bid him whip In kitchen cups concupiscent curds. Let the wenches dawdle in such dress As they are used to wear, and let the boys Bring flowers in last month's newspapers. Let be be...
