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For some reason it was difficult to settle on a thought for the column today. As usual there were plenty of thoughts and ideas firing off in my head - too many really - but I couldn't nail just one down. I am usually motivated enough about a particular matter to stay focused on it but this time that was just not the case. There are simply too many issues to be addressed too … [Read more...] about Faith. Love. Coco Puffs: Paying Love Forward

Within the beauty and wealth of Malibu there are three juvenile probation camps that are very separate from the community. But last Saturday the boys from Camp Kilpatrick had the opportunity to share their stories.Suzie Duff started the program "Locked Up fifteen years ago. The program offers the boys an improvisation class where they can open up about their pasts.Last … [Read more...] about Gangs in Malibu

His mom was a stripper and his dad a blackjack dealer. This left him ample time to practice his cello passing the lonely nights home alone in the boiler room of Caesar's Palace. Or at least that is the story junior Matthew Heenan tells people when they find out he is from Las Vegas. The one true part of the story for this spiky blonde haired blue-eyed college kid however is … [Read more...] about Finding hope in harmony

The Republicans are right. The economic stimulus plan which easily passed the House without a single Republican vote Jan. 28 proposes to revamp the economy by funneling money into infrastructural projects and providing tax credits to low and middle-income workers. Although improvements in infrastructure would create jobs a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study shows that … [Read more...] about Stimulus plan facilitates debt

Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand's newest release "Tonight: Franz Ferdinand lyrically recounts the wild antics of party nights and day-after consequences. Released Jan. 27 in the United States, the album is the band's third release. Though this 13-track work is tied together by a single theme, thus propelling the album's steady flow, the originality of each song is hampered … [Read more...] about Music Review: Franz Ferdinand