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Profanity through the ages has had varied meanings
In January, an employment judge in the United Kingdom presiding over a case of unfair dismissal ruled that using the F-word in the workplace was now “commonplace” and that its use in a particularly “tense” meeting did not “carry the shock value [it] might have done in another time.” Indeed, many have observed this […]
Pan Pac boys win 13-and-under flag football city championship
If flag football isn’t America’s fastest growing sport, it sure has to be up there along with women’s wrestling, indoor bouldering and skateboarding, all of which are recent additions to the Olympic Games. In early 2022, the NFL announced its intention to grow its international business to $1 billion annually. To help achieve this, the […]
About color: It’s a power that ‘directly influences the soul’
Kandinsky wrote the headline above, more or less. When I think of the artist (1866-1944) though, I think of his book “Concerning the Spiritual in Art.” The young Georgia O’Keeffe restlessly awaited the English translation of that book; it finally was published in 1914. Kandinsky writes about color and form and music and literature. His […]
Celebrating Jane, holiday revelries continue, Las Madrinas
If you’re anything like me, the first thing you do the morning that the Larchmont Chronicle comes out is toss aside your Los Angeles Times, grab a morning beverage and settle in to read your favorite local paper from cover to cover. The person you have to thank for that is none other than its […]