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• News-Press Declares Itself Union Free Zone, Teamsters May Say, Not So Fast

  Sometimes the News-Press reminds me of my Swedi...

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: An Aspirin a Day ... or Not?

• Dog Bone in the Throat

  Boston, Palestine, and Santa Barbara: The dots ...

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: Giving Hula-Hooping a Whirl

• Barking of the Neighbor's Dog

  The Angry Poodle links La Entrada de Nada to an...

• When The Headlines Don't Tell the Real Story

  By Craig As you are undoubtedly aware, Steve P...

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: Paddle Boarding Among Sharks

• Spending Sunday With The Sound of a Familiar Voice

  By Craig On Sunday afternoon before the gusty ...

• Your Dog's Brain on Crack

  What do the NRA and gun control have to do with...

• Barry and Wendy Have a Date in Court

  By Craig In terms of attorney and client they ...

• Don't Treat Me Differently, Just Equally

  By Taryn I have always dreamed since I was a l...

• Everyone Should Be Permitted to Enjoy the Exquisite Pain of Marriage

  By Craig What I'm about to say is hardly origi...

• I Am Not a Dog

  The story behind Dario Pini's recent night ...

• My Life as an Intern

  By Taryn Up until recently when I heard the wo...

• The Passing of Anthony Lewis, Chronicler of the Court

  Last week when I wrote about the 50th anniversa...

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: Stocks vs. ‘All Cash’ Investment Strategy

• Hair Query Has Her Dander Up

  By Taryn Shortly before leaving her post as Se...

• Graydon Carter, Watch Out!

  By Taryn If I were a magazine I would be Vanit...

• Supreme Court Justice Couldn't Say No to The President

  It was 50 years ago today, March 18, 1963, that...

• Is Pay-Per-View Coming to a Courthouse Near You?

  Have you ever had the occasion to go over to th...

• Chow Down with Paleo Dog

  The Poodle reacts to Daylight Saving and the su...

• California Style?

  By Taryn Is the phrase "California Casual" rea...

• Karen Telleen-Lawton: Bee Gratitudes

• Relatively Speaking, This Is Not Too Shabby a Place to Live

  By Craig I was catching up on some of the othe...

• The Worm In North Korea?

  By Taryn I watch a lot of TV, so needless to s...

• Giving Up Is Easy. Fighting Is Hard

  By Taryn There a lot of times in my life where...

• "I Only Work Here, I Don't Do CPR"

  By Craig By now you have probably heard the sa...

• Achieving Everything, While Doing Nothing

  By Taryn Why are the Kardashians famous? At th...

• We Can't See What We Don't Know

  By Taryn I went to Marymount School here in Sa...

• Silence of the Dogs

  Thank God for Paul Lopez....