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MIKE ON THE MOVE: Free eyeglasses for children and the horrors of war and shopping

This week marks the one-year anniversary of this column, which seems serendipitous because I want to start this one with my favorite story of the year.  On Sunday, December 18, Dr. George Primbs, a longtime eye doctor in Santa Barbara, will …

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MIKE ON THE MOVE: Let’s have a frank talk about religion and tolerance

You are going to have to hide the women and children on this one because I’m going to talk about (gulp!) religion.I should disclose to you from the

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MIKE ON THE MOVE: Instead of algebra, men should be taught, what do women think and why do they think like that?

Excuse me if I sound a little tired, I just spend two hours helping a friend study for a final in climatology and now I know more about

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MIKE ON THE MOVE: Time to end the Occupation of America, and deck the waiter

As I sat down to write this yesterday, the news came on showing a woman pepper-spraying (who would ever thought it would become a verb) other shoppers so

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MIKE ON THE MOVE: Tea Fire tears, NBA arrogance, Salud’s Great idea and Yahoo’s search surprise

Last week I was having a beverage at Lucky’s in Montecito with my friends, including Mary, who with her husband, Pete, make up one of my favorite couples.

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MIKE ON THE MOVE: A wicked election analysis, super-friends and romance advice from kids

It’s fun to analyze political elections after they are over because you can’t go wrong. The winners have already been declared and you can sound pretty smart telling

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MIKE ON THE MOVE: Forget the Kardashians, these are names we should remember

Below is a list of 13 names.  We should know these names.  Certainly better than we should know the names of the Kardashian sisters, but we don’t.  These

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MIKE ON THE MOVE: Don’t Vote for Anyone Who Inspires You

If I have any advice regarding the upcoming Presidential election, it is don’t vote for anyone who inspires you. I’m being serious about this. When was the last time you

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Mike on the Move: Power to the Occupy Wall Street protesters

I got a kick out of Fox News broadcasters yesterday. The first one came on and shook his head in sarcastic wonder at the Wall Street protesters hanging

MIKE ON THE MOVE: On Rapture, ‘Terrible Things’ and Married Men

You know the reverend who claimed the ‘rapture’ was coming this weekend, and who now says he’s disappointed because it’s going to be delayed for a while?  Well,