SICKO

If you want to stay healthy in America, don’t get sick. Filmmaker Michael Moore’s SiCKO is now playing at local theaters. SiCKO sets out to investigate the American healthcare system and shed some light on the complicated medical affairs of individuals and local communities to show us just how broken our healthcare system is. If you live in California and want to send a short letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger letting him know how important this issue is to you, please do so at www.govmail.ca.gov or governor@governor.ca.gov.

Reality Check

Reality Check

Monday night, I asked a friend to join me at the Music Center, downtown, to hear Fareed Zakaria. Zakaria’s most recent book, From Wealth to Power, is a provocative examination of America’s role on the world stage. As editor of Newsweek International and PBS host of Foreign Exchange, he is widely respected for spotting political trends around the world. This continued to be the theme of Monday’s discussion with the audience: the rise of other world powers, nationalism, global economics and democratized technology. Warning that America forgot to globalize itself and create a public diplomacy that embraces and respects the rising nationalism of others.

How to Restore America's Place in the World by Fareed Zakaria


Deborah and I sandwiched (no pun intended) the evening with stops at Pizzeria Mozza on Highland Avenue: before and after the theater. Nancy Silverton, Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich joined culinary forces for two engaging concept restaurants. Without reservations, sit at the bar and enjoy the most divine pizza you have ever had. If you can wait 30 days, reserve a table. Run, don’t walk. No wonder everyone’s talking about it.

www.mozza-la.com

In the photo: me and Deborah Avren