Bob Morris

He wasn't born with fins, scales or goggle eyes, but over the last 28 years, Bob Morris, a.k.a. Mr. Fish, has learned to think and act as if he had all three. Every day he drives around the city checking backyard ponds to see how the fish are faring. Is their water clean enough? Deep enough? Well-aerated? Not too cool or too hot? Are they getting the right food, but not too much? Do they have places to hide from predators?

Girl Scouts are dangerous -- and not just to your diet. At least that's what Indiana lawmaker Bob Morris says. He has labeled the Girls Scouts of America a radical organization that promotes homosexuality and abortion and is out to destroy American values. The Republican state representative is being roundly ridiculed for his position, even within his own party. But Morris isn't backing down. "My family and I took a view and we're sticking by it," Morris told the Associated Press this week, adding that his daughters are now members of a group for conservative Christian girls.

Girl Scouts are dangerous -- and not just to your diet. At least that's what Indiana lawmaker Bob Morris says. He has labeled the Girls Scouts of America a radical organization that promotes homosexuality and abortion and is out to destroy American values. The Republican state representative is being roundly ridiculed for his position, even within his own party. But Morris isn't backing down. "My family and I took a view and we're sticking by it," Morris told the Associated Press this week, adding that his daughters are now members of a group for conservative Christian girls.

Assisted Loving True Tales of Double Dating With My Dad Bob Morris Harper: 288 pp., $24.95 -- Would YOU look at this book jacket? What was HarperCollins thinking? An old guy, with a comb-over and a gut, sitting on a chaise at the beach -- legs spread wide in his too-tight Burberry swim trunks -- skin like leather, gold chains at his neck and wrists, his mouth full of sandwich, this is supposed to be funny? Because, what, the real story isn't funny enough?

I'm mad as hell and I can't take it anymore. Pepperdine is a major university and the basketball team doesn't get the coverage it deserves. The Waves have defeated Gonzaga and UCLA and they have the toughest schedule in the country. Paul Westphal should be coach of the year. He has proven to be two steps above Lavin and Bibby. What does it take to notice this team? Bob Morris Palos Verdes Estates

Assisted Loving True Tales of Double Dating With My Dad Bob Morris Harper: 288 pp., $24.95 -- Would YOU look at this book jacket? What was HarperCollins thinking? An old guy, with a comb-over and a gut, sitting on a chaise at the beach -- legs spread wide in his too-tight Burberry swim trunks -- skin like leather, gold chains at his neck and wrists, his mouth full of sandwich, this is supposed to be funny? Because, what, the real story isn't funny enough?

The following reviews are scheduled: Charles Solomon reviews "The Other," a novel by David Guterson. Dinah Lenney reviews "Assisted Loving: True Tales of Double Dating With My Dad" by Bob Morris. Susan Salter Reynolds reviews "Parenting, Inc." by Pamela Paul, "Under Pressure: Rescuing Our Children From the Culture of Hyper-Parenting" by Carl Honore and "Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children" by Tom Farrey. David French reviews "Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth" by David Browne.

Re "He's the Ultimate Outsider," April 26: Ramsey Clark has hardly "forfeited a last chance to make a difference." In 1991, after Gulf War I, he founded the International Action Center so the peace movement would have a permanent home. After 9/11, IAC and others formed the ANSWER coalition, the biggest and most active of the antiwar coalitions, which has organized numerous huge peace rallies nationwide. I'd say he was making quite a difference. Bob Morris Encino Clark's views on U.S. foreign policy are cogent and shared by many outside the mainstream.

Bob Morris is one of the most successful restaurateurs in Southern California today--with the public, if not necessarily with the critics. His restaurants (now run by his Mor Food 'n' Fun Group, a subsidiary of thR. Grace Corp.) are three: R.J.'s in Beverly Hills, Gladstone's 4 Fish in Pacific Palisades, and the Malibu Sea Lion U.S.A. in Malibu. (Offshoots of the original R.J.'s and Gladstone's in Newport Beach are managed directly by W. R. Grace.

Some people call this neighborhood Baja Beverly Hills; some just call it Beverly Hills-adjacent. It's convenient to parks and the Museum of Tolerance. And has a huge barbecue restaurant. For some years, it was a Love's BBQ (it still has the metal heart sign), and before that it was Noonan's (there are still warnings in the large parking lot that it's only for Noonan's customers).

The following reviews are scheduled: Charles Solomon reviews "The Other," a novel by David Guterson. Dinah Lenney reviews "Assisted Loving: True Tales of Double Dating With My Dad" by Bob Morris. Susan Salter Reynolds reviews "Parenting, Inc." by Pamela Paul, "Under Pressure: Rescuing Our Children From the Culture of Hyper-Parenting" by Carl Honore and "Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of Our Children" by Tom Farrey. David French reviews "Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth" by David Browne.

He wasn't born with fins, scales or goggle eyes, but over the last 28 years, Bob Morris, a.k.a. Mr. Fish, has learned to think and act as if he had all three. Every day he drives around the city checking backyard ponds to see how the fish are faring. Is their water clean enough? Deep enough? Well-aerated? Not too cool or too hot? Are they getting the right food, but not too much? Do they have places to hide from predators?

Re "He's the Ultimate Outsider," April 26: Ramsey Clark has hardly "forfeited a last chance to make a difference." In 1991, after Gulf War I, he founded the International Action Center so the peace movement would have a permanent home. After 9/11, IAC and others formed the ANSWER coalition, the biggest and most active of the antiwar coalitions, which has organized numerous huge peace rallies nationwide. I'd say he was making quite a difference. Bob Morris Encino Clark's views on U.S. foreign policy are cogent and shared by many outside the mainstream.

I'm mad as hell and I can't take it anymore. Pepperdine is a major university and the basketball team doesn't get the coverage it deserves. The Waves have defeated Gonzaga and UCLA and they have the toughest schedule in the country. Paul Westphal should be coach of the year. He has proven to be two steps above Lavin and Bibby. What does it take to notice this team? Bob Morris Palos Verdes Estates

Some people call this neighborhood Baja Beverly Hills; some just call it Beverly Hills-adjacent. It's convenient to parks and the Museum of Tolerance. And has a huge barbecue restaurant. For some years, it was a Love's BBQ (it still has the metal heart sign), and before that it was Noonan's (there are still warnings in the large parking lot that it's only for Noonan's customers).

Bob Morris is one of the most successful restaurateurs in Southern California today--with the public, if not necessarily with the critics. His restaurants (now run by his Mor Food 'n' Fun Group, a subsidiary of thR. Grace Corp.) are three: R.J.'s in Beverly Hills, Gladstone's 4 Fish in Pacific Palisades, and the Malibu Sea Lion U.S.A. in Malibu. (Offshoots of the original R.J.'s and Gladstone's in Newport Beach are managed directly by W. R. Grace.

This letter is in response to an article in the July 2 South Bay sports section about the suspension of Peninsula High girls' basketball player Mimi McKinney by Coach Wendell Yoshida. There are still some coaches left who haven't abandoned the principles of sport. (Yoshida) holding his students accountable to certain behavior, morals and ethics for the good of the team as well as the individual seems to be rare today. Imagine not rewarding bad behavior and lowering standards--such as missing practices and classes.