## GUEST WORDS

   ##  [ Roaming Charges: Runaway Sons of the Nuclear A-Bomb](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24423-roaming-charges-runaway-sons-of-the-nuclear-a-bomb "Roaming Charges: Runaway Sons of the Nuclear A-Bomb")

      Details    JEFFREY ST. CLAIR    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     April 25 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/033n.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24423-roaming-charges-runaway-sons-of-the-nuclear-a-bomb)

GUEST COMMENTARY - I’m a streetwalking cheetah with a heart full of napalm

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   ##  [ Should All World Leaders Be Comedians First](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24350-should-all-world-leaders-be-comedians-first "Should All World Leaders Be Comedians First")

      Details    John Aboud    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     April 18 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/031o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24350-should-all-world-leaders-be-comedians-first)

ESSAY - Should all world leaders be former comedians? If Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is any indication, it’s an option worth considering.

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   ##  [ A Recipe For More Death And Destruction](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24229-a-recipe-for-more-death-and-destruction "A Recipe For More Death And Destruction")

      Details    Alon Ben-Meir    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     April 04 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/027f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24229-a-recipe-for-more-death-and-destruction)

GUEST COMMENTARY - The killing spree of eleven Israelis by Palestinian terrorists does nothing but severely damage the Palestinians’ cause, deepen the hatred and mistrust between Israelis and Palestinians, and makes the prospect of finding a solution to their conflict ever more remote

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24229-a-recipe-for-more-death-and-destruction)

   ##  [ The Money Trail: Ginni Thomas Emails to Overturn Biden’s Election Leads to Charles Koch](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24209-the-money-trail-ginni-thomas-emails-to-overturn-biden-s-election-leads-to-charles-koch "The Money Trail:  Ginni Thomas Emails to Overturn Biden’s Election Leads to Charles Koch")

      Details    Pam Martens – Russ Martens    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     March 31 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/026j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24209-the-money-trail-ginni-thomas-emails-to-overturn-biden-s-election-leads-to-charles-koch)

2020 ELECTION CONSPIRACY - The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward and Bob Costa of CBS News have unleashed a fury of renewed interest in the work of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24209-the-money-trail-ginni-thomas-emails-to-overturn-biden-s-election-leads-to-charles-koch)

   ##  [ Films Reviewed, Two California Hustlers: King Richard and Licorice Pizza](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24147-two-film-reviews-two-california-hustlers-king-richard-and-licorice-pizza "Films Reviewed, Two California Hustlers:  King Richard and Licorice Pizza")

      Details    Joe Mathews    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     March 24 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/024u.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24147-two-film-reviews-two-california-hustlers-king-richard-and-licorice-pizza)

ENTERTAINMENT WATCH - Do you have to be crazy to make it in California?

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   ##  [ Democracy is Born From Tyranny -Plato](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24081-democracy-is-born-from-tyranny-plato "Democracy is Born From Tyranny -Plato")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     March 17 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/022g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24081-democracy-is-born-from-tyranny-plato)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - The Founding Fathers knew that two forms of government pose a deadly threat to individual inalienable rights: (1) Monarchy and (2) Democracy, although few Americans realize it, the Declaration of Independence left the form of government unspecified.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24081-democracy-is-born-from-tyranny-plato)

   ##  [ Stop This Imperialist War](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24036-stop-this-imperialist-war "Stop This Imperialist War")

      Details    Paul Street    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     March 09 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/020f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24036-stop-this-imperialist-war)

GUEST COMMENTARY - I would encourage many online “leftists” to try a lot harder not to come off as Vladimir Putin bootlickers...

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24036-stop-this-imperialist-war)

   ##  [ Let's Call the West’s Bias Over Ukraine for What It Is—Blatant Racism](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24010-let-s-call-the-west-s-bias-over-ukraine-for-what-it-is-blatant-racism "Let's Call the West’s Bias Over Ukraine for What It Is—Blatant Racism")

      Details    Peter Oborne    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     March 07 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/019v.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24010-let-s-call-the-west-s-bias-over-ukraine-for-what-it-is-blatant-racism)

GUEST COMMENTARY - Irony does not come darker than last weekend's statement from [**Richard Oppenheim**](https://www.gov.uk/government/people/richard-oppenheim), British ambassador to [**Yemen**](https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/yemen).

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/24010-let-s-call-the-west-s-bias-over-ukraine-for-what-it-is-blatant-racism)

   ##  [ War’s End in Kyiv](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23999-war-s-end-in-kyiv "War’s End in Kyiv")

      Details    Matthew Stevenson    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     March 07 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/019i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23999-war-s-end-in-kyiv)

WAR WATCH - I am under no illusions that President Vladimir Putin will ever negotiate terms of peace, at least not in good faith.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23999-war-s-end-in-kyiv)

   ##  [ Showing Up to Make a Difference](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23956-showing-up-to-make-a-difference "Showing Up to Make a Difference")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     February 28 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/017v.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23956-showing-up-to-make-a-difference)

GUEST COMMENTARY - In his book The Division of Light and Power, Dennis Kucinich makes the point that sometimes battles are won just by showing your face.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23956-showing-up-to-make-a-difference)

   ##  [ Let The People of California Solve the State’s Homelessness Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23927-let-the-people-of-california-solve-the-state-s-homelessness-crisis "Let The People of California Solve the State’s Homelessness Crisis")

      Details    Joe Mathews    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     February 24 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/016v.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23927-let-the-people-of-california-solve-the-state-s-homelessness-crisis)

GUEST WORDS - Dear Governor Newsom,

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23927-let-the-people-of-california-solve-the-state-s-homelessness-crisis)

   ##  [ The Martyrdom of Leonora Camner](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23883-the-martyrdom-of-leonora-camner "The Martyrdom of Leonora Camner")

      Details    John Mirisch    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     February 20 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/015b.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23883-the-martyrdom-of-leonora-camner)

COMMENTARY - On Friday, February 18, Santa Monica city housing commissioner, Leonora Camner, ruefully announced on Twitter: “Getting kicked off the housing commission because I advocate for housing.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23883-the-martyrdom-of-leonora-camner)

   ##  [ Selling Off California: The Untold Story](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23854-selling-off-california-the-untold-story "Selling Off California: The Untold Story")

      Details    Patrick Range McDonald    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     February 17 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/014d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23854-selling-off-california-the-untold-story)

NEW BOOK - Housing Is A Human Right has proudly released a must-read book for understanding the powerful alliances and devastating policies that fuel the housing affordability and homelessness crises in California.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23854-selling-off-california-the-untold-story)

   ##  [ Bernie Sanders Wants Your Ideas](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23821-bernie-sanders-wants-your-ideas "Bernie Sanders Wants Your Ideas")

      Details    Liz Amsden & Bernie Sanders    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     February 14 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/013r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23821-bernie-sanders-wants-your-ideas)

INTRO FROM LIZ AMSDEN - Whether you are Democrat, Republican or Independent, most politicians you know are probably pretty good at telling you what they do and what you should do.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23821-bernie-sanders-wants-your-ideas)

   ##  [ Ukraine And The Nuclear Paradox](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23768-ukraine-and-the-nuclear-paradox "Ukraine And The Nuclear Paradox")

      Details    Robert C. Koehler    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     February 06 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/011m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23768-ukraine-and-the-nuclear-paradox)

GUEST WORDS - Somewhere out there in the geopolitical wilderness of Eastern Europe, two powerful beasts stalk each other. One of them is good. One of them is evil. The future of all life on this planet is at stake.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23768-ukraine-and-the-nuclear-paradox)

   ##  [ Banned Books Should Be Required Reading](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23766-banned-books-should-be-required-reading "Banned Books Should Be Required Reading")

      Details    Olivia Alperstein    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     February 06 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/011l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23766-banned-books-should-be-required-reading)

ANTI CRITICAL RACE THEORY - In January, a Tennessee county school board voted unanimously to [ban *Maus*](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/us/maus-banned-holocaust-tennessee.html), a graphic novel by Art Spiegelamn about his parents’ experience in Auschwitz, from school classrooms.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23766-banned-books-should-be-required-reading)

   ##  [ The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23748-russians "The Russians Are Coming!  The Russians Are Coming!")

      Details    Tom H. Hastings    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     February 03 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/010v.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23748-russians)

GUEST WORDS - Vladimir Putin is not Russia and he is not “the Russians.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23748-russians)

   ##  [ Government Contracting: the Next Big Battleground for a More Equal America?](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23730-government-contracting-the-next-big-battleground-for-a-more-equal-america "Government Contracting: the Next Big Battleground for a More Equal America?")

      Details    SAM PIZZIGATI    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     February 02 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2022/010m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23730-government-contracting-the-next-big-battleground-for-a-more-equal-america)

LABOR VIEW - Some companies in the United States today routinely do despicable things to their workers.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23730-government-contracting-the-next-big-battleground-for-a-more-equal-america)

   ##  [ An Uncharitable View Of Charity](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23715-an-uncharitable-view-of-charity "An Uncharitable View Of Charity")

      Details    Jim Hightower    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     January 31 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2022/009o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23715-an-uncharitable-view-of-charity)

GUEST WORDS - Our society has coined expressions like “philanthropist” to encourage and hail people’s charitable spirit.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23715-an-uncharitable-view-of-charity)

   ##  [ Voting Rights Will Be Dead Without Street Heat](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23680-voting-rights-will-be-dead-without-street-heat "Voting Rights Will Be Dead Without Street Heat")

      Details    JESSE JACKSON    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     January 27 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2022/008y.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23680-voting-rights-will-be-dead-without-street-heat)

STATE OF OUR UNION - Can America be a democracy if a minority writes the rules to entrench minority rule?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23680-voting-rights-will-be-dead-without-street-heat)

   ##  [ The Re-Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23551-the-re-assassination-of-martin-luther-king-jr "The Re-Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.")

      Details    WENDELL GRIFFEN    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     January 12 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2022/004f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23551-the-re-assassination-of-martin-luther-king-jr)

AN ANALYSIS - This year, the Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, an agency of the Arkansas Department of Education, has invited an un-reconstructed Southern Baptist preacher, right wing politician, and Fox News pundit named Mike Huckabee to deliver a “keynote address” during what it terms an “inter-faith prayer breakfast” on the King holiday (January 17). Attendance will be by invitation only.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23551-the-re-assassination-of-martin-luther-king-jr)

1. [ Madison Cawthorn Is Taunting Rachel Maddow On Twitter. This Isn’t Going To End Well For Him.](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23549-madison-cawthorn-is-taunting-rachel-maddow-on-twitter-this-isn-t-going-to-end-well-for-him)
2. [ Dr. King Remained Hopeful. So Can We.](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23545-dr-king-remained-hopeful-so-can-we)
3. [ The Burlington Coat Factory Officer Involved Shooting. Part 1 of 3.](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23536-the-burlington-coat-factory-officer-involved-shooting-part-1-of-3)

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