## GUEST WORDS

   ##  [ The NRA gave us Kyle Rittenhouse](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23119-the-nra-gave-us-kyle-rittenhouse "The NRA gave us Kyle Rittenhouse")

      Details    Amanda Marcotte    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     November 22 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/093g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23119-the-nra-gave-us-kyle-rittenhouse)

STAND YOUR GROUND - One thing is certain: If Kyle Rittenhouse [had listened to Johnny Cash, and left his gun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTAZ7xzZKAw) at home, Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber would still be alive today.

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   ##  [ Rittenhouse Trial, a Whirlwind of Racist Jokes, Dramatic Tears and Questionable Decisions](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23118-rittenhouse-trial-a-whirlwind-of-racist-jokes-dramatic-tears-and-questionable-decisions "Rittenhouse Trial, a Whirlwind of Racist Jokes, Dramatic Tears and Questionable Decisions")

      Details    Noah A. McGee    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     November 22 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/093l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23118-rittenhouse-trial-a-whirlwind-of-racist-jokes-dramatic-tears-and-questionable-decisions)

COMMENTARY - The Kyle Rittenhouse trial is over. After days of deliberation, a Kenosha County jury found the 18-year-old teenager who brought an AR-15 to Kenosha, Wisconsin, and killed two protesters while wounding another not guilty on all counts, finding that the teenager acted in self-defense.

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   ##  [ National Defense and Dead Children](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23110-national-defense-and-dead-children "National Defense and Dead Children")

      Details    Robert C. Koehler    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     November 22 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/093x1.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23110-national-defense-and-dead-children)

MILITARY COMPLEX - A new [Defense Budget](https://commonwonders.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a100e7718b0ab3c5ae5077359&id=879a1e94c1&e=2800c08f32) looms. Maybe we’re running out of wars to fight, but no matter. The proposed figure before Congress is bigger than ever: $778 billion.

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   ##  [ Kamala Harris’ Staffers Are Growing Jealous Of Pete Buttigieg](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23076-kamala-harris-staffers-are-growing-jealous-of-pete-buttigieg "Kamala Harris’ Staffers Are Growing Jealous Of Pete Buttigieg")

      Details    Bil Browning    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     November 18 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/092j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23076-kamala-harris-staffers-are-growing-jealous-of-pete-buttigieg)

WEST WING POLITICS - In a lengthy profile documenting the dysfunction in Vice President Kamala Harris’ office, [CNN has revealed](https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/14/politics/kamala-harris-frustrating-start-vice-president/index.html) that Harris aides are growing jealous of the White House’s relationship with out Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23076-kamala-harris-staffers-are-growing-jealous-of-pete-buttigieg)

   ##  [ A True Equality-Driven Democratic California School Choice Initiative Doesn’t Require Income Divisions or Means Testing](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23070-a-true-equality-driven-democratic-california-school-choice-initiative-doesn-t-require-income-divisions-or-means-testing "A True Equality-Driven Democratic California School Choice Initiative Doesn’t Require Income Divisions or Means Testing")

      Details    Marc Ang    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     November 18 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/092y.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23070-a-true-equality-driven-democratic-california-school-choice-initiative-doesn-t-require-income-divisions-or-means-testing)

MARC’S ANGLE - With nonstop news stories about divisions around class, income, race and anything big government and the media can think of to cause conflict, the reality of our unity in California is missed and hardly talked about these days.

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   ##  [ Why Social Distance Can Be Good For Democracy](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23059-why-social-distance-can-be-good-for-democracy "Why Social Distance Can Be Good For Democracy")

      Details    Robert B. Talisse    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     November 15 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/091w.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23059-why-social-distance-can-be-good-for-democracy)

DEMOCRACY - I wrote my new book in lockdown from a socially distanced corner of my home. That might seem an odd perch from which to write about citizenship, but it taught me something important.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23059-why-social-distance-can-be-good-for-democracy)

   ##  [ What A Debate Over Grizzly Bears Shows About Politics](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23052-what-a-debate-over-grizzly-bears-shows-about-politics "What A Debate Over Grizzly Bears Shows About Politics")

      Details    Jill Richardson    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     November 15 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/091p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23052-what-a-debate-over-grizzly-bears-shows-about-politics)

GRIZZLY POLITICS - This week, while watching [an online panel](https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=411835370493622) about grizzly bears, I noticed something that encapsulates a larger issue in this country.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23052-what-a-debate-over-grizzly-bears-shows-about-politics)

   ##  [ Bernard Parks’ Statement re. Mark Ridley-Thomas’s Indictment and Suspension from City Council](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23035-bernard-parks-statement-re-mark-ridley-thomas-s-indictment-and-suspension-from-city-council "Bernard Parks’ Statement re. Mark Ridley-Thomas’s Indictment and Suspension from City Council")

      Details    Bernard C. Parks    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     November 15 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/091z7.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23035-bernard-parks-statement-re-mark-ridley-thomas-s-indictment-and-suspension-from-city-council)

COMMENTARY - I, like many of you, have become aware of the indictment of Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas. I am not surprised by any of the events, and despite what he may say, neither is he.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23035-bernard-parks-statement-re-mark-ridley-thomas-s-indictment-and-suspension-from-city-council)

   ##  [ Upend This Damaging Narrative About Spending](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23021-upend-this-damaging-narrative-about-spending "Upend This Damaging Narrative About Spending")

      Details    Sonali Kolhatkar    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     November 11 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2021/090p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23021-upend-this-damaging-narrative-about-spending)

BUDGET WATCH - The drama over the Build Back Better Act has revealed the power of narrative in our political landscape.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/23021-upend-this-damaging-narrative-about-spending)

   ##  [ Gravy train: Corporate Profiteering on National Defense](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22887-gravy-train-corporate-profiteering-on-national-defense "Gravy train: Corporate Profiteering on National Defense")

      Details    Mel Gurtov    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     October 28 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2021/086f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22887-gravy-train-corporate-profiteering-on-national-defense)

COMMENTARY - A long time ago, Gordon Adams introduced the term “iron triangle” to characterize the interlocked relationship of the Pentagon’s military services, the corporations that contract with it to build weapons and provide services, and the Congressional committees that vote on military appropriations

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22887-gravy-train-corporate-profiteering-on-national-defense)

   ##  [ Blame For Death on Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” Set: Production, Armorer & Largely With 1st AD](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22885-blame-for-death-on-alec-baldwin-s-rust-set-production-armorer-largely-with-1st-ad "Blame For Death on Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” Set: Production, Armorer & Largely With 1st AD")

      Details    Marc Ang    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     October 28 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2021/086u.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22885-blame-for-death-on-alec-baldwin-s-rust-set-production-armorer-largely-with-1st-ad)

MARC'S ANGle - Following up on [my piece last Friday as the initial facts were released](https://u12097671.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=9rudYHeevExQpJ5A1h-2BA7eqMcf8UhaCM7jYnSVpxqbGgMuG5Zo45q-2BgmA7vow08An-2FOQoLqWgcJlkklVdAicoFvnMfg8nVOzmHexEQeCuqTBzsVrBfy49RNuVudJ7salUMCy-2Bcs1maXmRZcrDkyrww-3D-3D6-6s_7BsT8QhHSoCH-2Fzkh6c3UqyFXz-2FutZqRemO1hqaTTKiGbSKpiiturZswsz7Ee-2B4IL9ZQc29VpS2ZKZ5ixtpeqCB5p0LCvKC4IESGo35WDYbtEc-2FB1LKIUZB9hwRIojk0LIQlB2L2v3uf3L8iJwhpRHLk2sy5UN1Hv-2FiI7Ewywzs4SHykjL-2F-2FjgAMg0Kz2STHW-2FOqcu-2FPM8JT3I8jT7kxMm7J1-2FiXG-2BMlu9h0eqj-2FjcDiuTnPaqJlrIGvCgau71YwMvTmRjx7vwkSu7KMffGLvrxy-2FOaHqs2bNli5tbL5tT25LOCqeMYlDwv0kT9WjeVjmJxV3fFxiz-2B-2BeZKHA027QHSw2fQmxaCnWRKVFwWs40mVMVflcpmnEze8TSArakSqUn3hq9qotFIrT78VRpaWDczE9fTjXFcyfAItfiWelxwBcVogtdnd1lEY9jcZlWl9v-2BzyogXA1EXagAH-2F-2B-2FaX-2FWoscqd1OXRC404Z5y2caFeg-3D) on the tragedy in New Mexico, I had a chance to sit down and interview Stefano Da Frè, independent filmmaker.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22885-blame-for-death-on-alec-baldwin-s-rust-set-production-armorer-largely-with-1st-ad)

   ##  [ Public Transit, Built Back Better](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22865-public-transit-built-back-better "Public Transit, Built Back Better")

      Details    LeeAnn Hall    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     October 25 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2021/085l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22865-public-transit-built-back-better)

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - If you follow the news about President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, you might have heard a lot about its 10-year price tag. But you probably haven’t heard much about what it would actually do.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22865-public-transit-built-back-better)

   ##  [ Don't Mistake School Board Protests for a Grassroots Campaign](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22860-don-t-mistake-school-board-protests-for-a-grassroots-campaign "Don't Mistake School Board Protests for a Grassroots Campaign")

      Details    Sarah Lahm    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     October 25 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2021/085u.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22860-don-t-mistake-school-board-protests-for-a-grassroots-campaign)

SCHOOL POLITICS - School board meetings have been in the news lately, with parents and community members taking aim at board members and the policies they’re trying to implement.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22860-don-t-mistake-school-board-protests-for-a-grassroots-campaign)

   ##  [ When Wall Street Came To My Mobile Home Park](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22832-when-wall-street-came-to-my-mobile-home-park "When Wall Street Came To My Mobile Home Park")

      Details    Francine Townsend    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     October 21 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2021/084v.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22832-when-wall-street-came-to-my-mobile-home-park)

HOMEOWNER RIGHTS - For the last 20 years, I have lived and thrived in a mobile home community. I loved where I live — right up until Wall Street bought the park and threatened the well-being of myself, my neighbors, and my family.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22832-when-wall-street-came-to-my-mobile-home-park)

   ##  [ Let’s Pay Californians to Move](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22823-let-s-pay-californians-to-move "Let’s Pay Californians to Move")

      Details    Joe Mathews    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     October 20 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2021/084z.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22823-let-s-pay-californians-to-move)

CONNECTING CALIFORNIA - Are you a Californian who wants to make your state a better place?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22823-let-s-pay-californians-to-move)

   ##  [ A Conspiracy of Whiteness: Did an ESPN Insider's Email Inadvertently Reveal How the NFL Blackballed Colin Kaepernick?](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22810-a-conspiracy-of-whiteness-did-an-espn-insider-s-email-inadvertently-reveal-how-the-nfl-blackballed-colin-kaepernick "A Conspiracy of Whiteness: Did an ESPN Insider's Email Inadvertently Reveal How the NFL Blackballed Colin Kaepernick?")

      Details    Michael Harriot    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     October 17 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2021/083k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22810-a-conspiracy-of-whiteness-did-an-espn-insider-s-email-inadvertently-reveal-how-the-nfl-blackballed-colin-kaepernick)

RACIAL RECKONINGS - Hidden in the stories surrounding the racist and homophobic emails between now former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden was an interesting tidbit about ESPN Insider Adam Schefter’s communication with Gruden and Bruce Allen, the then-president of the Washington Football Team.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22810-a-conspiracy-of-whiteness-did-an-espn-insider-s-email-inadvertently-reveal-how-the-nfl-blackballed-colin-kaepernick)

   ##  [ Why Is Stalking Legal?](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22773-why-is-stalking-legal "Why Is Stalking Legal?")

      Details    Ted Rall    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     October 13 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2021/082r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22773-why-is-stalking-legal)

COMMENTARY - Activists harass [White House officials](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/25/liberals-attack-bondi-sanders-trump-667934) [and](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/mitch-mcconnell-harassed-at-restaurant-as-fellow-diners-come-to-his-defense-2018-10-21) [senators](https://www.foxnews.com/media/senator-rand-paul-harassed-while-eating-lunch) as they eat dinner at restaurants.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22773-why-is-stalking-legal)

   ##  [ Haugen Isn’t Really a ‘Facebook Whistleblower’](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22763-haugen-isn-t-really-a-facebook-whistleblower "Haugen Isn’t Really a ‘Facebook Whistleblower’")

      Details    Jonathan Cook    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     October 13 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2021/082t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22763-haugen-isn-t-really-a-facebook-whistleblower)

DIGITAL MISDEEDS - The enthusiasm with which much of the media and political establishment have characterised Frances Haugen as a “[Facebook whistleblower](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/03/tech/facebook-whistleblower-60-minutes/index.html)” requires that we pause to consider what exactly we think the term “whistleblower” means.

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   ##  [ Can the South Escape its Demons?](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22740-can-the-south-escape-its-demons "Can the South Escape its Demons?")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     October 07 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2021/080l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22740-can-the-south-escape-its-demons)

RACIAL CONSERVATISM - Out on the dusty prairie west of Houston, the construction crews have been busy.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22740-can-the-south-escape-its-demons)

   ##  [ The Oculus Generation is a Metaphor for our Moment](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22721-the-oculus-generation-is-a-metaphor-for-our-moment "The Oculus Generation is a Metaphor for our Moment")

      Details    Oliver Mayer    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     October 04 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2021/079x.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22721-the-oculus-generation-is-a-metaphor-for-our-moment)

VIRTUAL UNREALITY - Three years ago, my wife and I moved from a spacious apartment. What we couldn’t fit into our new digs, we gave away.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22721-the-oculus-generation-is-a-metaphor-for-our-moment)

   ##  [ Pastor Who Said Floods are God’s Punishment for Homosexuality Arrested on Tarmac](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22682-pastor-who-said-floods-are-god-s-punishment-for-homosexuality-arrested-on-tarmac "Pastor Who Said Floods are God’s Punishment for Homosexuality Arrested on Tarmac")

      Details    Alex Bollinger    [GUEST WORDS](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     September 30 2021       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2021/078l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22682-pastor-who-said-floods-are-god-s-punishment-for-homosexuality-arrested-on-tarmac)

LGBTG NATION - A viciously anti-LGBTQ pastor was arrested on the tarmac as he exited a plane in Canada after touring the U.S. to spread COVID-19 misinformation on a contempt of court charge.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22682-pastor-who-said-floods-are-god-s-punishment-for-homosexuality-arrested-on-tarmac)

1. [ Walmartland: How US Stores Colonizing Mexico Are Displacing Local Culture](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22441-walmartland-how-us-stores-colonizing-mexico-are-displacing-local-culture)
2. [ The American Fool: How Provincialism, Arrogance, and Greed Make American Foreign Policy an Exercise in Idiocy](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22435-the-american-fool-how-provincialism-arrogance-and-greed-make-american-foreign-policy-an-exercise-in-idiocy)
3. [ It’s Not Just the Taliban: We in the West are Embracing Medievalism, Too](https://www.citywatchla.com/guest-words/22425-it-s-not-just-the-taliban-we-in-the-west-are-embracing-medievalism-too)

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