#  IMPORTANT READS

   ##  [ For Americans, a Dark Flight to Tyranny with No Return Ticket](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15495-for-americans-a-dark-flight-to-tyranny-with-no-return-ticket "For Americans, a Dark Flight to Tyranny with No Return Ticket")

      Details    George Cassidy Payne    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 24 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2018/042t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15495-for-americans-a-dark-flight-to-tyranny-with-no-return-ticket)

SAVING OUR DEMOCRATIC VALUES-Like millions of my fellow countrymen and women, I have a deep concern about the long-term sustainability of our union and the basic constitutional structures that have preserved it in other times of social upheaval.

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   ##  [ Teaching in the Mass Shooting Era](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15487-teaching-in-the-mass-shooting-era "Teaching in the Mass Shooting Era")

      Details    Matt Bockenfeld    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 21 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2018/041s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15487-teaching-in-the-mass-shooting-era)

‘WE PRETEND’, FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT--After Parkland, I remember moving a pair of large scissors from my desk to the podium in the front of my classroom.

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   ##  [ Who’s to Blame If the US-North Korea Summit ‘Goes South’?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15466-who-s-to-blame-if-the-us-north-korea-summit-goes-south "Who’s to Blame If the US-North Korea Summit ‘Goes South’?")

      Details    Mel Gurtov    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 17 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2018/040d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15466-who-s-to-blame-if-the-us-north-korea-summit-goes-south)

PERSPECTIVE--Virtually everyone in the US faults North Korea for threatening to cancel the Trump-Kim summit scheduled for June 12 in Singapore. No one, including the liberal media, bothers to address North Korea’s conditions for a successful summit or the reasons for its warning about a cancellation. Let’s review the matter with some objectivity.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15466-who-s-to-blame-if-the-us-north-korea-summit-goes-south)

   ##  [ How Much More of Netanyahu’s Chest Thumping Can We Take?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15455-how-much-more-of-netanyahu-s-chest-thumping-can-we-take "How Much More of Netanyahu’s Chest Thumping Can We Take?")

      Details    Victor Rothman and Jeff Warner    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 17 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2018/040q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15455-how-much-more-of-netanyahu-s-chest-thumping-can-we-take)

WORLD POLITICS--The powerful juxtaposition of the U.S. delegation in Jerusalem on Monday, May 14, opening up the new U.S. Embassy while Israeli military snipers picked off and killed 61 Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza again brings the Israel-Palestinian crisis to every newshound’s attention.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15455-how-much-more-of-netanyahu-s-chest-thumping-can-we-take)

   ##  [ Is Torture Immoral or Not? What Say You, Ms. Haspel?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15438-is-torture-immoral-or-not-what-say-you-ms-haspel "Is Torture Immoral or Not? What Say You, Ms. Haspel?")

      Details    George Cassidy Payne    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 14 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2018/039k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15438-is-torture-immoral-or-not-what-say-you-ms-haspel)

MORALITY POLITICS-According to the *New York Times*, in late 2002, Gina Haspel was dispatched to oversee a secret CIA prison in Thailand code-named Cat's Eye. While she was there, CIA contractors waterboarded al-Qaeda suspects including Abd al-Rahim al-Nashir, the man accused of orchestrating the bombing of the American destroyer U.S.S. Cole off the coast of Yemen in 2000

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15438-is-torture-immoral-or-not-what-say-you-ms-haspel)

   ##  [ Banks Defend Their Right to Be Dishonest](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15432-banks-defend-their-right-to-be-dishonest "Banks Defend Their Right to Be Dishonest")

      Details    Jim Hightower    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 14 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2018/039t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15432-banks-defend-their-right-to-be-dishonest)

GUEST COMMENTARY--“Greed is good,” proclaimed Gordon Gekko *(photo above)*, lead character in a 1987 film lampooning the low ethics of the high finance barons of Wall Street.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15432-banks-defend-their-right-to-be-dishonest)

   ##  [ US Pullout on Iran Deal: Reckless Brinksmanship](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15424-us-pullout-on-iran-deal-reckless-brinksmanship "US Pullout on Iran Deal: Reckless Brinksmanship")

      Details    Alon Ben-Meir    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 10 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2018/38e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15424-us-pullout-on-iran-deal-reckless-brinksmanship)

NUCLEAR BRINKSMANSHIP-The decertification of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) by Trump is most unfortunate.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15424-us-pullout-on-iran-deal-reckless-brinksmanship)

   ##  [ Trump, Iran, and the Hypocrisy of History](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15423-trump-iran-and-the-hypocrisy-of-history "Trump, Iran, and the Hypocrisy of History")

      Details    George Cassidy Payne    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 10 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2018/38f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15423-trump-iran-and-the-hypocrisy-of-history)

PERSPECTIVE--As of 2017, the U.S. has an inventory of 6,800 nuclear warheads. The largest bomb currently in service is the B83, with a maximum yield of 1.2 megatons.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15423-trump-iran-and-the-hypocrisy-of-history)

   ##  [ When Did Honor Die? Does Anyone Care Anymore?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15407-when-did-honor-die-does-anyone-care-anymore "When Did Honor Die? Does Anyone Care Anymore?")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 07 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2018/038d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15407-when-did-honor-die-does-anyone-care-anymore)

CORRUPTION WATCH-Death is often seen as having a particular date, and in TV crime stories, the coroner often fixes the time of day as well as the cause of death. The death of American honor was so slow that we did not see it occurring.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15407-when-did-honor-die-does-anyone-care-anymore)

   ##  [ Yes, a Jobs Guarantee for All Could Create “Boondoggles.” It also Might Save the Planet](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15381-yes-a-jobs-guarantee-for-all-could-create-boondoggles-it-also-might-save-the-planet "Yes, a Jobs Guarantee for All Could Create “Boondoggles.” It also Might Save the Planet")

      Details    Kate Aronoff    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 03 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2018/036b.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15381-yes-a-jobs-guarantee-for-all-could-create-boondoggles-it-also-might-save-the-planet)

GUEST WORDS--In recent weeks, talk of a federal job guarantee has swept into the national political debate. Possible 2020 presidential hopefuls Sens. Kristen Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) have both expressed their support for the idea, and Booker recently introduced legislation to create a job guarantee pilot program.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15381-yes-a-jobs-guarantee-for-all-could-create-boondoggles-it-also-might-save-the-planet)

   ##  [ None of the Above](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15376-none-of-the-above "None of the Above")

      Details    Leonard Isenberg    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 03 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2018/036h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15376-none-of-the-above)

FIRST PERSON-One of the fundamental constitutional rights that at least in theory distinguishes us from a totalitarian society is having a free press, something which is rightfully protected under the U.S. Constitution.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15376-none-of-the-above)

   ##  [ Mark Zuckerberg Faces Questions About Opioid Sales on Social Media](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15375-mark-zuckerberg-faces-questions-about-opioid-sales-on-social-media "Mark Zuckerberg Faces Questions About Opioid Sales on Social Media")

      Details    Nicky at Pathfinder    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 03 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2018/036i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15375-mark-zuckerberg-faces-questions-about-opioid-sales-on-social-media)

DANGERS OF ONLINE DRUG ADS-Mark Zuckerberg, the owner of the social networking giant, Facebook, appeared in front of Congress on April 11, 2018.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15375-mark-zuckerberg-faces-questions-about-opioid-sales-on-social-media)

   ##  [ Bill Maher: America Must ‘Start Penalizing Liars’ Like Donald Trump … Sue ‘em’](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15350-bill-maher-america-must-start-penalizing-liars-like-donald-trump-sue-em "Bill Maher: America Must ‘Start Penalizing Liars’ Like Donald Trump … Sue ‘em’")

      Details    Lee Moran    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     April 30 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/035r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15350-bill-maher-america-must-start-penalizing-liars-like-donald-trump-sue-em)

VOICES-Bill Maher is calling time on liars. On Friday’s broadcast of *“Real Time,”*the comedian said people including President Donald Trump should be held more accountable for their lies.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15350-bill-maher-america-must-start-penalizing-liars-like-donald-trump-sue-em)

   ##  [ Lee Harvey Oswald was Framed … Here’s How](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15334-lee-harvey-oswald-was-framed-here-s-how "Lee Harvey Oswald was Framed … Here’s How")

      Details    George Cassidy Payne    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     April 26 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/034j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15334-lee-harvey-oswald-was-framed-here-s-how)

DUPED BY A DOUBLE-Denied a trial, Lee Harvey Oswald was instantly found guilty. But did the government ever prove their case?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15334-lee-harvey-oswald-was-framed-here-s-how)

   ##  [ Unreleased JFK Documents Will Indict People Not Agencies](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15320-unreleased-jfk-documents-will-indict-people-not-agencies "Unreleased JFK Documents Will Indict People Not Agencies")

      Details    George Cassidy Payne    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     April 23 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/033f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15320-unreleased-jfk-documents-will-indict-people-not-agencies)

EXPOSING THE WHYS-The JFK assassination is America's last unspeakable secret. To confess what really happened in Dallas that day is to admit that the whole goddamn thing is made up out of thin air.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15320-unreleased-jfk-documents-will-indict-people-not-agencies)

   ##  [ No Risk? No Progress!](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15317-no-risk-no-progress "No Risk? No Progress!")

      Details    Bob Gelfand    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     April 23 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/033i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15317-no-risk-no-progress)

GELFAND’S WORLD--A couple of decades ago, some of my environmentalist friends started talking about something they called the precautionary principle.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15317-no-risk-no-progress)

   ##  [ US: Russia Hacked the Evidence of Chemical Attack in Syria](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15302-us-russia-hacked-the-evidence-of-chemical-attack-in-syria "US: Russia Hacked the Evidence of Chemical Attack in Syria")

      Details    Caitlin Johnstone    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     April 19 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/032b.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15302-us-russia-hacked-the-evidence-of-chemical-attack-in-syria)

MY TURN-We are now being told (and I assure you I am not making this up) that if the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons doesn’t find evidence that the Syrian government conducted a chemical weapons attack in Douma last week, it’s because Russia hid the evidence.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15302-us-russia-hacked-the-evidence-of-chemical-attack-in-syria)

   ##  [ Eyeless in Gaza](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15290-eyeless-in-gaza " Eyeless in Gaza")

      Details    Uri Avnery    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     April 19 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/032p.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15290-eyeless-in-gaza)

WITNESSING WAR CRIMES-*Write down*: I, Uri Avnery, soldier number 44410 of the Israel army, hereby dissociate myself from the army sharpshooters who murder unarmed demonstrators along the Gaza Strip, and from their commanders, who give them the orders, up to the commander-in-chief.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15290-eyeless-in-gaza)

   ##  [ Nikki Haley Seems To Be Saying US Will Remain In Syria As Long As Iran Exists](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15272-nikki-haley-seems-to-be-saying-us-will-remain-in-syria-as-long-as-iran-exists "Nikki Haley Seems To Be Saying US Will Remain In Syria As Long As Iran Exists")

      Details    Caitlin Johnstone    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     April 16 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/031m.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15272-nikki-haley-seems-to-be-saying-us-will-remain-in-syria-as-long-as-iran-exists)

MY TURN--One year ago, the Trump administration transgressed establishment Washington orthodoxy by asserting that it was [no longer pursuing regime change in Syria](http://archive.is/4r9a7) as a priority.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15272-nikki-haley-seems-to-be-saying-us-will-remain-in-syria-as-long-as-iran-exists)

   ##  [ Bombing Syria: Wrought with Uncertainty … and Still Is](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15267-bombing-syria-wrought-with-uncertainty-and-still-is "Bombing Syria: Wrought with Uncertainty … and Still Is")

      Details    George Cassidy Payne    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     April 16 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/031t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15267-bombing-syria-wrought-with-uncertainty-and-still-is)

WHEN TRUTH IS OBSCURED-It can be argued that the multilateral coordinated military action against Bashar al-Assad was carried out for the right reasons; after-all, the use of chemical weapons is intolerable and must be met with disciplinary force. In the staunch words of President Trump: “No nation can succeed in the long run by promoting rouge states, brutal tyrants and murderers dictators.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15267-bombing-syria-wrought-with-uncertainty-and-still-is)

   ##  [ We All Need to Unite Against War in Syria, Regardless of Ideology](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15262-we-all-need-to-unite-against-war-in-syria-regardless-of-ideology "We All Need to Unite Against War in Syria, Regardless of Ideology")

      Details    Caitlin Johnstone    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     April 12 2018       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2018/030a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15262-we-all-need-to-unite-against-war-in-syria-regardless-of-ideology)

STAND FOR SOMETHING--Last night Fox’s Tucker Carlson did what may have been the most amazing thing that has ever happened on American television. As the drums of war beat louder than they have in years, Carlson stared right into the camera and did the exact opposite of what every mainstream US pundit is doing right now: [he told the truth](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0niyl-vDBk).

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15262-we-all-need-to-unite-against-war-in-syria-regardless-of-ideology)

1. [ It’s Time to Cut the Military Contractors Loose](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15253-it-s-time-to-cut-the-military-contractors-loose)
2. [ Israeli and Hamas Leaders Must Face the Bitter Reality](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15252-israeli-and-hamas-leaders-must-face-the-bitter-reality)
3. [ There Is No Reasonable Way to Say ‘Abortion Is Murder’](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15236-there-is-no-reasonable-way-to-say-abortion-is-murder)
4. [ Unleashing Donald Trump’s Inner Child](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15218-unleashing-donald-trump-s-inner-child)
5. [ California Considering Unprecedented Law Restricting Police Firearm Use](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15206-california-considering-unprecedented-law-restricting-police-firearm-use)
6. [ The Persecution of Assange Proves Him Right](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15199-the-persecution-of-assange-proves-him-right)
7. [ Democracy In Chains, Laissez Faire Capitalism On Steroids … Say What?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15190-democracy-in-chains-laissez-faire-capitalism-on-steroids-say-what)
8. [ Broken Statue: American Liberty and the Assault on Immigrants](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15187-broken-statue-american-liberty-and-the-assault-on-immigrants)
9. [ Bernie Sanders Group Encouraging Dems to Vote Republican](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15186-bernie-sanders-group-encouraging-dems-to-vote-republican)
10. [ The White Ford Bronco Presidency: It’s Trumpian News 24/365](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/15177-the-white-ford-bronco-presidency-it-s-trumpian-news-24-365)

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