# IMPORTANT READS ## [ The Bully Showed Up at the Wrong Playground – Trump’s Misguided Address at the United Nations](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14043-the-bully-showed-up-at-the-wrong-playground-trump-s-misguided-address-at-the-united-nations "The Bully Showed Up at the Wrong Playground – Trump’s Misguided Address at the United Nations") Details Patrick T. Hiller [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) September 21 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/076m.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14043-the-bully-showed-up-at-the-wrong-playground-trump-s-misguided-address-at-the-united-nations) ANALYSIS--“It was the wrong speech, at the wrong time, to the wrong audience,” Swedish foreign Minister Margot Wallström expressed about what global and U.S. audiences helplessly had to endure during President Donald Trump’s September 19, 2017 address to the United Nations General Assembly. President Trump acted like a bully, but unaware that he showed up at the wrong playground. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14043-the-bully-showed-up-at-the-wrong-playground-trump-s-misguided-address-at-the-united-nations) ## [ When Racism Lurks in the Heart of a Death Penalty Juror](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14036-when-racism-lurks-in-the-heart-of-a-death-penalty-juror "When Racism Lurks in the Heart of a Death Penalty Juror") Details Stephen Cooper [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) September 21 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/076u.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14036-when-racism-lurks-in-the-heart-of-a-death-penalty-juror) GUEST WORDS-“Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?” This single, sinister question, asked over a sepulchral-sounding musical score, was rhetorical; for after a dramatic pause and a malevolent cackle, the narrator smugly informed the audience: “The Shadow knows.” [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14036-when-racism-lurks-in-the-heart-of-a-death-penalty-juror) ## [ Where are All the Monuments to the Progressive Americans?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14016-where-are-all-the-monuments-to-the-progressive-americans "Where are All the Monuments to the Progressive Americans?") Details Peter Dreier [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) September 18 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/075x.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14016-where-are-all-the-monuments-to-the-progressive-americans) PERSPECTIVE-The current controversy over whether to dismantle statues of some prominent Confederate figures is a battle over whom we admire and consider as heroes. It is also a battle over who has power to shape how we view our history. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14016-where-are-all-the-monuments-to-the-progressive-americans) ## [ Your Second Amendment Ends at My First Amendment’s Nose](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14015-your-second-amendment-ends-at-my-first-amendment-s-nose "Your Second Amendment Ends at My First Amendment’s Nose") Details James Preston Allen [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) September 18 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/075y.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14015-your-second-amendment-ends-at-my-first-amendment-s-nose) AT LENGTH-I have a long standing, if not ingrained interest in free speech. This fundamental right is essential to the very enterprise of running a newspaper. One might call it enlightened self-interest. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14015-your-second-amendment-ends-at-my-first-amendment-s-nose) ## [ Is America Still a Beacon to the World?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14009-is-america-still-a-beacon-to-the-world "Is America Still a Beacon to the World?") Details Alon Ben-Meir [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) September 14 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/074f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14009-is-america-still-a-beacon-to-the-world) HUDDLED MASSES NO LONGER WELCOME--We do not need President Trump to tell us that he can make America great again. America is already great. The problem is that we are squandering our greatness by pursuing foreign and domestic policies that debase our moral authority and the values that made America great in the first place. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14009-is-america-still-a-beacon-to-the-world) ## [ Let the Games Begin … Single Payer Healthcare That Is](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14007-let-the-games-begin-single-payer-healthcare-that-is "Let the Games Begin … Single Payer Healthcare That Is") Details Michael Cohen [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) September 14 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/074h.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14007-let-the-games-begin-single-payer-healthcare-that-is) TRUMP WATCH--Now that Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt, I) has [introduced](https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/907949996066136064) his long anticipated single payer Medicare For All Act in the Senate Wednesday, which has 15 co-sponsors in the Senate, a record level of support. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/14007-let-the-games-begin-single-payer-healthcare-that-is) ## [ The American Dream has Moved to Canada ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13998-the-american-dream-has-moved-to-canada "The American Dream has Moved to Canada  ") Details Jill Richardson [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) September 14 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/074r.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13998-the-american-dream-has-moved-to-canada) THE POOR STAY POOR-We all want to live in a country where all it takes is hard work and some talent for anyone to succeed. We tell ourselves that we do. We even see examples of people who “came from nothing” and ended up rich and famous. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13998-the-american-dream-has-moved-to-canada) ## [ It’s Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13983-it-s-not-nice-to-fool-mother-nature "It’s Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature") Details Michael Cohen [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) September 11 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/073h.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13983-it-s-not-nice-to-fool-mother-nature) THE COHEN COLUMN--About 40 years ago (are we dating ourselves here?) there was a margarine commercial on TV with the tag line, "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature." [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13983-it-s-not-nice-to-fool-mother-nature) ## [ The Silencing of Hillary Clinton](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13976-the-silencing-of-hillary-clinton "The Silencing of Hillary Clinton") Details Seth Masket [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) September 11 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/073r.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13976-the-silencing-of-hillary-clinton) GUEST WORDS--Once again, [Hillary Clinton](https://psmag.com/tag/hillary-clinton) is offering some opinions, and, once again, she is being told to keep quiet. This is a familiar pattern for us, no less for her, so perhaps it shouldn't be so surprising to see it recur. But I'd like to push back a bit on this one. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13976-the-silencing-of-hillary-clinton) ## [ Your Equifax Data is at Risk! Who’s at Fault, Will They Ever be Punished?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13972-your-equifax-data-is-at-risk-who-s-at-fault-will-they-ever-be-punished "Your Equifax Data is at Risk! Who’s at Fault, Will They Ever be Punished?") Details Paul Hatfield [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) September 11 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/073x.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13972-your-equifax-data-is-at-risk-who-s-at-fault-will-they-ever-be-punished) PERSPECTIVE-Equifax suffered one of the most significant data breaches ever, exposing confidential information stored within its network. What’s more, three executives sold a fair slice of their personal shares in the company after the event was discovered and before it was communicated to authorities and the public. Oh, and the sales were not part of a 10b5-1 arrangement through the SEC. The purpose of this arrangement is to minimize the risk of insider training by scheduling sales in advance. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13972-your-equifax-data-is-at-risk-who-s-at-fault-will-they-ever-be-punished) ## [ Single Payer Health Care … It’s in Your Hands](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13953-single-payer-health-care-it-s-in-your-hands "Single Payer Health Care … It’s in Your Hands") Details Michael Cohen [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) September 07 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/072p.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13953-single-payer-health-care-it-s-in-your-hands) TRUMP WATCH--Last column, we affirmed our certainty that Donald Trump is going down. Either Mueller will indict or he won't. And we believe he will. It's not our political problem. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13953-single-payer-health-care-it-s-in-your-hands) ## [ Medieval Historians: What to Do When Nazis Are Obsessed with Your Field](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13949-medieval-historians-what-to-do-when-nazis-are-obsessed-with-your-field "Medieval Historians: What to Do When Nazis Are Obsessed with Your Field") Details David M. Perry [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) September 07 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/072u.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13949-medieval-historians-what-to-do-when-nazis-are-obsessed-with-your-field) ALT-RIGHT APPROPRIATION-Nazis love Taylor Swift. She is thin, blonde, pale, and rich. She doesn't talk politics much, which might be just a savvy marketing decision, but it also enables wild speculation about her views on Donald Trump, feminism, and whether black lives matter. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13949-medieval-historians-what-to-do-when-nazis-are-obsessed-with-your-field) ## [ ‘Art of the Deal’ More Important Now than Ever after North Korea Claims H-Bomb Test](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13941-art-of-the-deal-more-important-now-than-ever-after-north-korea-claims-h-bomb-test "‘Art of the Deal’ More Important Now than Ever after North Korea Claims H-Bomb Test") Details Andrea Germanos [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) September 04 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/071c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13941-art-of-the-deal-more-important-now-than-ever-after-north-korea-claims-h-bomb-test) SO, NOW WHAT’S ON THE TABLE?--Calls for restraint and diplomacy emerged on Sunday after North Korea claimed to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb capable being placed on an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13941-art-of-the-deal-more-important-now-than-ever-after-north-korea-claims-h-bomb-test) ## [ Trump Escalates War on Workers … Slashes Pay Increases](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13932-trump-escalates-war-on-workers-slashes-pay-increases "Trump Escalates War on Workers … Slashes Pay Increases") Details Andrea Germanos [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) September 04 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/071q.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13932-trump-escalates-war-on-workers-slashes-pay-increases) LABOR WARS--Continuing his [war on workers](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/08/30/the-trump-administrations-ongoing-attack-on-workers/), President Donald Trump on Thursday announced he was slashing the scheduled pay raises for federal workers. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13932-trump-escalates-war-on-workers-slashes-pay-increases) ## [ Trump Watch: Now We Pause for a Word from the IRS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13931-trump-watch-now-we-pause-for-a-word-from-the-irs "Trump Watch: Now We Pause for a Word from the IRS") Details Michael Cohen [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) September 04 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2017/071r.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13931-trump-watch-now-we-pause-for-a-word-from-the-irs) THE COHEN COLUMN--When Trump told America that his tax returns were perpetually under audit as an excuse not to let us see them, unlike every other modern presidential candidate, we easily presumed he was lying about that, just like he lies about everything else. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13931-trump-watch-now-we-pause-for-a-word-from-the-irs) ## [ Hurricane Harvey - A Sliver of Light](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13922-hurricane-harvey-a-sliver-of-light "Hurricane Harvey - A Sliver of Light") Details Leonard Isenberg [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) August 31 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/070g.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13922-hurricane-harvey-a-sliver-of-light) LIFE OBSERVED--The systematic dumbing down of American public education over the last 40 years – seen in places like the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and their non-functioning equivalents throughout LA County -- is having a profoundly negative effect on the ability of people to act intelligently and understand how to survive as we face an ever-increasing number of ecological disasters. Case in point, Hurricane Harvey. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13922-hurricane-harvey-a-sliver-of-light) ## [ Hurricane Harvey: Trump’s Cuts are Now in the Eye of the Storm](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13921-hurricane-harvey-trump-s-cuts-are-now-in-the-eye-of-the-storm "Hurricane Harvey: Trump’s Cuts are Now in the Eye of the Storm") Details Judith Lewis Mernit [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) August 31 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/070i.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13921-hurricane-harvey-trump-s-cuts-are-now-in-the-eye-of-the-storm) As Hurricane Harvey churned toward the Texas Gulf Coast last week, meteorologists, climate scientists and lay weather nerds on Twitter marveled at the crisp, detailed images of the storm sent to earth by a brand-new satellite. The nation’s first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, (GOES-16), had been launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida 11 days after the November election, and has since transmitted high-resolution pictures of smoke from Canadian wildfires, of the August 21 North American eclipse and of a major fog event that spread out over the Midwest and Eastern U.S. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13921-hurricane-harvey-trump-s-cuts-are-now-in-the-eye-of-the-storm) ## [ Neurodiversity Workforce Brigade: A New Employment Vision for Adults with Mental Conditions](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13917-neurodiversity-workforce-brigade-a-new-employment-vision-for-adults-with-mental-conditions "Neurodiversity Workforce Brigade: A New Employment Vision for Adults with Mental Conditions") Details Michael Bernick [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) August 31 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/070m.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13917-neurodiversity-workforce-brigade-a-new-employment-vision-for-adults-with-mental-conditions) LABOR DAY VISIONS--As we approach Labor Day, I'd like you to meet the **Neurodiversity Workforce** **Brigade.** The Brigade employs tens of thousands of adults with neurological conditions that often are impediments to mainstream employment, primarily autism, severe ADHD and other serious learning and mental health conditions. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13917-neurodiversity-workforce-brigade-a-new-employment-vision-for-adults-with-mental-conditions) ## [ Republicans Need to Understand: People are Mad and They’re Mad at Them](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13915-republicans-need-to-understand-people-are-mad-and-they-re-mad-at-them "Republicans Need to Understand: People are Mad and They’re Mad at Them") Details Jeff Allen [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) August 31 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/070p.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13915-republicans-need-to-understand-people-are-mad-and-they-re-mad-at-them) PERSPECTIVE--Republicans: this guy is YOUR fault. You own him. I know, I know: fake news. Russia is fake news. Climate Change is fake news. Charlottesville is fake news… let’s face it: anything Republicans and Trump supporters don’t like is fake news. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13915-republicans-need-to-understand-people-are-mad-and-they-re-mad-at-them) ## [ Trump's Category Five Contempt for the Rule of Law While Houston is Under 3 Feet of Fake Water.](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13912-trump-s-category-five-contempt-for-the-rule-of-law-while-houston-is-under-3-feet-of-fake-water "Trump's Category Five Contempt for the Rule of Law While Houston is Under 3 Feet of Fake Water.") Details Michael Cohen [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) August 31 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/070t.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13912-trump-s-category-five-contempt-for-the-rule-of-law-while-houston-is-under-3-feet-of-fake-water) THE COHEN COLUMN--Trump's precipitous pardon of outlaw sheriff Joe Arpaio was such an outrageous blast that it pushed news of one of the biggest hurricanes this decade into a small corner of the cable TV screen. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13912-trump-s-category-five-contempt-for-the-rule-of-law-while-houston-is-under-3-feet-of-fake-water) ## [ It’s Hard to Tell ‘Antifa’ and the ‘Alt-Right’ Apart … There’s a Reason](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13898-it-s-hard-to-tell-antifa-and-the-alt-right-apart-there-s-a-reason "It’s Hard to Tell ‘Antifa’ and the ‘Alt-Right’ Apart … There’s a Reason") Details Chris Hedges [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) August 28 2017 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/069l.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13898-it-s-hard-to-tell-antifa-and-the-alt-right-apart-there-s-a-reason) GUEST WORDS--*Editor’s note: A Berkeley, Calif., rally organized by a right-wing group* [*turned violent Sunday*](https://www.truthdig.com/articles/protesters-keep-peace-berkeley-rally/) *after arrival of a group that carried an anarchist banner.* [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13898-it-s-hard-to-tell-antifa-and-the-alt-right-apart-there-s-a-reason) 1. [ Defense of Transgender Rights: Everybody’s Fight ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13890-defense-of-transgender-rights-everybody-s-fight) 2. [ The Trump Dump: Where to Begin](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13889-the-trump-dump-where-to-begin) 3. [ Tribalism: Getting Past the ‘We’ and the ‘You’](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13887-tribalism-getting-past-the-we-and-the-you) 4. [ Why I Left ... the Left ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13884-why-i-left-the-left) 5. [ Afghanistan: Been There, Done That](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13880-afghanistan-been-there-done-that) 6. [ Betting on Impeachment](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13878-betting-on-impeachment) 7. [ Gov. Greitens: Take Down Missouri’s Racist Death Penalty Statutes!](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13872-gov-greitens-take-down-missouri-s-racist-death-penalty-statutes) 8. [ Trump’s Running Out of Friends, and It’s His Own Fault](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13862-trump-s-running-out-of-friends-and-it-s-his-own-fault) 9. [ Charlottesville, White Supremacy and Columbus -- And You Think it Can’t Happen Here?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13855-charlottesville-white-supremacy-and-columbus-and-you-think-it-can-t-happen-here) 10. 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