#  IMPORTANT READS

   ##  [ Tribalism: Getting Past the ‘We’ and the ‘You’](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13887-tribalism-getting-past-the-we-and-the-you "Tribalism: Getting Past the ‘We’ and the ‘You’")

      Details    Leonard Isenberg    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 28 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/069z2.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13887-tribalism-getting-past-the-we-and-the-you)

THE MYTH OF SCARCITY-Looking at the most recent examples of our longstanding and endemic confrontations over race, ethnicity, and equal rights, we should examine the ancient and primitive roots of this continuing problem – one that causes the human species to continue underachieving its potential – yet remains intact and unaddressed.

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   ##  [ Why I Left ... the Left ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13884-why-i-left-the-left "Why I Left ... the Left ")

      Details    Kevin J. Suscavage    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 28 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/069z5.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13884-why-i-left-the-left)

VOICE FROM THE CENTER--This is a somewhat extreme title. This is also an extreme situation. I've always been an advocate for liberal causes, but have pivoted as of last year.

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   ##  [ Afghanistan: Been There, Done That](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13880-afghanistan-been-there-done-that "Afghanistan: Been There, Done That")

      Details    Doug Epperhart    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/068a.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13880-afghanistan-been-there-done-that)

THE EPPERHART EXPRESS--The most famous Afghan war veteran is fictional. He is known worldwide through the stories of one of history’s best-selling authors. A former army doctor, John H. Watson was introduced to readers in *A Study in Scarlet*, Arthur Conan Doyle’s first work featuring detective Sherlock Holmes.

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   ##  [ Betting on Impeachment](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13878-betting-on-impeachment "Betting on Impeachment")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/068c.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13878-betting-on-impeachment)

LAYING ODDS-When I called my Vegas bookie, Vinny Baumstein, this morning to place a bet on whether Trump would finish his term, he laughingly replied, “No one is taking *that* debt.” The only bets are how he leaves and the date and time that Trump’s outta there.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13878-betting-on-impeachment)

   ##  [ 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 "Gov. Greitens: Take Down Missouri’s Racist Death Penalty Statutes!")

      Details    Stephen Cooper    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/068n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13872-gov-greitens-take-down-missouri-s-racist-death-penalty-statutes)

PERSPECTIVE--This past Tuesday, well over one hundred and fifty years since the end of the Civil War, a powerful, well-connected, well-to-do Southern white man, Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, exercised his law-given authority to stay the execution of Marcellus Williams (booking photo above), a poor black man. The reprieve was issued hours before the scheduled pumping of caustic chemicals by state officials into Williams’s body.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13872-gov-greitens-take-down-missouri-s-racist-death-penalty-statutes)

   ##  [ 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 "Trump’s Running Out of Friends, and It’s His Own Fault")

      Details    Jim Hightower    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 24 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/068z.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13862-trump-s-running-out-of-friends-and-it-s-his-own-fault)

OTHER WORDS-I hate to say this, but I’m starting to feel sorry for Donald Trump. He’s only been in office for half a year, and already he’s running out of Americans to attack.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13862-trump-s-running-out-of-friends-and-it-s-his-own-fault)

   ##  [ 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 "Charlottesville, White Supremacy and Columbus -- And You Think it Can’t Happen Here?")

      Details    James Preston Allen    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 21 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/067d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13855-charlottesville-white-supremacy-and-columbus-and-you-think-it-can-t-happen-here)

AT RANDOM-Who would have thought that a Civil War statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee would become the violent focus of hatred and the rallying point for white supremacists and neo-Nazis at this point in American history? Didn’t we bury the last of that conflict decades ago, along with the last living veteran of our bloodiest war? Not really. As William Faulkner wrote, “The past is not dead, it’s not even past.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13855-charlottesville-white-supremacy-and-columbus-and-you-think-it-can-t-happen-here)

   ##  [ Is There a Nazi in the White House?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13851-is-there-a-nazi-in-the-white-house "Is There a Nazi in the White House?")

      Details    Sonali Kolhatkar    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 21 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/067i.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13851-is-there-a-nazi-in-the-white-house)

RACISM REVEALED-Donald Trump is trying hard to put a pretty face on racism. But the racists, openly embracing the label, won’t let him.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13851-is-there-a-nazi-in-the-white-house)

   ##  [ Of Monuments and Men](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13844-of-monuments-and-men "Of Monuments and Men")

      Details    Paul Hatfield    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 21 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/067q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13844-of-monuments-and-men)

PERSPECTIVE--The American Civil War essentially ended with the retreat by General Lee’s Confederate forces from Richmond, Virginia on April 3, 1865. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox came six days later. The intervening week was characterized by a series of battles and skirmishes along the 90-mile route of retreat, but it was evident that effective resistance against Union forces would not be possible for much longer once the defenses of the capitol were abandoned.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13844-of-monuments-and-men)

   ##  [ US Experiences Total Eclipse … of Presidential Leadership!](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13838-us-experiences-total-eclipse-of-presidential-leadership "US Experiences Total Eclipse … of Presidential Leadership!")

      Details    Jimmy Kimmel    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 21 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/067y.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13838-us-experiences-total-eclipse-of-presidential-leadership)

GUEST WORDS—Late night’s Jimmy Kimmel makes the case …

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13838-us-experiences-total-eclipse-of-presidential-leadership)

   ##  [ Why are Nazis Un-American?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13836-why-are-nazis-un-american "Why are Nazis Un-American?")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 21 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/067z1.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13836-why-are-nazis-un-american)

REJECTING GROUP RIGHTS-There is a specific reason that Nazis are un-American which goes far beyond their being evil. Other countries have their own reasons for rejecting Nazism, but America has something special. Our foundational document, the Declaration of Independence, states that all men have certain inalienable rights including Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13836-why-are-nazis-un-american)

   ##  [ Not Your Granddad’s Nazis: A New Generation of White Supremacists Emerges in Charlottesville](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13816-not-your-granddad-s-nazis-a-new-generation-of-white-supremacists-emerges-in-charlottesville "Not Your Granddad’s Nazis: A New Generation of White Supremacists Emerges in Charlottesville")

      Details    A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Karim Hajj    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 17 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/066n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13816-not-your-granddad-s-nazis-a-new-generation-of-white-supremacists-emerges-in-charlottesville)

PROPUBLICA REPORT--The white supremacist forces arrayed in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend — the largest gathering of its sort in at least a generation — represented a new incarnation of the white supremacy movement. Old-guard groups like the Ku Klux Klan, the Aryan Nations and the Nazi skinheads, which had long stood at the center of racist politics in America, were largely absent.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13816-not-your-granddad-s-nazis-a-new-generation-of-white-supremacists-emerges-in-charlottesville)

   ##  [ Racists Look Emboldened. They're Actually Terrified.](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13815-racists-look-emboldened-they-re-actually-terrified "Racists Look Emboldened. They're Actually Terrified.")

      Details    Olivia Alperstein    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 17 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/066o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13815-racists-look-emboldened-they-re-actually-terrified)

PROFILE OF A RACIST--The act of terrorism that killed one person and injured others in Charlottesville, Virginia was horrific. There will be more days like these.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13815-racists-look-emboldened-they-re-actually-terrified)

   ##  [ United in Hope and Prayer for Our Racist Society](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13813-united-in-hope-and-prayer-for-our-racist-society "United in Hope and Prayer for Our Racist Society")

      Details    Leonard Isenberg    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 17 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/066q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13813-united-in-hope-and-prayer-for-our-racist-society)

FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE TO OUR OWN BACKYARDS-To address the latest act of senseless racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, people of good will across the country came together on Sunday, August 13 to show solidarity, trying to formulate positive actions to stop these senseless acts from occurring in the future.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13813-united-in-hope-and-prayer-for-our-racist-society)

   ##  [ We're Living in Separate ‘Alt’ Universes ... ‘Alt-Right’, ‘Alt-Left’, ‘Alt-erior Motives’](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13812-we-re-living-in-separate-alt-universes-alt-right-alt-left-alt-erior-motives "We're Living in Separate ‘Alt’ Universes ... ‘Alt-Right’, ‘Alt-Left’, ‘Alt-erior Motives’")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 17 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/066r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13812-we-re-living-in-separate-alt-universes-alt-right-alt-left-alt-erior-motives)

LEANING RIGHT--And to think I wanted to discuss my favorite topic--transportation and infrastructure! But even as President Trump made a push the other day for a sweeping [infrastructure executive bill](http://fox61.com/2017/08/15/watch-live-president-donald-trump-to-sign-executive-order-on-infrastructure-projects/), the horrific events at Charlottesville dominated his ongoing war with the press.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13812-we-re-living-in-separate-alt-universes-alt-right-alt-left-alt-erior-motives)

   ##  [ What We Can Learn from Charlottesville about America’s Road to Fascism](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13811-what-we-can-learn-from-charlottesville-about-america-s-road-to-fascism "What We Can Learn from Charlottesville about America’s Road to Fascism")

      Details    Victor Rothman    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 17 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/066s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13811-what-we-can-learn-from-charlottesville-about-america-s-road-to-fascism)

The Unite the Right gathering in Charlottesville, Virginia, sputtered out because its attendees were not just racists, but because they were violent racists. Nevertheless, their cancelled rally, and the reactions to what happened, tells us a great deal about the prospects for fascism in the United States.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13811-what-we-can-learn-from-charlottesville-about-america-s-road-to-fascism)

   ##  [ Why North Korea Hates Us](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13810-why-north-korea-hates-us "Why North Korea Hates Us")

      Details    Robert C. Koehler    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 17 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/066t.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13810-why-north-korea-hates-us)

GUEST WORDS--“The bombing was long, leisurely and merciless . . .”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13810-why-north-korea-hates-us)

   ##  [ As Teachers, We Own James Alex Fields Jr.](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13802-as-teachers-we-own-james-alex-fields-jr "As Teachers, We Own James Alex Fields Jr.")

      Details    Sara Holbrook    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/065d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13802-as-teachers-we-own-james-alex-fields-jr)

WE OWN THIS MAN-Friends, citizens, educators: we own this man. He is our failure. The politicians who ran on American (read: white) exceptionalism and the people who voted for them ― and his kindergarten teacher, his granny and Mr. Rogers ― all told him he was special. And then failed to tell him he was no more special than the kids on either side of him.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13802-as-teachers-we-own-james-alex-fields-jr)

   ##  [ Charlottesville Blame and Confusion Abound ... but Everyone Should Hate the Nazis!](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13800-charlottesville-blame-and-confusion-abound-but-everyone-should-hate-the-nazis "Charlottesville Blame and Confusion Abound ... but Everyone Should Hate the Nazis!")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/065g.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13800-charlottesville-blame-and-confusion-abound-but-everyone-should-hate-the-nazis)

VIEW FROM THE RIGHT--There are so many uncertain stories, so many unanswered questions, and so many confusing narratives after the nightmarish civil unrest in Charlottesville that it will take weeks or months to figure them all out...but two things are for certain:

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13800-charlottesville-blame-and-confusion-abound-but-everyone-should-hate-the-nazis)

   ##  [ Divisiveness Isn't the Problem: Seeing Charlottesville for What It Really Is](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13798-divisiveness-isn-t-the-problem-seeing-charlottesville-for-what-it-really-is "Divisiveness Isn't the Problem: Seeing Charlottesville for What It Really Is")

      Details    Seth Masket    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/065k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13798-divisiveness-isn-t-the-problem-seeing-charlottesville-for-what-it-really-is)

One thing this past weekend's horrors in Charlottesville showed us is that that concerns about polarization and divisiveness can sometimes be a dodge from the real problems.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13798-divisiveness-isn-t-the-problem-seeing-charlottesville-for-what-it-really-is)

   ##  [ Charlottesville: Why It Took Trump So Long to Say the Words](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13788-charlottesville-why-it-took-trump-so-long-to-say-the-words "Charlottesville: Why It Took Trump So Long to Say the Words")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     August 14 2017       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2017/065z1.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13788-charlottesville-why-it-took-trump-so-long-to-say-the-words)

CIVIL RIGHTS--This past week saw some weaknesses in American life. First, our inability to deal with a mentally ill President and second, our inability to deal with the results of Group Rights. Unfortunately, the two collided.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13788-charlottesville-why-it-took-trump-so-long-to-say-the-words)

1. [ Blowing Smoke](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13778-blowing-smoke-2)
2. [ Has Jeff Sessions Rendered Crime Scene Science Useless?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13774-has-jeff-sessions-rendered-crime-scene-science-useless)
3. [ Making America Cruel Again … to Unionized Workers](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13771-making-america-cruel-again-to-unionized-workers)
4. [ 'Slippery Slope to Dictatorship': Majority of GOP Would Back Trump Postponing 2020 Elections](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13768-slippery-slope-to-dictatorship-majority-of-gop-would-back-trump-postponing-2020-elections)
5. [ The Truth Behind Spiraling Drug Costs … From the Front Lines](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13767-the-truth-behind-spiraling-drug-costs-from-the-front-lines)
6. [ Whiting Out Black Lives Matter](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13764-whiting-out-black-lives-matter)
7. [ I’d Really Love to be Against Affirmative Action - Just Tell Me How](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13743-i-d-really-love-to-be-against-affirmative-action-just-tell-me-how)
8. [ Trump Will Win In 2020](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13742-trump-will-win-in-2020)
9. [ Rethinking Russian Hacking: Who Profits from that Narrative?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13727-rethinking-russian-hacking-who-profits-from-that-narrative)
10. [ The Godfather and the Don](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13726-the-godfather-and-the-don)

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