#  VOICES

   ##  [ A Little Corruption Here, A Little Abuse There Makes LA Ungovernable](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26108-white-collar-crimes-result-in-violence "A Little Corruption Here, A Little Abuse There Makes LA Ungovernable")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 14 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2022/100q.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26108-white-collar-crimes-result-in-violence)

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   ##  [ Police Robots: Lethal Weapons](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26102-police-robots-lethal-weapons "Police Robots: Lethal Weapons")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 13 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2022/099l.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26102-police-robots-lethal-weapons)

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   ##  [ Elon Musk’s Takeover For Twitter Is a Triumph For Telling It Like It Is](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26098-elon-musk-s-takeover-for-twitter-is-a-triumph-for-telling-it-like-it-is "Elon Musk’s Takeover For Twitter Is a Triumph For Telling It Like It Is")

      Details    Michael Letts    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 11 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2022/099d.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26098-elon-musk-s-takeover-for-twitter-is-a-triumph-for-telling-it-like-it-is)

GUEST COMMENTARY - There’s been a great deal of criticism with tech billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover of the Twitter social media channel.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26098-elon-musk-s-takeover-for-twitter-is-a-triumph-for-telling-it-like-it-is)

   ##  [ Lies Breed Violence](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26087-lies-breed-violence "Lies Breed Violence")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 11 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2022/099b.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26087-lies-breed-violence)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - Whether the lies come from Donald Trump or from the Los Angeles Times, lies breed violence.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26087-lies-breed-violence)

   ##  [ Can We Find the Compassion to Cultivate the Best Within Us](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26080-can-we-find-the-compassion-to-cultivate-the-best-within-us "Can We Find the Compassion to Cultivate the Best Within Us")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 08 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2022/098u.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26080-can-we-find-the-compassion-to-cultivate-the-best-within-us)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Yesterday was National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, a time of figurative rending of garments and reliving one horrible incident – Japanese Zeros dive-bombing the US Naval Base at Pearl Harbor out of the rising sun.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26080-can-we-find-the-compassion-to-cultivate-the-best-within-us)

   ##  [ Once Again, Democrats Side With the Bosses](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26077-once-again-democrats-side-with-the-bosses "Once Again, Democrats Side With the Bosses")

      Details    David Van Deusen    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 08 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2022/098m.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26077-once-again-democrats-side-with-the-bosses)

LABOR WATCH - U.S. Rail Unions went into this bargaining season with not a single day of paid sick leave in their Contract.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26077-once-again-democrats-side-with-the-bosses)

   ##  [ Linear Time Is a Thing of the Past](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26076-linear-time-is-a-thing-of-the-past "Linear Time Is a Thing of the Past")

      Details    Mark Dutton    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 08 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2022/098f.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26076-linear-time-is-a-thing-of-the-past)

MARK, MY WORDS - “The good old days.” I suppose it means something different to everyone depending on political point of view, cultural background or any number of other things that make us who we are.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26076-linear-time-is-a-thing-of-the-past)

   ##  [ Not All Antisemitism is Created Equal](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26074-not-all-antisemitism-is-created-equal "Not All Antisemitism is Created Equal")

      Details    Miran Kalaydjian    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 08 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2022/098b.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26074-not-all-antisemitism-is-created-equal)

GUEST COMMENTARY - Antisemitism in any form is deeply offensive. In recent weeks, however, we’ve seen examples of two types of Jew-hatred that represent different kinds and levels of threat.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26074-not-all-antisemitism-is-created-equal)

   ##  [ Why Workers Are Up in Arms Over the Rail Strike Intervention](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26073-why-workers-are-up-in-arms-over-the-rail-strike-intervention "Why Workers Are Up in Arms Over the Rail Strike Intervention")

      Details    Sonali Kolhatkar    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 08 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2022/098c.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26073-why-workers-are-up-in-arms-over-the-rail-strike-intervention)

RAILROAD WORKERS - The United States Senate acted in a show of rare unity recently in [voting 80 to 15](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/01/politics/senate-rail-vote) to pass a bill forcing rail workers to accept their employers’ contract offer without a strike.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26073-why-workers-are-up-in-arms-over-the-rail-strike-intervention)

   ##  [ Senator Warnock’s Re-Election is a Victory for Social Security](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26071-senator-warnock-s-re-election-is-a-victory-for-social-security "Senator Warnock’s Re-Election is a Victory for Social Security")

      Details    Nancy J. Altman    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 08 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2022/098i.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26071-senator-warnock-s-re-election-is-a-victory-for-social-security)

ELECTION ANALYSIS - Social Security was on the ballot in Georgia’s December 6 run-off election. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock’s re-election is a win for working families.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26071-senator-warnock-s-re-election-is-a-victory-for-social-security)

   ##  [ LAPD’s Broken Internal Affairs Division. Cronyism, Nepotism, Favoritism](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26067-lapd-s-broken-internal-affairs-division-cronyism-nepotism-favoritism "LAPD’s Broken Internal Affairs Division.  Cronyism, Nepotism, Favoritism")

      Details    Caroline Aguirre    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 08 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2022/098h.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26067-lapd-s-broken-internal-affairs-division-cronyism-nepotism-favoritism)

GUEST COMMENTARY - The LAPD has a double standard when addressing disciplinary complaints on Command Staff Members vs. rank-and-file members.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26067-lapd-s-broken-internal-affairs-division-cronyism-nepotism-favoritism)

   ##  [ Trump’s Mental Illness vs Pelosi’s Dereliction of Duty](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26066-trump-s-mental-illness-vs-pelosi-s-dereliction-of-duty "Trump’s Mental Illness vs Pelosi’s Dereliction of Duty")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 08 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2022/098n.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26066-trump-s-mental-illness-vs-pelosi-s-dereliction-of-duty)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - On December 3, 2022, the mentally challenged Donald Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social, "A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, **even those found in the Constitution**." (Bold added)

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26066-trump-s-mental-illness-vs-pelosi-s-dereliction-of-duty)

   ##  [ The Defrocking of St. Ron DeSantis](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26058-the-defrocking-of-st-ron-desantis "The Defrocking of St. Ron DeSantis")

      Details    Jim Hightower    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 05 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2022/097p.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26058-the-defrocking-of-st-ron-desantis)

POLITICAL COMMENTARY - Breaking news: After years of failed Republican efforts to uncover any proof of widespread voter fraud by Democrats, Republican Governor Ron “Tough Guy” DeSantis of Florida found not one, but 20 ineligible people casting ballots.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26058-the-defrocking-of-st-ron-desantis)

   ##  [ Thank You, Kanye West and the U.N., For Reminding Jews That Antisemitism is Alive and Well](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26054-thank-you-kanye-west-and-the-u-n-for-reminding-jews-that-antisemitism-is-alive-and-well "Thank You, Kanye West and the U.N., For Reminding Jews That Antisemitism is Alive and Well")

      Details    Ken Alpern    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 05 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2022/097g.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26054-thank-you-kanye-west-and-the-u-n-for-reminding-jews-that-antisemitism-is-alive-and-well)

THE DOCTOR IS IN - For any Jew (or a friend, family member, or sympathizer to Jews in the nation and abroad), it's become pretty clear that the historical go-to for blaming the Jews still exists.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26054-thank-you-kanye-west-and-the-u-n-for-reminding-jews-that-antisemitism-is-alive-and-well)

   ##  [ Magnus’ Resignation Won’t Stop the Border Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26050-magnus-resignation-won-t-stop-the-border-crisis "Magnus’ Resignation Won’t Stop the Border Crisis")

      Details    Michael Letts    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 05 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Dec-2022/097f.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26050-magnus-resignation-won-t-stop-the-border-crisis)

BORDER SECURITY - It is unusual when a government official gets fired for poor job performance. Not because they perform their job duties well. It’s because the bureaucracy protects them.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26050-magnus-resignation-won-t-stop-the-border-crisis)

   ##  [ OMG, a Right-Wing Jerk Can Buy Twitter! Media Concentration Matters](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26034-omg-a-right-wing-jerk-can-buy-twitter-media-concentration-matters "OMG, a Right-Wing Jerk Can Buy Twitter! Media Concentration Matters")

      Details    DEAN BAKER    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 01 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2022/096o.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26034-omg-a-right-wing-jerk-can-buy-twitter-media-concentration-matters)

GUEST COMMENTARY - It’s more than a bit bizarre that until Elon Musk bought Twitter, most policy types apparently did not see a risk that huge platforms like Facebook and Twitter could be controlled by people with a clear political agenda.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26034-omg-a-right-wing-jerk-can-buy-twitter-media-concentration-matters)

   ##  [ LA City Hall – Where Corruption Destroys Quality of Life](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26033-la-city-hall-where-corruption-destroys-quality-of-life "LA City Hall – Where Corruption Destroys Quality of Life")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 01 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2022/096g.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26033-la-city-hall-where-corruption-destroys-quality-of-life)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - As all Angelenos know, the Los Angeles City Hall is a quagmire of corruptionism where Quality Of Life for Angelenos plays no role.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26033-la-city-hall-where-corruption-destroys-quality-of-life)

   ##  [ Two Birds of a Feather](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26025-two-birds-of-a-feather "Two Birds of a Feather")

      Details    Caroline Aguirre    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     December 01 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2022/096k.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26025-two-birds-of-a-feather)

GUEST COMMENTARY - Every year prior to Thanksgiving, Los Angeles City Council members purchase large quantities of Turkeys which are to be given out to their needy, low-income constituents.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26025-two-birds-of-a-feather)

   ##  [ All Corruption is Not Created Equal](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26014-all-corruption-is-not-created-equal "All Corruption is Not Created Equal")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     November 28 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2022/095c.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26014-all-corruption-is-not-created-equal)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - Although the recent city council elections were rife with charges of corruption, the word remained undefined.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26014-all-corruption-is-not-created-equal)

   ##  [ The Doctor Will See You Now...if "Now" Means 2-3 Months!](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26010-the-doctor-will-see-you-now-if-now-means-2-3-months "The Doctor Will See You Now...if "Now" Means 2-3 Months!")

      Details    Ken Alpern    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     November 28 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2022/095e.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26010-the-doctor-will-see-you-now-if-now-means-2-3-months)

THE DOCTOR IS IN - It's no secret that trying to see a doctor in a timely manner is at best difficult, and at worst downright impossible.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/26010-the-doctor-will-see-you-now-if-now-means-2-3-months)

   ##  [ Thanks Ken Draper and Thanks to You](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25993-thanks-ken-draper-and-thanks-to-you "Thanks Ken Draper and Thanks to You")

      Details    Ken Alpern    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     November 24 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2022/094r.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25993-thanks-ken-draper-and-thanks-to-you)

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25993-thanks-ken-draper-and-thanks-to-you)

1. [ How Zuckerberg Lost $700 Billion?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25990-how-zuckerberg-lost-700-billion)
2. [ THX](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25987-thx)
3. [ MAGAPHONE](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25986-magaphone)
4. [ Why Is California YIMBY Hiding the Names of Big-Money Contributors?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25985-why-is-california-yimby-hiding-the-names-of-big-money-contributors)
5. [ Kanye West Says He’s Running For President With Ex-Gay Troll Milo Yiannopoulos’ Help](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25973-kanye-west-says-he-s-running-for-president-with-ex-gay-troll-milo-yiannopoulos-help)
6. [ Re-Envisioning Thanksgiving](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25972-re-envisioning-thanksgiving)
7. [ Predators Rampage Throughout Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25965-predators-rampage-throughout-los-angeles)
8. [ A Rude Awakening For The Republican Party](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25964-a-rude-awakening-for-the-republican-party)
9. [ Still Hanging On: The Self-serving and Selfish Duo from Northeast LA](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25963-still-hanging-on-the-self-serving-and-selfish-duo-from-northeast-la)
10. [ Washed Up and Wiped-Out Red Waves of Wistfulness](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25952-washed-up-and-wiped-out-red-waves-of-wistfulness)

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