#  VOICES

   ##  [ An Advocate’s Almanac of Commonsense on Anti-Bias Issues](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25607-an-advocate-s-almanac-of-commonsense-on-anti-bias-issues "An Advocate’s Almanac of Commonsense on Anti-Bias Issues")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 29 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/078g.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25607-an-advocate-s-almanac-of-commonsense-on-anti-bias-issues)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Are you tired of being told to post your pronouns? I am.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25607-an-advocate-s-almanac-of-commonsense-on-anti-bias-issues)

   ##  [ College Debt Is the Tip of the Iceberg](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25595-college-debt-is-the-tip-of-the-iceberg "College Debt Is the Tip of the Iceberg")

      Details    Phil Wilson    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 26 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/077j.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25595-college-debt-is-the-tip-of-the-iceberg)

COLLEGE DEBT - President Joe Biden recently instituted a program to forgive some of the student debt that plagues approximately 45 million Americans.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25595-college-debt-is-the-tip-of-the-iceberg)

   ##  [ The Revenge of the Material Economy](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25586-the-revenge-of-the-material-economy "The Revenge of the Material Economy")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 26 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/077q.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25586-the-revenge-of-the-material-economy)

GUEST COMMENTARY - America’s narrow escape last week from a major [rail-worker strike](https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/09/where-to-point-fingers-if-a-freight-rail-strike-cripples-the-economy/) brought home an important truth: people who make and ship real things – let’s call them material workers – now hold the whip hand over our supposedly ‘post-industrial’ economy.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25586-the-revenge-of-the-material-economy)

   ##  [ Why do Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Elon Musk, and Neil deGrasse Tyson All Support Nuclear Power?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25582-why-do-bill-gates-warren-buffett-elon-musk-and-neil-degrasse-tyson-all-support-nuclear-power "Why do Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Elon Musk, and Neil deGrasse Tyson All Support Nuclear Power?")

      Details    Ken Alpern    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 26 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/077f.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25582-why-do-bill-gates-warren-buffett-elon-musk-and-neil-degrasse-tyson-all-support-nuclear-power)

THE DOCTOR IS IN - The time really MUST sooner or later arrive when we can speak truth to power...and I don't mean those who think that fossil fuels will be our only way out of the stone age for the indefinite future.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25582-why-do-bill-gates-warren-buffett-elon-musk-and-neil-degrasse-tyson-all-support-nuclear-power)

   ##  [ Avoiding a War without a Winner: How we Could Ease the Deadly US-China Dispute ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25578-avoiding-a-war-without-a-winner-how-we-could-ease-the-deadly-us-china-dispute "Avoiding a War without a Winner: How we Could Ease the Deadly US-China Dispute ")

      Details    Jacopo Demarinis    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 26 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/077x.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25578-avoiding-a-war-without-a-winner-how-we-could-ease-the-deadly-us-china-dispute)

GUEST COMMENTARY - In a world haunted by the specter of nuclear war, needlessly aggressive competition among nations could lead to an apocalyptic catastrophe.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25578-avoiding-a-war-without-a-winner-how-we-could-ease-the-deadly-us-china-dispute)

   ##  [ Sheriff Alex Villanueva is Stuck in the 1950's](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25572-sheriff-alex-villanueva-is-stuck-in-the-1950-s "Sheriff Alex Villanueva is Stuck in the 1950's")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 26 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/077d.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25572-sheriff-alex-villanueva-is-stuck-in-the-1950-s)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - During the debate on September 21, 2022, Sheriff Alex Villanueva showed that he is out of step with Los Angeles.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25572-sheriff-alex-villanueva-is-stuck-in-the-1950-s)

   ##  [ The Manchin Gimme Game](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25555-the-manchin-gimme-game "The Manchin Gimme Game")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 22 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/076s.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25555-the-manchin-gimme-game)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - “The problem is not how many dollars remain underground if fracking is banned, but how many lives are lost above ground, if it isn’t.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25555-the-manchin-gimme-game)

   ##  [ The Stranger Who Resides With You](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25552-the-stranger-who-resides-with-you "The Stranger Who Resides With You")

      Details    Abby Zimet    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 22 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/076h.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25552-the-stranger-who-resides-with-you)

GUEST COMMENTARY - The story of Ron DeathSantis' latest sadistic, showboating, puerile, deeply inhumane bit of anti-immigration political theater -

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25552-the-stranger-who-resides-with-you)

   ##  [ Watchdog Says Use 14th Amendment Against Lawmakers Who Betrayed Oaths on January 6](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25550-watchdog-says-use-14th-amendment-against-lawmakers-who-betrayed-oaths-on-january-6 "Watchdog Says Use 14th Amendment Against Lawmakers Who Betrayed Oaths on January 6")

      Details    Jessica Corbett    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 22 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/076j.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25550-watchdog-says-use-14th-amendment-against-lawmakers-who-betrayed-oaths-on-january-6)

COURT RULES - Citing a recent court ruling, a government watchdog group on Wednesday urged members of Congress to remove and bar from office anyone "who betrayed their constitutional oaths by engaging in the January 6 insurrection."

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25550-watchdog-says-use-14th-amendment-against-lawmakers-who-betrayed-oaths-on-january-6)

   ##  [ CA Assembly District 40 – Long Odds Can Mean a Bigger Payoff](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25548-don-t-be-fooled-safe-legal-and-rare-means-no-on-1 "CA Assembly District 40 – Long Odds Can Mean a Bigger Payoff")

      Details    Miran Kalaydjian    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 21 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/076g.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25548-don-t-be-fooled-safe-legal-and-rare-means-no-on-1)

GUEST COMMENTARY - In a mid-term election year, where the fate of House of Representatives is in the balance, nearly all attention, energy, and resources are consumed upon congressional races.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25548-don-t-be-fooled-safe-legal-and-rare-means-no-on-1)

   ##  [ The CIA Is Not Your Friend](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25544-the-cia-is-not-your-friend "The CIA Is Not Your Friend")

      Details    Edward Snowden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 21 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/076e.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25544-the-cia-is-not-your-friend)

GUEST COMMENTARY - It hasn’t been a month since President Biden mounted the steps of Philadelphia’s Independence Hall, declaring it his duty to ensure each of us understands the central faction of his political opposition are extremists that “threaten the very foundations of our Republic.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25544-the-cia-is-not-your-friend)

   ##  [ If the Government Pays for the Research, It Doesn't Have to Grant Patent Monopolies](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25541-if-the-government-pays-for-the-research-it-doesn-t-have-to-grant-patent-monopolies "If the Government Pays for the Research, It Doesn't Have to Grant Patent Monopolies")

      Details    Dean Baker    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 19 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/075o.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25541-if-the-government-pays-for-the-research-it-doesn-t-have-to-grant-patent-monopolies)

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH - I was glad to see Ezra Klein's [**piece**](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/18/opinion/biden-invention-arpa-h.html) today touting the Biden administration's creation of ARPA-H.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25541-if-the-government-pays-for-the-research-it-doesn-t-have-to-grant-patent-monopolies)

   ##  [ 'It's Not Over': While Biden Touts Rail Deal, Workers Have Yet to Vote—And Many Remain Skeptical](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25539-it-s-not-over-while-biden-touts-rail-deal-workers-have-yet-to-vote-and-many-remain-skeptical "'It's Not Over': While Biden Touts Rail Deal, Workers Have Yet to Vote—And Many Remain Skeptical")

      Details    Jeff Schuhrke    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 19 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/075q.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25539-it-s-not-over-while-biden-touts-rail-deal-workers-have-yet-to-vote-and-many-remain-skeptical)

RAIL STRIKE - President Joe Biden took a[ victory lap**](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/09/15/railroad-strike-averted-biden-says-tentative-labor-agreement-reached/10385192002/) on Thursday after his administration helped broker a deal to stave off what would have been the first national freight railroad strike in 30 years.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25539-it-s-not-over-while-biden-touts-rail-deal-workers-have-yet-to-vote-and-many-remain-skeptical)

   ##  [ Erasing QAnon Fascism: A Case Study in Black Comedy](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25538-erasing-qanon-fascism-a-case-study-in-black-comedy "Erasing QAnon Fascism: A Case Study in Black Comedy")

      Details    Anthony DiMaggio    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 19 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/075r.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25538-erasing-qanon-fascism-a-case-study-in-black-comedy)

TRUMPISM - Karl Marx famously [wrote](https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ch01.htm) in the *Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte* that historical facts appear twice, “the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25538-erasing-qanon-fascism-a-case-study-in-black-comedy)

   ##  [ Stop the Glendale Biogas Project](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25531-stop-the-glendale-biogas-project "Stop the Glendale Biogas Project")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 19 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/075m.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25531-stop-the-glendale-biogas-project)

ENVIRONMENT - The Glendale City Council will now be voting tomorrow, Tuesday, to approve the purchase of pricey machinery for a permanent methane plant at the Scholl Canyon dump.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25531-stop-the-glendale-biogas-project)

   ##  [ An Ode to Joe, Just So You Know](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25530-an-ode-to-joe-just-so-you-know "An Ode to Joe, Just So You Know")

      Details    Ken Alpern    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 19 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/075g.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25530-an-ode-to-joe-just-so-you-know)

THE DOCTOR IS IN - Hey, Joe, whaddaya know?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25530-an-ode-to-joe-just-so-you-know)

   ##  [ Conflict and Resolution](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25525-conflict-and-resolution "Conflict and Resolution")

      Details    James Preston Allen    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 19 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/075c.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25525-conflict-and-resolution)

POLITICAL COMMENTARY - On Sept. 1 of this year, President Joe Biden stood at the podium at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the very place where the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed and delivered a blistering primetime speech aimed at the former president.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25525-conflict-and-resolution)

   ##  [ Evil Empire: Let the Monarchy Die Along With Elizabeth](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25524-evil-empire-let-the-monarchy-die-along-with-elizabeth "Evil Empire: Let the Monarchy Die Along With Elizabeth")

      Details    Sonali Kolhatkar    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 19 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/075d.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25524-evil-empire-let-the-monarchy-die-along-with-elizabeth)

THE BRITISH MONARCHY - The death of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch of British royalty, has sparked global fascination and spawned thousands of clickbait reports of the details of her funeral.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25524-evil-empire-let-the-monarchy-die-along-with-elizabeth)

   ##  [ Teachers Should Carry Books, Not Guns—And Politicians Should Do Their Jobs](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25507-teachers-should-carry-books-not-guns-and-politicians-should-do-their-jobs "Teachers Should Carry Books, Not Guns—And Politicians Should Do Their Jobs")

      Details    Christina Wyman    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 15 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/074m.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25507-teachers-should-carry-books-not-guns-and-politicians-should-do-their-jobs)

EDUCATION - I will never forget the afternoon before my very first day as a middle school teacher in central New Jersey.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25507-teachers-should-carry-books-not-guns-and-politicians-should-do-their-jobs)

   ##  [ The Queen is Dead. Republic Now!](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25506-the-queen-is-dead-republic-now "The Queen is Dead.  Republic Now!")

      Details    Phil Butland    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 15 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/074n.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25506-the-queen-is-dead-republic-now)

GUEST COMMENTARY - On 8th September, 2022, a 96-year old woman died. Nothing unusual there.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25506-the-queen-is-dead-republic-now)

   ##  [ Ban Single-Use Plastics - The World You Save May Be Your Own](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25502-ban-single-use-plastics-the-world-you-save-may-be-your-own "Ban Single-Use Plastics - The World You Save May Be Your Own")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 15 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/074j.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25502-ban-single-use-plastics-the-world-you-save-may-be-your-own)

ENVIRONMENT - The United States uses about *100 billion* plastic bags every year. By 2050, a report at the World Economic Forum predicted there will be as much[ plastic in the world’s oceans as fish](https://click.everyaction.com/k/47526549/354640029/-1584788399?utm_source=eeo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=eeo1148&utm_term=Oceans&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9DQkQvQ0JELzEvNjE0MjkiLA0KICAiRGlzdHJpYnV0aW9uVW5pcXVlSWQiOiAiYmY2Y2M2YzctMzdmZS1lYzExLWI0N2EtMjgxODc4YjgzZDhhIiwNCiAgIkVtYWlsQWRkcmVzcyI6ICJMaXpBbXNkZW5AaG90bWFpbC5jb20iDQp9&hmac=Ydz6vq-AiXq2RS_e1yR_BhyTAFuIrp-Y-YR6gdjdqcQ=&emci=989a61da-76fd-ec11-b47a-281878b83d8a&emdi=bf6cc6c7-37fe-ec11-b47a-281878b83d8a&ceid=864477).

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25502-ban-single-use-plastics-the-world-you-save-may-be-your-own)

1. [ Why? Chu, Waters & Bass Didn’t Work On Freedom of Choice Legislation](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25499-why-chu-waters-bass-didn-t-work-on-freedom-of-choice-legislation)
2. [ To Win in November, Democrats Must Listen to Citizen Groups](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25482-to-win-in-november-democrats-must-listen-to-citizen-groups)
3. [ 10 Observations About the 2022 Midterms](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25479-10-observations-about-the-2022-midterms)
4. [ Obama’s Presidential Portrait Finally Hangs In The White House, But It Is Not Greatest Portrait](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25470-obama-s-presidential-portrait-finally-hangs-in-the-white-house-but-it-is-not-greatest-portrait)
5. [ High Energy Prices, High Environmental Concerns, and a High Need For Nuclear Energy](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25456-high-energy-prices-high-environmental-concerns-and-a-high-need-for-nuclear-energy)
6. [ Silencing the Lambs: How Propaganda Works](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25454-silencing-the-lambs-how-propaganda-works)
7. [ It's Time for Democrats to Take the Gloves Off and Ban Seditious Republicans From Congress](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25453-it-s-time-for-democrats-to-take-the-gloves-off-and-ban-seditious-republicans-from-congress)
8. [ The Baltic Countries: A Trip to Remember](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25445-the-baltic-countries-a-trip-to-remember)
9. [ An Open Letter From Former City Controller Laura Chick To The People Of Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25440-an-open-letter-from-former-city-controller-laura-chick-to-the-people-of-los-angeles)
10. [ America’s Exploitation of Gorbachev](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25434-america-s-exploitation-of-gorbachev)

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