#  VOICES

   ##  [ 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.

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   ##  [ 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)

   ##  [ 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 "Why? Chu, Waters & Bass Didn’t Work On Freedom of Choice Legislation")

      Details    Caroline Aguirre    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 15 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/074d.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25499-why-chu-waters-bass-didn-t-work-on-freedom-of-choice-legislation)

GUEST COMMENTARY - Three local elected United States representatives turned their backs on the protection of Women's rights namely the right of Choice which led up to the recent decision by the United States Supreme Court to overturn Roe vs Wade.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25499-why-chu-waters-bass-didn-t-work-on-freedom-of-choice-legislation)

   ##  [ 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 "To Win in November, Democrats Must Listen to Citizen Groups")

      Details    Ralph Nader    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 11 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/073k.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25482-to-win-in-november-democrats-must-listen-to-citizen-groups)

MID TERM ELECTION - Prospects for Democrats winning in November in the House and Senate have picked up recently.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25482-to-win-in-november-democrats-must-listen-to-citizen-groups)

   ##  [ 10 Observations About the 2022 Midterms](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25479-10-observations-about-the-2022-midterms "10 Observations About the 2022 Midterms")

      Details    Bob Burnett    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 11 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/073m.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25479-10-observations-about-the-2022-midterms)

ELECTION POLITICS - Two-thirds of the way through 2022, the political situation is quite different than it appeared to be on January 1.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25479-10-observations-about-the-2022-midterms)

   ##  [ 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 "Obama’s Presidential Portrait Finally Hangs In The White House, But It Is Not Greatest Portrait")

      Details    Matthew Hetz    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 11 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/073e.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25470-obama-s-presidential-portrait-finally-hangs-in-the-white-house-but-it-is-not-greatest-portrait)

GUEST COMMENTARY - Barak Obama’s presidential portrait will finally hang in the White House after the traditional, official ceremony.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25470-obama-s-presidential-portrait-finally-hangs-in-the-white-house-but-it-is-not-greatest-portrait)

   ##  [ 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 "High Energy Prices, High Environmental Concerns, and a High Need For Nuclear Energy")

      Details    Ken Alpern    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 08 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/072k.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25456-high-energy-prices-high-environmental-concerns-and-a-high-need-for-nuclear-energy)

THE DOCTOR IS IN - Contrary to current popular media groupthink and echo chambers, no one in their right mind wants to live in an unhealthy environment.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25456-high-energy-prices-high-environmental-concerns-and-a-high-need-for-nuclear-energy)

   ##  [ Silencing the Lambs: How Propaganda Works](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25454-silencing-the-lambs-how-propaganda-works "Silencing the Lambs:  How Propaganda Works")

      Details    John Pilger    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 08 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/072f.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25454-silencing-the-lambs-how-propaganda-works)

GUEST COMMENTARY - In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler’s leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25454-silencing-the-lambs-how-propaganda-works)

   ##  [ 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 "It's Time for Democrats to Take the Gloves Off and Ban Seditious Republicans From Congress")

      Details    Thom Hartmann    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 08 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/072h.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25453-it-s-time-for-democrats-to-take-the-gloves-off-and-ban-seditious-republicans-from-congress)

GUEST COMMENTARY - Before I even get into the guts of this argument, just ask yourself:

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25453-it-s-time-for-democrats-to-take-the-gloves-off-and-ban-seditious-republicans-from-congress)

   ##  [ The Baltic Countries: A Trip to Remember](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25445-the-baltic-countries-a-trip-to-remember "The Baltic Countries: A Trip to Remember")

      Details    Denyse Selesnick    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 08 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/072n.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25445-the-baltic-countries-a-trip-to-remember)

MY THOUGHTS - Before I start this week’s column, I want to say a few words about my late departed friend CW Publisher, Ken Draper.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25445-the-baltic-countries-a-trip-to-remember)

   ##  [ 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 "An Open Letter From Former City Controller Laura Chick To The People Of Los Angeles")

      Details    Laura Chick    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 06 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/071v.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25440-an-open-letter-from-former-city-controller-laura-chick-to-the-people-of-los-angeles)

OP-ED - It was the honor of my life to serve the people of Los Angeles and the State of California over a 20-year public service career.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25440-an-open-letter-from-former-city-controller-laura-chick-to-the-people-of-los-angeles)

   ##  [ America’s Exploitation of Gorbachev](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25434-america-s-exploitation-of-gorbachev "America’s Exploitation of Gorbachev")

      Details    Melvin Goodman    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 05 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/071j.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25434-america-s-exploitation-of-gorbachev)

GUEST COMMENTARY - There was no leader in the twentieth century who did more to end the Cold War, the over-militarization of his country, and the reliance on nuclear weaponry than Mikhail S. Gorbachev.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25434-america-s-exploitation-of-gorbachev)

   ##  [ Factors That Lead to Civil War](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25426-factors-that-lead-to-civil-war "Factors That Lead to Civil War")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 05 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/071f.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25426-factors-that-lead-to-civil-war)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - Two factors precede most civil wars: (1) The breaking of established cultural norms based on shared values, and (2) division along ethnic, religious or race lines.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25426-factors-that-lead-to-civil-war)

   ##  [ Labor Movement: Need a Plan to Move Forward and not Backwards](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25424-labor-movement-need-a-plan-to-move-forward-and-not-backwards "Labor Movement:  Need a Plan to Move Forward and not Backwards")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 05 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/071e.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25424-labor-movement-need-a-plan-to-move-forward-and-not-backwards)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Labor sounds awfully intense in this Trumpian era of self-indulgence. Do people really want to celebrate work?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25424-labor-movement-need-a-plan-to-move-forward-and-not-backwards)

   ##  [ Gascón Rolls Out the Welcome Mat (for Drug Dealers?)](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25422-gascon-rolls-out-the-welcome-mat-for-drug-dealers "Gascón Rolls Out the Welcome Mat (for Drug Dealers?)")

      Details    Kathleen Cady    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 05 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/071a.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25422-gascon-rolls-out-the-welcome-mat-for-drug-dealers)

DRUG OVERDOSES - In February 2021, 16-year-old, straight-A student Sammy Berman Chapman asked his dad for a cheeseburger.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25422-gascon-rolls-out-the-welcome-mat-for-drug-dealers)

   ##  [ The Revenge of the Analog Economy](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25407-the-revenge-of-the-analog-economy "The Revenge of the Analog Economy")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 01 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/070r.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25407-the-revenge-of-the-analog-economy)

GUEST COMMENTARY - The last few decades have seen the emergence of two rival economies:

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25407-the-revenge-of-the-analog-economy)

   ##  [ Bailing Out Corporate Higher Education: What is Really Wrong with the Biden Student Debt Relief Plan](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25401-bailing-out-corporate-higher-education-what-is-really-wrong-with-the-biden-student-debt-relief-plan "Bailing Out Corporate Higher Education: What is Really Wrong with the Biden Student Debt Relief Plan")

      Details    David Schultz    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 01 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/070k.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25401-bailing-out-corporate-higher-education-what-is-really-wrong-with-the-biden-student-debt-relief-plan)

STUDENT LOANS - President Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness plan is like a dirty band-aid on a festering wound.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25401-bailing-out-corporate-higher-education-what-is-really-wrong-with-the-biden-student-debt-relief-plan)

   ##  [ Domestic Terrorists Attack Our Constitutional Infrastructure](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25398-domestic-terrorists-attack-our-constitutional-infrastructure "Domestic Terrorists Attack Our Constitutional Infrastructure")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 01 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/070b.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25398-domestic-terrorists-attack-our-constitutional-infrastructure)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - On Sunday, August 27, 2022, 60 Minutes ran a story about terrorist attacks on the power grid.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25398-domestic-terrorists-attack-our-constitutional-infrastructure)

   ##  [ Greed: Big Corporations Out of Control](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25394-greed-big-corporations-out-of-control "Greed:  Big Corporations Out of Control")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 01 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/070m.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25394-greed-big-corporations-out-of-control)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - In the fable about the three little pigs, the big bad wolf huffed and puffed and blew down the house made of straw and the house made of wood, but when his hot air made no impact on the solidly built brick house of the third pig, he tried to sneak down the chimney and ended up in the soup pot.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25394-greed-big-corporations-out-of-control)

   ##  [ GOP Attacks on Social Security Makes Popular Program Key Midterm Issue](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25391-gop-attacks-on-social-security-makes-popular-program-key-midterm-issue "GOP Attacks on Social Security Makes Popular Program Key Midterm Issue")

      Details    Julia Conley    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     September 01 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2022/070g.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25391-gop-attacks-on-social-security-makes-popular-program-key-midterm-issue)

GUEST COMMENTARY - Social Security advocates on Wednesday applauded Democrats including U.S. President Joe Biden for their defense of the popular program as Republicans recycle false claims that the nation will soon be unable to pay for the program's benefits,

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25391-gop-attacks-on-social-security-makes-popular-program-key-midterm-issue)

1. [ The Violence at the Heart of Trumpism](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25386-the-violence-at-the-heart-of-trumpism)
2. [ Blacks Will Fight Back](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25385-blacks-will-fight-back)
3. [ Families are Vacating California to Leave Chaos Behind](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25382-families-are-vacating-california-to-leave-chaos-behind)
4. [ The Democratic Party is a Fifth Column for Right-wing Lunacy](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25378-the-democratic-party-is-a-fifth-column-for-right-wing-lunacy)
5. [ AOC Says Congress Could Reverse Trump Tax Cuts to Cancel All Student Debt](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25377-aoc-says-congress-could-reverse-trump-tax-cuts-to-cancel-all-student-debt)
6. [ Rent Forever and Love It](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25375-rent-forever-and-love-it)
7. [ How Wokeism Polarizes America ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25367-how-wokeism-polarizes-america)
8. [ The Ultimate Winners of the Loan Forgiveness Program: Coddled Universities and Banks ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25366-the-ultimate-winners-of-the-loan-forgiveness-program-coddled-universities-and-banks)
9. [ LA Adults' Reading and Writing Skills in the Toilet](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25365-la-adults-reading-and-writing-skills-in-the-toilet)
10. [ America Has An Oedipus Complex](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25358-america-has-an-oedipus-complex)

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