#  VOICES

   ##  [ 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)

   ##  [ The Violence at the Heart of Trumpism](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25386-the-violence-at-the-heart-of-trumpism "The Violence at the Heart of Trumpism")

      Details    Robert Reich    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     August 29 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2022/069f.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25386-the-violence-at-the-heart-of-trumpism)

GUN VIOLENCE - Among the many ironies and hypocrisies leading up to the 2022 midterms, one deserving special mention is Trump's and the GOP's unremitting claim that America has become more violent and dangerous under Biden and the Democrats.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25386-the-violence-at-the-heart-of-trumpism)

   ##  [ Blacks Will Fight Back](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25385-blacks-will-fight-back "Blacks Will Fight Back")

      Details    Ishmael Reed    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     August 29 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2022/069k.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25385-blacks-will-fight-back)

GUEST COMMENTARY - During the summer of 1967, I wrote my second novel in an apartment in the Echo Park Lake section of Los Angeles.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25385-blacks-will-fight-back)

   ##  [ Families are Vacating California to Leave Chaos Behind](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25382-families-are-vacating-california-to-leave-chaos-behind "Families are Vacating California to Leave Chaos Behind")

      Details    Dennis P. Zine    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     August 29 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2022/069s.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25382-families-are-vacating-california-to-leave-chaos-behind)

RantZ and RaveZ - I recently ran into an old friend Jay who gave up his job, moved out Los Angeles and is doing great in Palm Desert, Calif where has started a new business and a very exciting new life.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25382-families-are-vacating-california-to-leave-chaos-behind)

   ##  [ 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 "The Democratic Party is a Fifth Column for Right-wing Lunacy")

      Details    Hugh Iglarsh    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     August 29 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2022/069j.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25378-the-democratic-party-is-a-fifth-column-for-right-wing-lunacy)

POLITICAL HIGH STAKES - To write about the strange and unstable present moment, or to engage in political prognostication, is to court not just despair but a certain disorientation, rooted in the duplicitous – not to say schizoid – behavior of the Democratic Party.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25378-the-democratic-party-is-a-fifth-column-for-right-wing-lunacy)

   ##  [ 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 "AOC Says Congress Could Reverse Trump Tax Cuts to Cancel All Student Debt")

      Details    Jake Johnson    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     August 29 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2022/069q.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25377-aoc-says-congress-could-reverse-trump-tax-cuts-to-cancel-all-student-debt)

STUDENT DEBT - Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Saturday that Congress could reverse the 2017 GOP tax cuts, which overwhelmingly benefited the rich and large corporations, to finance the cancellation of all remaining student loan debt after President Joe Biden announced his more limited plan to wipe out $10,000 for most borrowers.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25377-aoc-says-congress-could-reverse-trump-tax-cuts-to-cancel-all-student-debt)

   ##  [ Rent Forever and Love It](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25375-rent-forever-and-love-it "Rent Forever and Love It")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     August 29 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2022/069o.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25375-rent-forever-and-love-it)

HOUSING CRISIS - Housing is an industry, but it is also where people live, raise families, and stake their future.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25375-rent-forever-and-love-it)

   ##  [ How Wokeism Polarizes America ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25367-how-wokeism-polarizes-america "How Wokeism Polarizes America ")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     August 29 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2022/069h.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25367-how-wokeism-polarizes-america)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - While the Alt Right is dangerous due to its propensity for violence, the Wokers pose the more lethal threat to the nation.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25367-how-wokeism-polarizes-america)

   ##  [ 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 "The Ultimate Winners of the Loan Forgiveness Program: Coddled Universities and Banks ")

      Details    Ken Alpern    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     August 29 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2022/069y.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25366-the-ultimate-winners-of-the-loan-forgiveness-program-coddled-universities-and-banks)

THE DOCTOR IS IN - Faux-economics gurus, faux-taxpayer experts, and faux-students rights spokesmen and "thought leaders" are weighing in on how wonderful (or dangerous) President Biden's student loan forgiveness program is.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25366-the-ultimate-winners-of-the-loan-forgiveness-program-coddled-universities-and-banks)

   ##  [ LA Adults' Reading and Writing Skills in the Toilet](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25365-la-adults-reading-and-writing-skills-in-the-toilet "LA Adults' Reading and Writing Skills in the Toilet")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     August 29 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2022/069x.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25365-la-adults-reading-and-writing-skills-in-the-toilet)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - “A country that was founded on the principles of free speech, free press, and the freedom of religion — all rights tied inexorably to words — is fast becoming an illiterate nation.” – *from the website of David Baldacci’s* WishYouWellFoundation.org

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25365-la-adults-reading-and-writing-skills-in-the-toilet)

   ##  [ America Has An Oedipus Complex](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25358-america-has-an-oedipus-complex "America Has An Oedipus Complex")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     August 25 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2022/068p.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25358-america-has-an-oedipus-complex)

GUEST COMMENTARY - As in Sophocles’s tragedy *Oedipus Rex*, we are witnessing a generational drama in which inheritors kill their proverbial father to marry their mother, in this case Mother Earth.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25358-america-has-an-oedipus-complex)

   ##  [ US and Israeli Right-Wingers Want Only One Thing in Iran: Regime Change](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25357-us-and-israeli-right-wingers-want-only-one-thing-in-iran-regime-change "US and Israeli Right-Wingers Want Only One Thing in Iran: Regime Change")

      Details    Juan Cole    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     August 25 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2022/068r.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25357-us-and-israeli-right-wingers-want-only-one-thing-in-iran-regime-change)

GUEST COMMENTARY - Right wing Israeli politicians such as former prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and even centrist politicians like caretaker [**Prime Minister Yair Lapid** ](https://www.yahoo.com/news/israels-premier-urges-west-reject-124441244.html)have fulminated against any US renewal of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25357-us-and-israeli-right-wingers-want-only-one-thing-in-iran-regime-change)

   ##  [ Do Fences Make Good Neighbors or Should We Be Building More Bridges?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25354-do-fences-make-good-neighbors-or-should-we-be-building-more-bridges "Do Fences Make Good Neighbors or Should We Be Building More Bridges?")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     August 25 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2022/068t.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25354-do-fences-make-good-neighbors-or-should-we-be-building-more-bridges)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Do we want to build a wall across the northern border to keep America isolated?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25354-do-fences-make-good-neighbors-or-should-we-be-building-more-bridges)

   ##  [ Wokerism Is More Dangerous to the Republic than White Supremacy](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25348-wokerism-is-more-dangerous-to-the-republic-than-white-supremacy "Wokerism Is More Dangerous to the Republic than White Supremacy")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     August 25 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2022/068c.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25348-wokerism-is-more-dangerous-to-the-republic-than-white-supremacy)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - The number of White Supremacists is tiny.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25348-wokerism-is-more-dangerous-to-the-republic-than-white-supremacy)

   ##  [ Student Loan Forgiveness: Are You Prepared for Another Great Recession?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25340-student-loan-forgiveness-are-you-prepared-for-another-great-recession "Student Loan Forgiveness: Are You Prepared for Another Great Recession?")

      Details    Ken Alpern    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     August 25 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2022/068i.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25340-student-loan-forgiveness-are-you-prepared-for-another-great-recession)

THE DOCTOR IS IN - Yes, President Biden surged again from the political center to the Left, and proved that it was not the legacy Joe Biden he campaigned on in 2020 who won but rather his former opponent Bernie Sanders.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25340-student-loan-forgiveness-are-you-prepared-for-another-great-recession)

   ##  [ Biden's Southern Border Policy: A Legally Sanctioned Strategy of Chaos and Lawlessness](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25339-biden-s-southern-border-policy-a-legally-sanctioned-strategy-of-chaos-and-lawlessness "Biden's Southern Border Policy: A Legally Sanctioned Strategy of Chaos and Lawlessness")

      Details    Ken Alpern    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     August 23 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2022/067r.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25339-biden-s-southern-border-policy-a-legally-sanctioned-strategy-of-chaos-and-lawlessness)

THE DOC IS IN - When an NPR/Ipsos poll reports that a majority of Americans support the term "invasion" to describe the situation at our [southern border](https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/npr-immigration-perceptions-august-2022), it doesn't bode well for future Congressional or Presidential races.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25339-biden-s-southern-border-policy-a-legally-sanctioned-strategy-of-chaos-and-lawlessness)

1. [ Is Baby Food Poisoning Our Babies?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25333-is-baby-food-poisoning-our-babies)
2. [ Inflation Reduction Act Doesn't Live Up to the Hype](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25330-inflation-reduction-act-doesn-t-live-up-to-the-hype)
3. [ Lies, More Lies, and Lies about Lying](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25327-lies-more-lies-and-lies-about-lying)
4. [ Tenants Call on Biden to Act as Rent Increases Reach a 35-Year High](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25318-tenants-call-on-biden-to-act-as-rent-increases-reach-a-35-year-high)
5. [ Who Are the Most Dangerous People in America?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25311-who-are-the-most-dangerous-people-in-america)
6. [ This Time the Collapse Will Be Global](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25310-this-time-the-collapse-will-be-global)
7. [ One Screen, Two Movies? Think Again](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25307-one-screen-two-movies-think-again)
8. [ Is Moral Clarity Possible in Donald Trump’s America?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25301-is-moral-clarity-possible-in-donald-trump-s-america)
9. [ Naming the "Inflation Reduction Act" is as Absurd as the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea"](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25297-naming-the-inflation-reduction-act-is-as-absurd-as-the-democratic-people-s-republic-of-korea)
10. [ Yimbyism: There’s a Whole Lot of Shilling Going On](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/25290-yimbyism-there-s-a-whole-lot-of-shilling-going-on)

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