#  VOICES

   ##  [ The Democrats Killed Roe v Wade](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24955-the-democrats-killed-roe-v-wade "The Democrats Killed Roe v Wade")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 30 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/052e.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24955-the-democrats-killed-roe-v-wade)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - The Democrats not only killed Roe v Wade, but they have also mortally wounded all forms of Liberty.

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   ##  [ There is a Global Cost of Living Crisis](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24943-there-is-a-global-cost-of-living-crisis "There is a Global Cost of Living Crisis")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 27 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/051k.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24943-there-is-a-global-cost-of-living-crisis)

ECONOMY WATCH - The growing likelihood of recession, at best sharply lower growth and maybe 1970s-style stagflation, seems likely to further accentuate the class and political divisions already rubbed raw by the pandemic and a global supply crisis.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24943-there-is-a-global-cost-of-living-crisis)

   ##  [ How Period Tracking Apps and Data Privacy Fit Into Post Roe v. Wade](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24939-how-period-tracking-apps-and-data-privacy-fit-into-post-roe-v-wade "How Period Tracking Apps and Data Privacy Fit Into Post Roe v. Wade")

      Details    Rina Torchinsky    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 27 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/051u.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24939-how-period-tracking-apps-and-data-privacy-fit-into-post-roe-v-wade)

PRIVACY RIGHTS - In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision Friday to overturn *Roe v. Wade*, privacy experts are increasingly concerned about how data collected from period-tracking apps, among other applications, could potentially be used to penalize anyone seeking or considering an abortion.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24939-how-period-tracking-apps-and-data-privacy-fit-into-post-roe-v-wade)

   ##  [ 40 Reasons the GOP is a Clear and Present Danger to US Democracy](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24937-40-reasons-the-gop-is-a-clear-and-present-danger-to-us-democracy "40 Reasons the GOP is a Clear and Present Danger to US Democracy")

      Details    Mark Green    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 27 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/051q.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24937-40-reasons-the-gop-is-a-clear-and-present-danger-to-us-democracy)

GUEST COMMENTARY - *"Trump and his allies are a clear and present danger to American democracy."—the Honorable J. Michael Luttig*

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24937-40-reasons-the-gop-is-a-clear-and-present-danger-to-us-democracy)

   ##  [ The Beginning Of The End For The Big Grift](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24935-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-big-grift "The Beginning Of The End For The Big Grift")

      Details    James Preston Allen    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 27 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/051h.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24935-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-big-grift)

JAN 6 COMMITTEE - When was the last time a bad word wasn’t bleeped out on a national broadcast?

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24935-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-big-grift)

   ##  [ The Current US Supreme Court Is Not Constitutionally Legitimate](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24932-the-current-us-supreme-court-is-not-constitutionally-legitimate "The Current US Supreme Court Is Not Constitutionally Legitimate")

      Details    REV. DR. WJ BARBER II, REV. DR. L.THEOHARIS, S.G. BARNES    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 27 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/051r.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24932-the-current-us-supreme-court-is-not-constitutionally-legitimate)

SCOTUS - On Friday, June 24, an extremist majority of the U.S. Supreme Court overruled more than 50 years of legal precedent, taking away a previously recognized fundamental right for the first time in the court's history.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24932-the-current-us-supreme-court-is-not-constitutionally-legitimate)

   ##  [ It’s Always Someone Else’s Fault](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24929-it-s-always-someone-else-s-fault "It’s Always Someone Else’s Fault")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 27 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/051a.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24929-it-s-always-someone-else-s-fault)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - Whether one is a Dem or a GOP, the great thing about group rights is that it is always someone else’s fault.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24929-it-s-always-someone-else-s-fault)

   ##  [ Cry, the Beloved Country](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24928-cry-the-beloved-country "Cry, the Beloved Country")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 27 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/051e.jpeg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24928-cry-the-beloved-country)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Weep for the women whose rights have been stripped away. Grieve for the movement towards a more equitable society cut off at the knees.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24928-cry-the-beloved-country)

   ##  [ The Shaky Roe v. Wade Overturned: A Legally, Morally and Culturally Correct Decision](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24927-the-shaky-roe-v-wade-overturned-a-legally-morally-and-culturally-correct-decision "The Shaky Roe v. Wade Overturned: A Legally, Morally and Culturally Correct Decision")

      Details    Marc Ang    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 27 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/051d.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24927-the-shaky-roe-v-wade-overturned-a-legally-morally-and-culturally-correct-decision)

GUEST COMMENTARY - Roe v. Wade was just overturned, which marks an overplayed fear among the left side of the political spectrum, ironically during a Democratic Biden administration.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24927-the-shaky-roe-v-wade-overturned-a-legally-morally-and-culturally-correct-decision)

   ##  [ New Supreme Court Ruling Gives Gun Lobby ‘Just What It Paid For’](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24917-new-supreme-court-ruling-gives-gun-lobby-just-what-it-paid-for "New Supreme Court Ruling Gives Gun Lobby ‘Just What It Paid For’")

      Details    Jake Johnson    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 23 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/050z1.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24917-new-supreme-court-ruling-gives-gun-lobby-just-what-it-paid-for)

SCOTUS & NRA - The National Rifle Association's decades-long campaign against even the most basic and popular firearm regulations scored another victory Thursday when the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key New York state gun control law, a ruling that could spell doom for similar statutes across the country.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24917-new-supreme-court-ruling-gives-gun-lobby-just-what-it-paid-for)

   ##  [ Suspending Gas Tax: Like Putting Lipstick on a Tasmanian Devil](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24915-suspending-gas-tax-like-putting-lipstick-on-a-tasmanian-devil "Suspending Gas Tax: Like Putting Lipstick on a Tasmanian Devil")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 23 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/050z2.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24915-suspending-gas-tax-like-putting-lipstick-on-a-tasmanian-devil)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Pain at the pump is national and international news and there are all sorts of solutions circulating the real world and the metaverse.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24915-suspending-gas-tax-like-putting-lipstick-on-a-tasmanian-devil)

   ##  [ Gas Prices Trigger Pavlovian Political Promises](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24913-gas-prices-trigger-pavlovian-political-promises "Gas Prices Trigger Pavlovian Political Promises")

      Details    Dan Walters    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 23 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/050w.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24913-gas-prices-trigger-pavlovian-political-promises)

GUEST COMMENTARY - Call it, for lack of a better phrase, the “Gas Price Derangement Syndrome.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24913-gas-prices-trigger-pavlovian-political-promises)

   ##  [ The Evidence is Clear: Trump Must Be Indicted](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24912-the-evidence-is-clear-trump-must-be-indicted "The Evidence is Clear:  Trump Must Be Indicted")

      Details    Mitchell Zimmerman    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 23 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/050p.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24912-the-evidence-is-clear-trump-must-be-indicted)

JAN 6 COMMITTEE - The bipartisan congressional commission investigating the January 6 coup attempt has found strong evidence that Donald Trump is a criminal.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24912-the-evidence-is-clear-trump-must-be-indicted)

   ##  [ The Age of Stupidity: From Johnson and Biden to Putin and Xi Jinping](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24905-the-age-of-stupidity-l-from-johnson-and-bide-to-putin-and-xi-jinping "The Age of Stupidity: From Johnson and Biden to Putin and Xi Jinping")

      Details    Patrick Cockburn    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 23 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/050n.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24905-the-age-of-stupidity-l-from-johnson-and-bide-to-putin-and-xi-jinping)

GUEST COMMENTARY - The role of stupidity in determining the course of history is often underestimated by historians.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24905-the-age-of-stupidity-l-from-johnson-and-bide-to-putin-and-xi-jinping)

   ##  [ President Biden, While You're At It, You Should Consider Blaming Yourself](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24901-while-you-re-at-it-president-biden-maybe-you-should-consider-blaming-yourself "President Biden, While You're At It, You Should Consider Blaming Yourself")

      Details    Ken Alpern    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 23 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/050j.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24901-while-you-re-at-it-president-biden-maybe-you-should-consider-blaming-yourself)

THE DOCTOR IS IN - President Joe Biden, it might be argued, was elected for one reason and one reason only: his name was NOT Donald Trump.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24901-while-you-re-at-it-president-biden-maybe-you-should-consider-blaming-yourself)

   ##  [ Liz Cheney Plays Hard Ball](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24897-liz-cheney-plays-hard-ball "Liz Cheney Plays Hard Ball")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 23 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/050e.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24897-liz-cheney-plays-hard-ball)

HE VIEW FROM HERE - At the conclusion of the Tuesday, June 20, 2022 January 6th Committee’s presentation, Co-chairperson Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) called out Trump White House Counsel Pat Cipollone to testify live before the cameras.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24897-liz-cheney-plays-hard-ball)

   ##  [ Repeal the Second Amendment](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24895-repeal-the-second-amendment "Repeal the Second Amendment")

      Details    Sam Ben-Meir    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 23 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/050d.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24895-repeal-the-second-amendment)

GUEST COMMENTARY - It is shameful and unconscionable that this country has allowed gun violence to become the leading cause of death among children in the United States – but that is the reality.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24895-repeal-the-second-amendment)

   ##  [ These Are Not 'Good Guys With Guns.' These People Are Killing Us](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24893-these-are-not-good-guys-with-guns-these-people-are-killing-us "These Are Not 'Good Guys With Guns.' These People Are Killing Us")

      Details    Robert C. Koehler    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 23 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/050h.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24893-these-are-not-good-guys-with-guns-these-people-are-killing-us)

GUN CONTROL - Ready, aim, fire: "I believe in Jesus, guns and babies." So declares Kandiss Taylor, GOP candidate for governor of Georgia, in a campaign ad.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24893-these-are-not-good-guys-with-guns-these-people-are-killing-us)

   ##  [ The Case for Stopping the Ukraine-Russia War ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24883-the-case-for-stopping-the-ukraine-russia-war "The Case for Stopping the Ukraine-Russia War ")

      Details    Donald Gross    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 20 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/049l.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24883-the-case-for-stopping-the-ukraine-russia-war)

RUSSIAN WAR - The Ukraine-Russia war has raged for more than a hundred days.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24883-the-case-for-stopping-the-ukraine-russia-war)

   ##  [ Forget College. Skilled Trades are the Future.](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24880-forget-college-skilled-trades-are-the-future "Forget College.  Skilled Trades are the Future.")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 20 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/049q.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24880-forget-college-skilled-trades-are-the-future)

LABOR WATCH - America is suffering from a worker shortage, but a more persistent and perhaps even urgent problem is the profound lack of skills among younger Americans.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24880-forget-college-skilled-trades-are-the-future)

   ##  [ Our Democracy Is At Risk. Things We Can Do To Protect It](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24876-our-democracy-is-at-risk-things-we-can-do-to-protect-it "Our Democracy Is At Risk.  Things We Can Do To Protect It")

      Details    Melinda Burrell    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 20 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2022/049k.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24876-our-democracy-is-at-risk-things-we-can-do-to-protect-it)

GUEST COMMENTARY - “The threats became much more specific, much more graphic, and included not just me by name but included members of my family…”

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24876-our-democracy-is-at-risk-things-we-can-do-to-protect-it)

1. [ DC Demonstrators Demand Economic Justice](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24875-dc-demonstrators-demand-economic-justice)
2. [ Why a Republic?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24868-why-a-republic)
3. [ The Global Ruling Class, Endless War, and the Culture of Mass Death](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24866-the-global-ruling-class-endless-war-and-the-culture-of-mass-death)
4. [ Just How Long Will Trump World Fall For This Long, Long Con?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24847-just-how-long-will-trump-world-fall-for-this-long-long-con)
5. [ Invasions of Privacy: The Deluded Exception of Rape and Incest](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24845-invasions-of-privacy-the-deluded-exception-of-rape-and-incest)
6. [ Trump’s Last Stand](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24842-trump-s-last-stand)
7. [ Union Elections Continue at Starbucks](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24841-union-elections-continue-at-starbucks)
8. [ Can Democrats Save Their Party…From Its Leadership?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24839-can-democrats-save-their-party-from-its-leadership)
9. [ Reconsidering the City](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24837-reconsidering-the-city)
10. [ ‘Top Gun’ Is Too Dumb For San Diego](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24835-top-gun-is-too-dumb-for-san-diego)

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