#  VOICES

   ##  [ Wannabe Controller Paul Koretz Proves “Pay-to-Play” is Alive and Well in City Hall](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24595-wannabe-controller-paul-koretz-proves-pay-to-play-is-alive-and-well-in-city-hall "Wannabe Controller Paul Koretz Proves “Pay-to-Play” is Alive and Well in City Hall")

      Details    Susan Gans    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 16 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/039d.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24595-wannabe-controller-paul-koretz-proves-pay-to-play-is-alive-and-well-in-city-hall)

GUEST COMMENTARY - In yet another shocking abuse of the City Council’s veto power over decisions of Area Planning Commissions, Councilmember -

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   ##  [ Does The Constitution Screw California?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24590-does-the-constitution-screw-california "Does The Constitution Screw California?")

      Details    Paul Street    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 16 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/039l.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24590-does-the-constitution-screw-california)

GUEST COMMENTARY - So, when does MSNBC talking head and former US Senate staffer and hit show West Wing writer-producer Lawrence O’Donnell call for a referendum to call a Constituent Assembly to re-write the 18th century aristo-republican charter that disastrously governs US politics and policy in the 21st Century United States?

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   ##  [ Between the Stupid and the Evil](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24584-between-the-stupid-and-the-evil "Between the Stupid and the Evil")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 16 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/039r.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24584-between-the-stupid-and-the-evil)

GUEST COMMENTARY - So said the late conservative journalist M Stanton Evans, It is commonplace, even among Republicans, to label the Republicans ‘the stupid party’, while lambasting the Democrats as ‘the evil party’.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24584-between-the-stupid-and-the-evil)

   ##  [ Neofascist Minority Rule by the GOP Is Laying Waste to the United States](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24580-neofascist-minority-rule-by-the-gop-is-laying-waste-to-the-united-states "Neofascist Minority Rule by the GOP Is Laying Waste to the United States")

      Details    Thom Hartmann    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 16 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/039v.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24580-neofascist-minority-rule-by-the-gop-is-laying-waste-to-the-united-states)

POLITICAL LANDSCAPE - Minority rule is killing America.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24580-neofascist-minority-rule-by-the-gop-is-laying-waste-to-the-united-states)

   ##  [ Graduates Aren’t Feeling Too Optimistic This Year](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24562-graduates-aren-t-feeling-too-optimistic-this-year "Graduates Aren’t Feeling Too Optimistic This Year")

      Details    Tracey L. Rogers    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 12 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/038o.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24562-graduates-aren-t-feeling-too-optimistic-this-year)

NEXT GEN - It’s graduation season, which is usually joyful. But many graduates aren’t in a celebratory mood this year — a lesson Vice President Kamala Harris recently learned the hard way.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24562-graduates-aren-t-feeling-too-optimistic-this-year)

   ##  [ Is It Inflation or Is It Profiteering?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24554-is-it-inflation-or-is-it-profiteering "Is It Inflation or Is It Profiteering?")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 12 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/038m.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24554-is-it-inflation-or-is-it-profiteering)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Profiteering by Chevron and Walmart, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk has been highlighted by the obscene amounts of money made during the pandemic.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24554-is-it-inflation-or-is-it-profiteering)

   ##  [ Will the Leaked Roe v Wade Draft Unravel the Myth of Judicial Honesty?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24552-will-the-leaked-roe-v-wade-draft-unravel-the-myth-of-judicial-honesty "Will the Leaked Roe v Wade Draft Unravel the Myth of Judicial Honesty?")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 12 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/038b.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24552-will-the-leaked-roe-v-wade-draft-unravel-the-myth-of-judicial-honesty)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - “Lying, thieving, hypocritical prigs” pretty much sums up the United States judiciary.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24552-will-the-leaked-roe-v-wade-draft-unravel-the-myth-of-judicial-honesty)

   ##  [ Personal History: The Supreme Court I Argued Before Fifty Years Ago ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24545-personal-history-the-supreme-court-i-argued-before-fifty-years-ago "Personal History: The Supreme Court I Argued Before Fifty Years Ago ")

      Details    Robert Reich    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 12 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/038g.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24545-personal-history-the-supreme-court-i-argued-before-fifty-years-ago)

GUEST COMMENTARY - Hello again, friends.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24545-personal-history-the-supreme-court-i-argued-before-fifty-years-ago)

   ##  [ Could Caruso or Bass Be One And Done?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24534-could-caruso-or-bass-be-one-and-done "Could Caruso or Bass Be One And Done?")

      Details    Tim Deegan    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 09 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/037d.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24534-could-caruso-or-bass-be-one-and-done)

DEEGAN ON LA—Without “force majeure”—an act of God for which no party can be held accountable—Rick Caruso may not be a loser in the June 7 Primary race for Mayor.

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   ##  [ If King Priam Had Heeded Cassandra, He Would Have Saved Troy](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24533-if-king-priam-had-heeded-cassandra-he-would-have-saved-troy "If King Priam Had Heeded Cassandra, He Would Have Saved Troy")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 09 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/037g.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24533-if-king-priam-had-heeded-cassandra-he-would-have-saved-troy)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - Cassandra was the daughter of Troy’s King Priam, and she warned him that if King Priam’s son Paris went to Sparta and brought back Helen, who was Sparta’s King Menelaus’ wife, the Greeks would attack and destroy Troy.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24533-if-king-priam-had-heeded-cassandra-he-would-have-saved-troy)

   ##  [ Everything is Free! Fuh-Ree, I Tell Ya'!](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24532-everything-is-free-fuh-ree-i-tell-ya "Everything is Free! Fuh-Ree, I Tell Ya'!")

      Details    Ken Alpern    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 09 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/037l.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24532-everything-is-free-fuh-ree-i-tell-ya)

THE DOCTOR IS IN - Ain't this a time o'plenty!

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24532-everything-is-free-fuh-ree-i-tell-ya)

   ##  [ Significant Dissatisfaction with the Neighborhood Council System](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24531-significant-dissatisfaction-with-the-neighborhood-council-system "Significant Dissatisfaction with the Neighborhood Council System")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 09 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/037i.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24531-significant-dissatisfaction-with-the-neighborhood-council-system)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - This could have been the headline of one of any number of articles published in the last couple of years.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24531-significant-dissatisfaction-with-the-neighborhood-council-system)

   ##  [ Do We Need a Capitalist Civil War?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24525-do-we-need-a-capitalist-civil-war "Do We Need a Capitalist Civil War?")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 09 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/037p.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24525-do-we-need-a-capitalist-civil-war)

GUEST COMMENTARY - We Americans like to think of ourselves as a thoroughly modern people — living proof of what, with enough toil and grit, the rest of the free world can one day hope to be.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24525-do-we-need-a-capitalist-civil-war)

   ##  [ For My Body and the Choice of Millions, I'm Going to Fight Like Hell](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24524-for-my-body-and-the-choice-of-millions-i-m-going-to-fight-like-hell "For My Body and the Choice of Millions, I'm Going to Fight Like Hell")

      Details    Olivia Alperstein    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 09 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/037r.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24524-for-my-body-and-the-choice-of-millions-i-m-going-to-fight-like-hell)

GUEST COMMENTARY - The personal, as they say, is political. And there’s nothing more personal than the right to control your own body.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24524-for-my-body-and-the-choice-of-millions-i-m-going-to-fight-like-hell)

   ##  [ Our Rights Taken, For Granted](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24518-our-rights-taken-for-granted "Our Rights Taken, For Granted")

      Details    Denyse Selesnick    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 05 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/036l.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24518-our-rights-taken-for-granted)

MY THOUGHTS - In the sixties, I was 21 years old, married and had a full-time job as an Associate Editor on a small trade magazine.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24518-our-rights-taken-for-granted)

   ##  [ Primaries Test The Violent Dishonesty Of The Right](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24516-primaries-test-the-violent-dishonesty-of-the-right "Primaries Test The Violent Dishonesty Of The Right")

      Details    Wim Laven    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 05 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/036o.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24516-primaries-test-the-violent-dishonesty-of-the-right)

GUEST COMMENTARY - On April 21st I went to the Top Notch Diner in Cortland OH. Senate candidate Josh Mandel appeared with retired General Michael Flynn, former National Security Advisor in the Trump administration.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24516-primaries-test-the-violent-dishonesty-of-the-right)

   ##  [ Men’s Voices Urgently Needed to Defend Women's Rights](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24514-men-s-voices-urgently-needed-to-defend-reproductive-rights "Men’s Voices Urgently Needed to Defend Women's Rights")

      Details    Rob Okun    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 05 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/036m.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24514-men-s-voices-urgently-needed-to-defend-reproductive-rights)

WOMEN’S RIGHTS - Exacerbated by the news that this summer the Supreme Court is poised to overturn a half a century of precedent by declaring Roe unconstitutional, men must leave the sidelines in this national reproductive rights emergency.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24514-men-s-voices-urgently-needed-to-defend-reproductive-rights)

   ##  [ Welcome to America 2.0](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24512-welcome-to-america-2-0 "Welcome to America 2.0")

      Details    Joel Kotkin    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 05 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/036r.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24512-welcome-to-america-2-0)

GUEST COMMENTARY - The future shape of post-Covid America is beginning to emerge. As demographic trends and surveys indicate, the pandemic has helped accelerate large, epochal changes in the nation’s geography.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24512-welcome-to-america-2-0)

   ##  [ Of Barbarians, Breeders, and the Men of the New Old Order](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24507-of-barbarians-breeders-and-the-men-of-the-new-old-order "Of Barbarians, Breeders, and the Men of the New Old Order")

      Details    Richard Eskow    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 05 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/036w.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24507-of-barbarians-breeders-and-the-men-of-the-new-old-order)

WOMEN’S RIGHTS - I cannot imagine what it is like to be a woman in the United States of America today.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24507-of-barbarians-breeders-and-the-men-of-the-new-old-order)

   ##  [ Ask The Cheshire Cat, “Which Way Do You Want To Go?”](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24506-the-cheshire-cat-which-way-do-you-want-to-go "Ask The Cheshire Cat, “Which Way Do You Want To Go?”")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 05 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/036x.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24506-the-cheshire-cat-which-way-do-you-want-to-go)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Reports about what has been the most horrific assault yet on human rights by the US Supreme Court in modern times started trickling out on Monday. Our fears and imaginations ran rampant.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24506-the-cheshire-cat-which-way-do-you-want-to-go)

   ##  [ Hillary, Nancy, and RBG: Three Most Responsible for Roe vs. Wade’s Death](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24500-hillary-nancy-and-rbg-three-most-responsible-for-roe-vs-wade-s-death "Hillary, Nancy, and RBG: Three Most Responsible for Roe vs. Wade’s Death")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     May 05 2022       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2022/036c.jpg)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24500-hillary-nancy-and-rbg-three-most-responsible-for-roe-vs-wade-s-death)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - Preliminary Note about Roe vs Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973)

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24500-hillary-nancy-and-rbg-three-most-responsible-for-roe-vs-wade-s-death)

1. [ They’re Going to Overturn Roe v. Wade–What are You Going to Do About It?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24499-they-re-going-to-overturn-roe-v-wade-what-are-you-going-to-do-about-it)
2. [ Radical Left-Wing Science Fiction](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24480-radical-left-wing-science-fiction)
3. [ How America’s Truckers Got Hijacked](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24479-how-america-s-truckers-got-hijacked)
4. [ What’s Next for the Reenergized US Labor Movement?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24472-what-s-next-for-the-reenergized-us-labor-movement)
5. [ How Nancy Pelosi and Wokers Will Turn Congress Deep Red](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24465-how-nancy-pelosi-and-wokers-will-turn-congress-deep-red)
6. [ Gun Violence is Killing Our Children](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24464-killing-our-children)
7. [ Are Dems Opening the Door to the Next Villanueva?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24458-are-dems-opening-the-door-to-the-next-villanueva)
8. [ Angelenos Dislike Democracy ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24451-angelenos-dislike-democracy)
9. [ Stop LAPD Spying Sues City Councilmember Paul Koretz for Hiding Communications ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24450-stop-lapd-spying-sues-city-councilmember-paul-koretz-for-hiding-communications)
10. [ Humanity: Evolving in Spite of Itself](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/24445-humanity-evolving-in-spite-of-itself)

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