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   ##  [ Centrists’ Time to Come to Jesus Moment](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33047-centrists-time-to-come-to-jesus-moment "Centrists’ Time to Come to Jesus Moment")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     July 16 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/056e.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/056e.jpg?width=1120&height=744)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33047-centrists-time-to-come-to-jesus-moment)

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   ##  [ Los Angeles Isn't Broke by Accident, It's Being Bankrupted by Bad Decisions](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33043-los-angeles-isnt-broke-by-accident-its-being-bankrupted-by-bad-decisions "Los Angeles Isn't Broke by Accident, It's Being Bankrupted by Bad Decisions")

      Details    Mihran Kalaydjian & Jay Handal    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     July 16 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/056j.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/056j.jpg?width=1124&height=750)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33043-los-angeles-isnt-broke-by-accident-its-being-bankrupted-by-bad-decisions)

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   ##  [ California Isn't Making Earthquake Insurance Affordable — It's Making Californians Gamble With Their Homes](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33022-california-isnt-making-earthquake-insurance-affordable-its-making-californians-gamble-with-their-homes "California Isn't Making Earthquake Insurance Affordable — It's Making Californians Gamble With Their Homes")

      Details    Yonthan Mendal    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     July 13 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/055i.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/055i.jpg?width=1040&height=720)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33022-california-isnt-making-earthquake-insurance-affordable-its-making-californians-gamble-with-their-homes)

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   ##  [ Dead At Last: Greenspan, The Darth Vader Who Tanked the World’s Economy](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33017-dead-at-last-greenspan-the-darth-vader-who-tanked-the-worlds-economy "Dead At Last: Greenspan, The Darth Vader Who Tanked the World’s Economy")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     July 13 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/055m.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/055m.jpg?width=1032&height=600)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33017-dead-at-last-greenspan-the-darth-vader-who-tanked-the-worlds-economy)

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   ##  [ The Death of the Rule of Law](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33014-the-death-of-the-rule-of-law "The Death of the Rule of Law")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     July 13 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/055p.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/055p.jpg?width=1034&height=822)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33014-the-death-of-the-rule-of-law)

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   ##  [ Domestic Violence Charges and Legal Penalties](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33011-domestic-violence-charges-and-legal-penalties "Domestic Violence Charges and Legal Penalties")

      Details    CityWatch    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     July 11 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/054o.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/054o.jpg?width=1028&height=688)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33011-domestic-violence-charges-and-legal-penalties)

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   ##  [ A Convicted and Proud Sexual Abuser Can Be Elected Twice. But Allegations Could Tank Another Man’s Future?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33005-a-convicted-and-proud-sexual-abuser-can-be-elected-twice-but-allegations-could-tank-another-mans-future "A Convicted and Proud Sexual Abuser Can Be Elected Twice. But Allegations Could Tank Another Man’s Future?")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     July 09 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/054j.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/054j.jpg?width=1030&height=684)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33005-a-convicted-and-proud-sexual-abuser-can-be-elected-twice-but-allegations-could-tank-another-mans-future)

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   ##  [ Currents and Archetypes in Western Civilization](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33003-currents-and-archetypes-in-western-civilization "Currents and Archetypes in Western Civilization")

      Details    Richard Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     July 09 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/054g.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/054g.jpg?width=1028&height=578)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/33003-currents-and-archetypes-in-western-civilization)

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   ##  [ The Price of Protest in Trump’s Panem](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32986-the-price-of-protest-in-trumps-panem "The Price of Protest in Trump’s Panem")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     July 06 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/053k.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/053k.jpg?width=1222&height=696)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32986-the-price-of-protest-in-trumps-panem)

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   ##  [ The Role of Voting in America](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32982-the-role-of-voting-in-america "The Role of Voting in America")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     July 06 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/053d.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/053d.jpg?width=1220&height=830 "1775 Election in Boston")    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32982-the-role-of-voting-in-america "class="caption" title="1775 Election in Boston"")1775 Election in Boston

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   ##  [ America 250: Celebrating What Could Be, What Should Be, and Hopefully What WILL Be](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32975-america-250-celebrating-what-could-be-what-should-be-and-hopefully-what-will-be "America 250: Celebrating What Could Be, What Should Be, and Hopefully What WILL Be")

      Details    Scott Cole    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     July 04 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/052r.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/052r.jpg?width=1226&height=818)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32975-america-250-celebrating-what-could-be-what-should-be-and-hopefully-what-will-be)

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   ##  [ It’s Our 250th Birthday: If You Hate America, Maybe YOU Are The Problem](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32972-its-our-250th-birthday-if-you-hate-america-maybe-you-are-the-problem "It’s Our 250th Birthday: If You Hate America, Maybe YOU Are The Problem")

      Details    Ken Alpern    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     July 02 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/052q.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/052q.jpg?width=1224&height=816)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32972-its-our-250th-birthday-if-you-hate-america-maybe-you-are-the-problem)

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32972-its-our-250th-birthday-if-you-hate-america-maybe-you-are-the-problem)

   ##  [ Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical “Magnifica Humanitas” Actually Addressed an Issue Far More Important Than A.I.](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32964-pope-leo-xivs-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas-actually-addressed-an-issue-far-more-important-than-a-i "Pope Leo XIV’s Encyclical “Magnifica Humanitas” Actually Addressed an Issue Far More Important Than A.I.")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     July 02 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/052j.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/052j.jpg?width=1170&height=846)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32964-pope-leo-xivs-encyclical-magnifica-humanitas-actually-addressed-an-issue-far-more-important-than-a-i)

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   ##  [ The Public Isn’t Budging on ICE’s Immigrant Detention Policies](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32962-the-public-isnt-budging-on-ices-immigrant-detention-policies "The Public Isn’t Budging on ICE’s Immigrant Detention Policies")

      Details    Sonali Kolhatkar    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     July 02 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/052l.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/052l.jpg?width=1208&height=778)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32962-the-public-isnt-budging-on-ices-immigrant-detention-policies)

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   ##  [ Common Sense & Inconvenient Truths – Chapter One](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32959-common-sense-inconvenient-truths-chapter-one "Common Sense & Inconvenient Truths – Chapter One")

      Details    Fred Rosen    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     July 02 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/052n.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/052n.jpg?width=1226&height=860)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32959-common-sense-inconvenient-truths-chapter-one)

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   ##  [ America At 250: A Reckoning and a Call To Conscience](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32958-america-at-250-a-reckoning-and-a-call-to-conscience "America At 250: A Reckoning and a Call To Conscience")

      Details    Dr. Alon Ben-Meir    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     July 02 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/052p.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/052p.jpg?width=1222&height=804)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32958-america-at-250-a-reckoning-and-a-call-to-conscience)

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   ##  [ Karen Bass: Can She Surmount a Dismal Mayoral Stint and Be Re-Elected?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32949-karen-bass-can-she-surmount-a-dismal-mayoral-stint-and-be-re-elected "Karen Bass: Can She Surmount a Dismal Mayoral Stint and Be Re-Elected?")

      Details    NICK PATSAOURAS    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 29 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2026/051f.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/June-2026/051f.jpg?width=1228&height=822)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32949-karen-bass-can-she-surmount-a-dismal-mayoral-stint-and-be-re-elected)

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   ##  [ Democracy Proves that People are Stupid](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32948-democracy-proves-that-people-are-stupid "Democracy Proves that People are Stupid")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 29 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2026/051o.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/June-2026/051o.jpg?width=1226&height=816)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32948-democracy-proves-that-people-are-stupid)

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   ##  [ From a Respected Hegemon to a Drifting Power](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32944-from-a-respected-hegemon-to-a-drifting-power "From a Respected Hegemon to a Drifting Power")

      Details    Dr. Alon Ben-Meir    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 29 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2026/051i.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/June-2026/051i.jpg?width=1220&height=828)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32944-from-a-respected-hegemon-to-a-drifting-power)

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   ##  [ Who’s Counting? There are More Than Ten Empty Homes for Each Unhoused American](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32936-whos-counting-there-are-more-than-ten-empty-homes-for-each-unhoused-american "Who’s Counting? There are More Than Ten Empty Homes for Each Unhoused American")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 29 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2026/051b.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/June-2026/051b.jpg?width=1224&height=808)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32936-whos-counting-there-are-more-than-ten-empty-homes-for-each-unhoused-american)

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   ##  [ The DSA Playbook: Lessons From Los Angeles](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32926-the-dsa-playbook-lessons-from-los-angeles "The DSA Playbook: Lessons From Los Angeles")

      Details    Fred Rosen    [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices)     June 25 2026       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2026/050a.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/June-2026/050a.jpg?width=1258&height=792)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32926-the-dsa-playbook-lessons-from-los-angeles)

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1. [ The Virtue of Victimhood](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32923-the-virtue-of-victimhood)
2. [ Tackling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Between Hawaii and the Santa Monica Bay. It’s 2X the Size of Texas](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32922-tackling-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-between-hawaii-and-the-santa-monica-bay-its-2x-the-size-of-texas)
3. [ Can Google Debug California As Well As Computers?](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32910-can-google-debug-california-as-well-as-computers)
4. [ Trump Listened to Stephen Miller, Ignored Bibi Netanyahu and Mohammed Bin Salman; Disaster Ensued](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32908-trump-listened-to-stephen-miller-ignored-bibi-netanyahu-and-mohammed-bin-salman-disaster-ensued)
5. [ One History-Focused Guy’s Take on the U.S.-Iran MOU](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32900-one-history-focused-guys-take-on-the-u-s-iran-mou)
6. [ Sacramento says it’s saving Medi-Cal. Critics say it’s shifting billions in costs onto privately insured Californians.](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32897-californias-new-health-care-tax-grab-working-families-are-about-to-pay-more)
7. [ Empty Apartments, Full Paychecks: HUD Exposes LAHSA's $10 Million Homeless Housing Scandal](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32896-empty-apartments-full-paychecks-hud-exposes-lahsas-10-million-homeless-housing-scandal)
8. [ An American Tragedy in Three Acts](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32894-an-american-tragedy-in-three-acts)
9. [ You Can't Pour 32 Ounces Into a 16-Ounce Bottle](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32893-you-cant-pour-32-ounces-into-a-16-ounce-bottle)
10. [ Trump’s Folly Turned the USA into a Vassal State of Iran](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/32891-trumps-folly-turned-the-usa-into-a-vassal-state-of-iran)

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