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LA Needs Its NIMBYs
Scratch a land-use controversy and you will find a NIMBY raising troublesome questions. If homeowners, they’re dismissed as privileged. If not, they’re simply misguided. Most are just bringing a dose of critical thinking to somebody els…
There Is A Glimmer Of Hope
MY THOUGHTS - Just when all the naysayers have us convinced the USA is going to Hell in two very large wheelbarrows (after all we are two v…
Way to Man Up, Manchin!
ACCORDING TO LIZ - In what could be a game changer for slowing climate change,
The Corporate Narrative on Inflation Is Bogus
ECONOMY - Republicans believe their laser focus on inflation in the midterms will override voter anger over the attempted coup;
Myths and Reality as US Oligarchs Devour Economy
THE ECONOMY - Oligarchs of the dominate economic class in the United States continue to pour billions of dollars into the pockets of politi…
Christians: Living As A Moral Minority
GUEST COMMENTARY - It’s popular today to talk about the “common good” or the “public good.”
Essential Workers – Who Gets A Place in The Pandemic Picket Line?
GUEST COMMENTARY - At a time of children with popsicle-covered faces running around and summer music festivals– many are celebrating the en…
Pregnant On The Other Side Of The Border
IMMIGRATION WATCH - Amid the bustle of Tijuana, the average onlooker might miss the bulge in Claudia’s belly.
The Nazification of American Education
GUEST COMMENTARY - I consider the survival of National Socialism within democracy to be potentially more menacing than the survival of fasc…
One Question the Jan 6th Committee Will Not Ask?
THE VIEW FROM HERE - No one will ask any witness whether Donald Trump is mentally ill.
Give a Man a Baby
ACCORDING TO LIZ - When you give a man a gun, the result is almost always killing and death.
Does the Future Belong to People Who Profit Off Our ‘Excessive Wealth Disorder’?
THE ONE PERCENT - If Dustin Hoffman should ever do a remake of The Graduate, the classic 1967 film that launched his famed cinematic career…
Steve Bannon Might Be Wearing an Orange Jumpsuit Soon
CONTEMPT TRIAL - If you are tired of waiting for Attorney General Merrick Garland to indict Donald Trump for seditious conspiracy, insurrec…
Broad Array Of LA Organizations Join to Raise Money For Medical Aid To Cuba
GUEST COMMENTARY - A diverse crowd, representing more than a dozen organizations, streamed into a meeting here to raise money for medical a…
Pelosi’s Identity Politics Is Destroying America
THE VIEW FROM HERE - Here’s how all group rights work. A leader claims that if people follow him/her, then he/she will make certain everyt…
A Point of View: Identity Politics is Not Ruining the World
GUEST COMMENTARY - As we enter yet another political season where we continue to witness alarming polarization and seemingly no unifying th…
Even Goldwater Would Be Too Left For Today’s Republicans
GRAND OLD PARTY - Perhaps you remember Senator Barry Goldwater, the GOP’s fringy, far-right-wing 1964 presidential nominee who famously sai…
First Person Account: Homelessness is a Policy Choice. We Can Choose Differently
GUEST COMMENTARY - Much of my adult life has been spent homeless or incarcerated. Now I help homeless people and returning citizens.
Democrats and Republicans Need New Champions
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE - These are strange times in American politics. Slowly but surely, the Democrats have been losing their historically wo…
FBI Targeting Black People for Entrapment
CIVIL LIBERTIES - Romeo Langhorne is the latest victim of an FBI phony terror entrapment scheme.
