Editorials

Random Letters: 8-18-22

Re: “South Pacific Avenue: A Metaphor for Post-Industrial America” I thoroughly enjoyed and benefited from your recent essay, “South Pacific…

3 years ago

Which way, LA: Bass or the Billionaire?

Backwards or forwards in mayor’s race “First of all, I do not, I never have, supported defund the police,” congresswoman…

3 years ago

False Patriots, Liars and Crooks

I keep hearing the refrain from Evita — the song made popular by Madonna — Don’t Cry for Me Argentina …

3 years ago

Oakland’s Largest Homeless Camp Dodges The Bullet For Now

In one small section residents and supporters erected several small homes and a common area for meetings, entertainment and other…

3 years ago

How to Stop the GOP From Killing Medicare, Social Security, and Us

POLITICAL WATCH - It’s The Ronald Reagan Memorial Competition: which Republican can make the rich richer and the poor poorer…

3 years ago

Can American Democracy Survive the “Fake News” Crisis

If the Biden administration were to enforce the nation’s antitrust laws and break up the media conglomerates, or Congress were…

3 years ago

Random Letters: 8-4-22

Peck Park Shooting: Mayberry RFD Reacts to Crime in San Pedro So, yesterday (July 26) I attended a community forum…

3 years ago

Jan. 6 Hearings End — Not With A Bang, But A Whimper

The Jan. 6 Committee hearings ended not with a bang, but a whimper. “I don’t want to say the election…

3 years ago

Life After Mother — Talk About Elder Abuse

“This is elder abuse!” Some staffer exclaimed, barging into an examining room at my mother’s HMO.  My mother was waiting…

3 years ago

My Recycled Life: Doll Doctoring

People who repair dolls are called doll doctors, and their businesses are called doll hospitals. I needed one because my…

3 years ago