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Democracy — What Matters Most is Who Shows Up

It couldn’t be much easier to vote NO on the recall retread election California is not Florida, Texas, Georgia or…

4 years ago

Afghanistan — Fall of Saigon Déjà Vu

Will we ever learn the mistakes of empire? Several years ago I was standing in front of the art deco…

4 years ago

Smart Policing vs. Dumb Ordinances

Buscaino wins the anti-camping ordinance, but it’s still not a solution By a 13-2 vote on July 28, the Los…

4 years ago

Disinformation vs. the Pandemic

Only now is the strategy being revealed, is it too late to stop it? The truth seems to always arrive…

4 years ago

Two Men of San Pedro

Over the past four decades, I’ve had every kind of person enter my offices, including, paupers, politicians, procrastinators, princes, pickpockets…

4 years ago

What the Headlines Don’t Explain About Racism

As I watched from afar last summer, memories of another time came back to haunt me like a ghost from…

4 years ago

Los Angeles Always Divided

And Buscaino is using it to run for mayor On a cool overcast June morning, 15th District City Councilman Joe…

4 years ago

The Port of Los Angeles, ‘Is not in the homeless business’

Frequent readers of this column will remember Port Executive Director Gene Seroka’s rejection of the neighborhood council proposal to use two…

4 years ago

Buscaino Playing Games with Social Justice Down Payment

The Community grants charade is a campaign ploy  To anyone who is naïve or just not paying attention, the recent…

4 years ago

The Most Insidious Form of Censorship

Not being invited to the meeting I was reminded this week that one of the subtlest yet insidious forms of…

5 years ago