James Preston Allen

Of Saints and Sinners

There will be no peace for Israel until there is justice for Palestine and the whole world is watching.

2 years ago

Speculative Blight

It’s an old story by Los Angeles history standards and a reoccurring one here in the port town of San…

2 years ago

Sinclair Arrested on Liberty Hill!

By the end of World War I, Los Angeles and the harbor were experiencing an economic boom and the harbor…

3 years ago

The Way of the OG-san Activist

Furutani was allied in political positions and organizationally with groups involved in ethnic power politics, he always viewed education as…

3 years ago

The Naked Truth

Yes, this idealized depiction of “David”,  the same one referenced in the Bible, is a study in human form that’s…

3 years ago

Trust — A Greater Value than Money

In Donald Trump’s 2020 state of the union speech, he derided what he cast as a drift toward “socialism” in…

3 years ago

Sign of the Times

First, is the process by which the decision was made. There was no serious outreach to the talent of the…

3 years ago

Holiday Fatigue and Parades

What I find encouraging is that amidst all of the anti-Semitic rhetoric floating around lately,  our local Jewish Chabad of…

3 years ago

Buying Elections or Not

So, it remains kind of a curiosity how one candidate can blow a small fortune to win an election and…

3 years ago

Searching for the Yellow Brick Road

There remains  a certain allure of the authenticity of the past, a reverence if you will, that attracts both artists…

3 years ago