#  IMPORTANT READS

   ##  [ ‘A Republic … If You Can Keep It’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19817-a-republic-if-you-can-keep-it "‘A Republic … If You Can Keep It’")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 25 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2020/043j.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19817-a-republic-if-you-can-keep-it)

**ONE MAN’S OPINION**--When Benjamin Franklin *(above left)* described the type government which the Constitutional Convention had created, he could have followed up with “There is no greater threat to a republic than a democracy.”

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   ##  [ 10 Reasons President Trump Should Wear a Mask](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19807-10-reasons-president-trump-should-wear-a-mask "10 Reasons President Trump Should Wear a Mask")

      Details    George Cassidy Payne    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 21 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2020/042p.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19807-10-reasons-president-trump-should-wear-a-mask)

**VIEW FROM HERE**-Ten reasons why. . .

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19807-10-reasons-president-trump-should-wear-a-mask)

   ##  [ Science on the Ballot](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19806-science-on-the-ballot "Science on the Ballot")

      Details    Judith Lewis Mernit    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 21 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2020/042g.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19806-science-on-the-ballot)

**GUEST WORDS--Back in the early days of the U.S.** **environmental** movement, it wasn’t so hard to persuade people that it costs money to clean up pollution.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19806-science-on-the-ballot)

   ##  [ Alternatives to Killing People for the Economy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19786-alternatives-to-killing-people-for-the-economy "Alternatives to Killing People for the Economy")

      Details    Cynthia Kaufman    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 18 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2020/041z3.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19786-alternatives-to-killing-people-for-the-economy)

**COVID 19 POLITICS**-As the U.S. begins to reopen after being shut down to protect us from spreading Covid-19, many people are beginning to talk about a choice between what is good for the economy and what will keep us healthy.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19786-alternatives-to-killing-people-for-the-economy)

   ##  [ The Chinese Deserve Gratitude](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19783-the-chinese-deserve-gratitude "The Chinese Deserve Gratitude")

      Details    George Cassidy Payne    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 18 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2020/041n.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19783-the-chinese-deserve-gratitude)

**VIEW FROM HERE**-My first real introduction to ancient Chinese philosophy happened while studying at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19783-the-chinese-deserve-gratitude)

   ##  [ Differences Between Lincoln and Trump are Stark](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19762-differences-between-lincoln-and-trump-are-stark "Differences Between Lincoln and Trump are Stark")

      Details    George Cassidy Payne    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 14 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2020/040q.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19762-differences-between-lincoln-and-trump-are-stark)

**VIEW FROM HERE**-While Joseph Biden chimes in from a studio in his basement, President Trump has the biggest bully pulpit in the world, including the ability to stage a town hall in the lustrous shadow of the Lincoln Memorial.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19762-differences-between-lincoln-and-trump-are-stark)

   ##  [ Seinfeld’s Tired Take on Women and Marriage](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19761-seinfeld-s-tired-take-on-women-and-marriage "Seinfeld’s Tired Take on Women and Marriage")

      Details    Jill Richardson    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 14 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2020/040l.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19761-seinfeld-s-tired-take-on-women-and-marriage)

**OTHERWORDS**--If you want to see some mild misogyny disguised as jokes, I recommend Jerry Seinfeld’s new standup special on Netflix “23 Hours to Kill.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19761-seinfeld-s-tired-take-on-women-and-marriage)

   ##  [ The Deathly Tragedy of American Exceptionalism](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19760-the-deathly-tragedy-of-american-exceptionalism "The Deathly Tragedy of American Exceptionalism")

      Details    Robert Reich    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 14 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2020/040i.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19760-the-deathly-tragedy-of-american-exceptionalism)

**VOICES**-No other nation has endured as much death from Covid-19 nor nearly as a high a death rate as has the United States.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19760-the-deathly-tragedy-of-american-exceptionalism)

   ##  [ Trump Administration's ‘Monstrous Idea’: Direct-Payments in Exchange for Cuts to Social Security Benefits](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19757-trump-administration-s-monstrous-idea-direct-payments-in-exchange-for-cuts-to-social-security-benefits "Trump Administration's ‘Monstrous Idea’: Direct-Payments in Exchange for Cuts to Social Security Benefits")

      Details    Jake Johnson    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 11 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2020/039e.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19757-trump-administration-s-monstrous-idea-direct-payments-in-exchange-for-cuts-to-social-security-benefits)

**SOCIAL SECURITY POLITICS**-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and senior advisor Jared Kushner listen as President Donald Trump meets with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the Oval Office of the White House on April 28, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19757-trump-administration-s-monstrous-idea-direct-payments-in-exchange-for-cuts-to-social-security-benefits)

   ##  [ Racial Fault Lines and the Coronavirus](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19751-racial-fault-lines-and-the-coronavirus "Racial Fault Lines and the Coronavirus")

      Details    Andrew Moss    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 11 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2020/039f.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19751-racial-fault-lines-and-the-coronavirus)

**PERSPECTIVE**-Along with millions of other Southern Californians, my family and I have been learning to live with the probability in our lifetimes of a mega-quake,

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19751-racial-fault-lines-and-the-coronavirus)

   ##  [ How Freedom Became Free-dumb in America](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19734-how-freedom-became-free-dumb-in-america "How Freedom Became Free-dumb in America")

      Details    Umair Haque    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 07 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2020/038o.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19734-how-freedom-became-free-dumb-in-america)

**PERSPECTIVE**--“Avridamah!!” shouted Matteo, from across the park.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19734-how-freedom-became-free-dumb-in-america)

   ##  [ Our Democracy Needs a Bailout: 4 Ideas to Improve Voter Turnout](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19733-our-democracy-needs-a-bailout-4-ideas-to-improve-voter-turnout "Our Democracy Needs a Bailout: 4 Ideas to Improve Voter Turnout")

      Details    Mac Regan    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 07 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2020/038g.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19733-our-democracy-needs-a-bailout-4-ideas-to-improve-voter-turnout)

**GUEST WORDS**--The Senate just unanimously passed a $483 billion coronavirus aid package in addition to the $2.2 trillion previously authorized by The CARES Act to soften the economic impact of Covid-19 on Americans.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19733-our-democracy-needs-a-bailout-4-ideas-to-improve-voter-turnout)

   ##  [ COVID-19 and the Coming New World Disorder](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19717-covid-19-and-the-coming-new-world-disorder "COVID-19 and the Coming New World Disorder")

      Details    Mel Gurtov    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 04 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2020/037s.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19717-covid-19-and-the-coming-new-world-disorder)

**PERSPECTIVE**--After the demise of the Soviet Union and the US intervention that crushed Saddam Hussein’s attack on Kuwait in 1991, President George H. W. Bush pronounced a new world order.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19717-covid-19-and-the-coming-new-world-disorder)

   ##  [ Free Fauci](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19714-free-fauci "Free Fauci")

      Details    Abby Zimet    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 04 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2020/037q.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19714-free-fauci)

**GUEST COMMENTARY**--In the midst of a pandemic that's killed more than 65,000 Americans and infected more than a million,

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19714-free-fauci)

   ##  [ As World Joins Forces to Raise $8 Billion for Global Covid-19 Fund, US Contributes This Much: $0](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19713-as-world-joins-forces-to-raise-8-billion-for-global-covid-19-fund-us-contributes-this-much-0 "As World Joins Forces to Raise $8 Billion for Global Covid-19 Fund, US Contributes This Much: $0")

      Details    Eoin Higgins    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 04 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2020/037v.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19713-as-world-joins-forces-to-raise-8-billion-for-global-covid-19-fund-us-contributes-this-much-0)

**COVID POLITICS**--President Donald Trump's brand of "America First" isolationism was on full display Monday as the U.S. declined to participate in an international pledge drive which raised more than $8 billion during its kick-event to create a global fund to develop and deploy diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19713-as-world-joins-forces-to-raise-8-billion-for-global-covid-19-fund-us-contributes-this-much-0)

   ##  [ Cashing In on Pandemic? Documents Show Lawmakers Made 1,500 Stock Transactions Worth $158 Million as Covid-19 Spread](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19712-cashing-in-on-pandemic-documents-show-lawmakers-made-1-500-stock-transactions-worth-158-million-as-covid-19-spread "Cashing In on Pandemic? Documents Show Lawmakers Made 1,500 Stock Transactions Worth $158 Million as Covid-19 Spread")

      Details    Jake Johnson    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     May 04 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/May-2020/037t.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19712-cashing-in-on-pandemic-documents-show-lawmakers-made-1-500-stock-transactions-worth-158-million-as-covid-19-spread)

**PANDEMIC POLITICS**-A [new analysis](https://campaignlegal.org/update/congressional-stock-trading-during-pandemic-diminishes-public-trust) of financial disclosure documents found that Republican and Democratic members of Congress made nearly 1,500 stock transactions worth up to $158 million between February and April as the coronavirus spread across the U.S., heightening [suspicions](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/20/demands-resignations-more-gop-senators-accused-smash-and-grab-stock-dumps-ahead) that elected officials in charge of the federal response to the pandemic have opportunistically cashed in on it.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19712-cashing-in-on-pandemic-documents-show-lawmakers-made-1-500-stock-transactions-worth-158-million-as-covid-19-spread)

   ##  [ Pathetic: Trump Says No to Additional Covid-19 Stimulus Checks, Wants to Cut Social Security Instead](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19700-pathetic-trump-says-no-to-additional-covid-19-stimulus-checks-wants-to-cut-social-security-instead "Pathetic: Trump Says No to Additional Covid-19 Stimulus Checks, Wants to Cut Social Security Instead")

      Details    Jake Johnson    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     April 30 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2020/036j.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19700-pathetic-trump-says-no-to-additional-covid-19-stimulus-checks-wants-to-cut-social-security-instead)

**SS WATCH--**President Donald Trump on Tuesday expressed opposition to providing additional direct relief payments on top of the $1,200 checks that are slowly trickling out to eligible U.S. households, saying he would instead prefer to slash the tax that funds Social Security and Medicare.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19700-pathetic-trump-says-no-to-additional-covid-19-stimulus-checks-wants-to-cut-social-security-instead)

   ##  [ Quarantined with No Medicine](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19698-quarantined-with-no-medicine "Quarantined with No Medicine")

      Details    Jill Richardson    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     April 30 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2020/036t.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19698-quarantined-with-no-medicine)

**OTHER WORDS**-I don’t know how you’re spending your quarantine, but I’ve spent the past few weeks wondering how to legally obtain marijuana.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19698-quarantined-with-no-medicine)

   ##  [ America’s Pact with the Devil](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19693-america-s-pact-with-the-devil "America’s Pact with the Devil")

      Details    Kary Love    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     April 30 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2020/036s.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19693-america-s-pact-with-the-devil)

**PERSPECTIVE**--You know you are in a dark place when you must cite Adolf Hitler to support your side of the argument.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19693-america-s-pact-with-the-devil)

   ##  [ The Dire Consequences of Territorial Annexation](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19691-the-dire-consequences-of-territorial-annexation "The Dire Consequences of Territorial Annexation")

      Details    Alon Ben-Meir    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     April 30 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2020/036i.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19691-the-dire-consequences-of-territorial-annexation)

**WORLD WATCH**-The formation of an Israeli coalition government led by Netanyahu and Gantz, the leaders of Likud and Kahol Lavan respectively, will finally put an end to Israel’s nearly 18-month-long political paralysis and, for now, personal rivalry following three elections.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19691-the-dire-consequences-of-territorial-annexation)

   ##  [ The Killer-in-Chief: Murder, He Said](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19689-the-killer-in-chief-murder-he-said "The Killer-in-Chief: Murder, He Said")

      Details    Tom Engelhardt    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     April 30 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2020/036g.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19689-the-killer-in-chief-murder-he-said)

**GUEST WORDS**--“Be assured of one thing: whichever candidate you choose at the polls in November, you aren’t just electing a president of the United States; you are also electing an assassin-in-chief.”

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19689-the-killer-in-chief-murder-he-said)

1. [ News Networks Must Provide Equal Time to Rebut Trump’s Daily Campaign Events](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19682-news-networks-must-provide-equal-time-to-rebut-trump-s-daily-campaign-events)
2. [ The Next Coronavirus Bill Must Protect the at Risk 2020 Election](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19621-the-next-coronavirus-bill-must-protect-the-at-risk-2020-election)
3. [ Wave Goodbye to the Handshake](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19619-wave-goodbye-to-the-handshake)
4. [ Trump: Manufactured Chaos](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19611-trump-manufactured-chaos)
5. [ Long Before the Coronavirus, Anthropologist Edward T. Hall Researched the Phenomenon of Social Distancing](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19581-long-before-the-coronavirus-anthropologist-edward-t-hall-researched-the-phenomenon-of-social-distancing)
6. [ The EPA Just Gave Polluters a License to Kill](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19580-the-epa-just-gave-polluters-a-license-to-kill)
7. [ Social Crisis and the Public Use of Reason](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19572-social-crisis-and-the-public-use-of-reason)
8. [ If Trump Declares Martial Law Due to Coronavirus, Can He Suspend the Election?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19563-if-trump-declares-martial-law-due-to-coronavirus-can-he-suspend-the-election)
9. [ What Planet are We On?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19537-what-planet-are-we-on)
10. [ Protocols Save Lives – But What Took So Long?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19536-protocols-save-lives-but-what-took-so-long)

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