## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/074h-6dc681e8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33349-l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up) ### [L.A. 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Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads). ## [Imagine: You Get a Check Each Month to Cover Your Basic Costs … but Don’t have to Work for It](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11108-imagine-you-get-a-check-each-month-to-cover-your-basic-costs-but-don-t-have-to-work-for-it) FRIEDMAN, MCGOVERN MAKING A COMEBACK--Imagine a world where you get a check each month that allows you to cover your basic costs — but don’t have to… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0d/040p-0dbd78da.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11107-dust-up-in-west-virginia-about-economic-justice)### [Dust-up in West Virginia about Economic Justice](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11107-dust-up-in-west-virginia-about-economic-justice) Written by Paul Hatfield on May 16 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a2/040r-a243c3b0.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11105-could-donald-trump-be-the-lesser-of-two-evils)### [Could Donald Trump be the Lesser of Two Evils?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11105-could-donald-trump-be-the-lesser-of-two-evils) Written by Leonard Isenberg on May 16 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/52/040s-525a09df.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11104-battle-of-the-imperial-pretenders)### [Battle of the Imperial Pretenders](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11104-battle-of-the-imperial-pretenders) Written by Joel Kotkin on May 16 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8f/039s-8f192480.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11099-what-does-natural-born-american-even-mean)### [What Does Natural-Born American Even Mean?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11099-what-does-natural-born-american-even-mean) Written by Don H. Doyle on May 12 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/05/039o-058b0221.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11085-california-government-transparency-may-see-its-way-clear-to-the-november-ballot)### [California: Government Transparency May See Its Way Clear to the November Ballot](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11085-california-government-transparency-may-see-its-way-clear-to-the-november-ballot) Written by Ed Coghlan on May 12 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/79/038d-7987b80d.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11073-politics-move-left-americans-move-right)### [Politics Move Left, Americans Move Right](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11073-politics-move-left-americans-move-right) Written by Joel Kotkin on May 09 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d9/038j-d9d13e04.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11067-don-t-like-trump-s-views-on-immigration-blame-california)### [Don’t like Trump’s Views on Immigration? Blame California!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11067-don-t-like-trump-s-views-on-immigration-blame-california) Written by Julie M. Weise on May 09 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/96/038l-967a64a8.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11065-breaking-news-there-is-no-migrant-crisis)### [Breaking News: 'There Is No Migrant Crisis'!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11065-breaking-news-there-is-no-migrant-crisis) Written by Deirdre Fulton on May 09 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/32/036g-32abde20.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11033-latinos-in-the-u-s-speak-more-english-than-spanish)### [Latinos in the U.S. Speak More English than Spanish](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11033-latinos-in-the-u-s-speak-more-english-than-spanish) Written by Fred Mariscal on May 02 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8b/036l-8b776274.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11029-democracies-end-when-they-are-too-democratic-right-now-america-is-a-breeding-ground-for-tyranny)### [Democracies End When They are Too Democratic … Right Now, America is a Breeding Ground for Tyranny](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11029-democracies-end-when-they-are-too-democratic-right-now-america-is-a-breeding-ground-for-tyranny) Written by Andrew Sullivan on May 02 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/57/036m-57efb1d7.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11028-confronting-the-inevitability-of-hillary-a-third-term-for-obama-or-bill)### [Confronting the Inevitability of Hillary – A Third Term for Obama or Bill?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11028-confronting-the-inevitability-of-hillary-a-third-term-for-obama-or-bill) Written by Joel Kotkin on May 02 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/56/036o-56f3b375.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11025-as-we-contemplate-sending-the-clintons-back-to-the-white-house-it-s-time-to-reassess-a-pivotal-decade-the-90-s)### [As We Contemplate Sending the Clintons Back to the White House, It’s Time to Reassess a Pivotal Decade … the 90’s](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11025-as-we-contemplate-sending-the-clintons-back-to-the-white-house-it-s-time-to-reassess-a-pivotal-decade-the-90-s) Written by Andrés Martinez on May 02 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4a/035k-4a2f5eff.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11008-obamacare-not-an-affordablecare-act-it-s-a-don-tcare-act)### [‘ObamaCare’: NOT an ‘AffordableCare’ Act, It’s a ‘Don’tCare’ Act](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11008-obamacare-not-an-affordablecare-act-it-s-a-don-tcare-act) Written by Ken Alpern on April 28 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/be/035s-beda3115.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11002-for-first-time-ever-a-majority-of-people-identify-as-citizens-of-the-world)### [For First Time Ever, a Majority of People Identify as Citizens of the World](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/11002-for-first-time-ever-a-majority-of-people-identify-as-citizens-of-the-world) Written by Nadia Prupis on April 28 2016. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cc/034a-cc36436a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/10993-why-the-politics-of-nostalgia-are-dangerous)### [Why the Politics of Nostalgia Are Dangerous](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/10993-why-the-politics-of-nostalgia-are-dangerous) Written by Gregory Rodriguez on April 25 2016. 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