CONFLICT RESOLUTION - While there are many helpful phrases in the “street peace” trainings that we do as the Portland Peace Team, my favorite, which we offer when possible to someone in emotional distress over a soluble crisis, is, “Let’s fix this.” 

WEHO - I recently learned at a comedy workshop that fish out of water scenarios are one of the major tropes used in joke writing and reflecting on my own fish out of water experience, it’s not difficult to see why it works.

GUEST COMMENTARY - As a lifelong musician who grew up near the San Fernando Valley, I fancied myself as somewhat of a punk rocker.

GAMBLING - In a land-based casino, the chances of cheating on roulette without getting caught are slightly better than online.

DIGITAL MEDIA - The world’s richest man has bought one of the world’s most popular social media platforms.

ONLINE GAMBLING - When it comes to gambling, New Jersey is one of the most significant states in the country due to Atlantic City and its history as a gambling hotspot.

LA ELECTION 2022 - The political realm in Los Angeles is painful to watch right now – and worse – it is painful to participate in.

If you are curious about online gambling, you might be wondering what the best casino games are to play.

GUEST COMMENTARY - Plagiarism is a huge issue in academic writing, and it can have serious consequences.

CLEAN WATER - The United Nations General Assembly recognized “the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights” on July 28, 2010.

GUEST COMMENTARY - As we prepare to head to the polls to vote for our next mayor for the city of Los Angeles, one should take the time to review the voting record of Karen Bass during her tenure as one of our state elected officials and as a US Representative. 

OPEN LETTER - Dear Los Angeles City Council, Do Better. No, really… Just do better. 

GUEST COMMENTARY - Douglas Emmett Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns and operates 4,500 apartments in the West Los Angeles area, has contributed over $300,000 to an independent expenditure fund operated by the Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) to support City Council District 11 candidate Traci Park. 

It might be challenging for a novice to get their bearings at a real casino if they want to play that way.

GUEST COMMENTARY - I keep hearing the refrain from Evita– the song made popular by Madonna – “Don’t cry for me Argentina” 

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

GUEST COMMENTARY - Former President Donald Trump's criminal use of lies and mob violence to steal the 2020 election failed, but it's not the only recent coup attack on our democracy.

GUEST COMMENTARY - Regardless of anyone’s views on abortion, the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson took away a reproductive right that a half-century of hard-fought judicial precedent had determined was constitutionally protected.

GUEST WORDS - In the Lents neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, residents gathered at a public forum last June to voice their concerns about the city’s growing population of homeless individuals.

GUEST COMMENTARY - In releasing its two decisions last week that reversed Roe and New York City’s concealed firearms ban, the Supreme Court not only performed the judicial act of yelling fire in a crowded room. 

CORPORATE WEALTH - CEOs at America’s biggest low-wage employers now take home, on average, 670 times what their typical workers make.