## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/89/089k-891d4a2c.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33710-bass-is-out-raman-is-in-is-los-angeles-trading-failure-for-a-bigger-crisis) ### [Bass Is Out. Raman Is In. Is Los Angeles Trading Failure for a Bigger Crisis?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/election-2024/33710-bass-is-out-raman-is-in-is-los-angeles-trading-failure-for-a-bigger-crisis) November 05 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b0/089l-b0ad6449.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33704-nithyas-budget-buzz-saw) ### [Nithya’s Budget Buzz Saw](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33704-nithyas-budget-buzz-saw) November 07 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/88/088n-88cdd3ff.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33687-first-test-of-next-governor-s-leadership-demand-a-full-forensic-audit-of-bullet-train) ### [First Test of Next Governor`s Leadership: Demand a Full Forensic Audit of Bullet Train](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33687-first-test-of-next-governor-s-leadership-demand-a-full-forensic-audit-of-bullet-train) November 02 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/86/089r-86b8c13b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33698-a-great-night-for-america-and-a-warning-to-both-parties) ### [A Great Night for America—and a Warning to Both Parties](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33698-a-great-night-for-america-and-a-warning-to-both-parties) November 05 2026 # LOS ANGELES --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fe/081f-fed6b463.png) ### We Live in an Era of Entitlement Written by Beth Cone Kramer on October 07 2019. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18593-we-live-in-an-era-of-entitlement) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f6/081k-f682c96d.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18592-politics-and-art-mix-at-italy-s-silent-film-festival)Written by Bob Gelfand on October 07 2019. Posted in [LOS ANGELES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles). ## [Politics and Art Mix at Italy’s Silent Film Festival](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18592-politics-and-art-mix-at-italy-s-silent-film-festival) Let’s start out with a little nod to an American art form that has taken its own place among the world’s great art forms. Film and its close cousin t… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b2/081b-b2cf7807.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18591-why-are-americans-so-confused-about-the-meaning-of-democratic-socialism)### [Why are Americans So Confused About the Meaning of “Democratic Socialism”?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/18591-why-are-americans-so-confused-about-the-meaning-of-democratic-socialism) Written by Lawrence Wittner on October 07 2019. 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