## 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. County Faces a Government Shake-Up](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33349-l-a-county-faces-a-government-shake-up) September 14 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/03/074g-03a4f405.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33346-before-we-ask-god-to-judge-us-the-jewish-people-must-judge-ourselves) ### [Before We Ask God to Judge Us, the Jewish People Must Judge Ourselves](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/33346-before-we-ask-god-to-judge-us-the-jewish-people-must-judge-ourselves) September 14 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7f/074j-7f823ca6.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33347-la-stop-the-war-on-cars-they-arent-going-away) ### [LA, Stop the War on Cars. They Aren’t Going Away](https://mail.citywatchla.com/los-angeles/33347-la-stop-the-war-on-cars-they-arent-going-away) September 14 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f2/074i-f2c87cb2.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/gelfand-s-world/33348-us-will-forbid-imports-of-prescription-drugs-from-canada) ### [US Will Forbid Imports Of Prescription Drugs From Canada](https://mail.citywatchla.com/gelfand-s-world/33348-us-will-forbid-imports-of-prescription-drugs-from-canada) September 14 2026 # VOICES --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2025/014d.jpg) ### The Republic was Designed to Prevent Extremists From Gaining Power Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 17 2025. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/30386-the-republic-was-designed-to-prevent-extremists-from-gaining-power) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9b/014h-9b91edc1.jpg&src=images/stories/Feb-2025/014h.jpg&thumbnail=610,351,&hash=5b8d5a58) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/30384-the-lowdown-with-a-doge-for-this-and-a-doge-for-that)Written by Eliot Cohen on February 17 2025. Posted in [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices). ## [The Lowdown, with a DOGE For This and a DOGE For That](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/30384-the-lowdown-with-a-doge-for-this-and-a-doge-for-that) THE STATE OF THINGS - “The nature of the NGO scams is to have a cause that sounds philanthropic, like ‘Save the Orphans of Sadville’ and then th… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/41/013b-41fc7f32.jpg&src=images/stories/Feb-2025/013b.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6b5df2fc) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/30370-the-death-of-celebrity-endorsements-did-kanye-west-kill-em-off)### [The Death of Celebrity Endorsements: Did Kanye West Kill 'Em Off?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/30370-the-death-of-celebrity-endorsements-did-kanye-west-kill-em-off) Written by Abe Gurko on February 13 2025. 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