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Is Moral Clarity Possible in Donald Trump’s America?
He clearly hadn’t planned to make a public confession about his own warmongering in Iraq when he gave a speech in Texas this spring. Still, asked to decry Russian president Vladimir Putin’s unjustified invasion of Ukraine, Bush inadvertent…
Naming the "Inflation Reduction Act" is as Absurd as the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea"
THE DOCTOR IS IN - Maybe Congress thinks we're just stupid, and maybe we simply ARE just as stupid as they think we are.
Yimbyism: There’s a Whole Lot of Shilling Going On
HOUSING CRISIS - Recently an op-ed appeared in the neoliberal, Hearst-owned San Francisco Chronicle that proclaimed, “Yimbyism is as progre…
The Republican Base Has Lost Its Mind
ACCORDING TO LIZ - One day after a Proud Boys Trump supporter tried to break into an FBI building in Ohio and died after fleeing and shooti…
The Death of Free Speech?
ACCORDING TO LIZ - “Originality is dangerous. It challenges, questions, overturns assumptions, unsettles moral codes, disrespects sacred co…
Mired in Manchinema: Consequences of Compromise
ACCORDING TO LIZ - Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema were not able to tank the Inflation Reduction Act which the Senate passed last w…
Student Loan Debt: When Refusing to Pay Is a Solution
PRICE OF EDUCATION - The White House says President Joe Biden will decide by the end of August whether to extend the pandemic-era pause on…
Beware of Booking.com
THE VIEW FROM HERE - Similar to how we call all tissues, Kleenex, and all acetylsalicylic acid Aspirin, we tend to call all short-term rent…
The Decline and Fall of Everything (Including Me and Joe Biden)
GUEST COMMENTARY - I find nothing strange in Joe Biden, at 79 (going on 80), being the oldest president in our history and possibly plannin…
Public Misconceptions about Legal Immigration Undermine Reform
IMMIGRATION REFORM - The American public overwhelmingly supports legal immigration, with deep divisions on whether this path is “easy”.
We Must Seize This Opportunity to End the War in Ukraine
RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR - The war in Ukraine must end urgently. The longer it continues, the greater the ghastly consequences will be and more c…
Power Mongering Politicos and a Mindless Electorate Threaten Our Nation
THE VIEW FROM HERE - The most important element in human survival is our brains’ Neuroplasticity. Group Rights, however, kills brain cells…
Kyrsten is NOT Our Only Hope
ACCORDING TO LIZ - People are hanging on tenterhooks over what Kyrsten Sinema might extract from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in ord…
What Happened in Kansas: Common Sense, Common Ground
GUEST COMMENTARY - Generally when Kansas makes the national news it’s not for a reason left-leaning Kansans are proud of.
The Ides Of November Approach
THE VIEW FROM HERE - Julius Caesar was stabbed to death on the Ides of March in the year 44 B.C.E. Less well known is that the Ides of Ma…
LA County Supes Want Power To Remove A Duly Elected Sheriff
GUEST COMMENTARY - During the past few months, I have been watching the January 6th Select Committee Hearings.
Playing With Guns: My Weekend With The Good Guys
GUN LEGISLATION - You may find this shocking, but a little over a decade ago I spent a weekend learning how to shoot a handgun — under the…
LA Needs Its NIMBYs
LA HOUSING CRISIS - NIMBYs. We’re everywhere, from Chatsworth to Boyle Heights, from Venice to Griffith Park.
