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Making “Impregnators” Pay Their Fair Share
“Impregnators” have always had the choice to walk away. Sure, they could be on the hook for child support after birth, but what if they could be held responsible for their actions before—from the moment of conception—just as the pregnant p…
Why Should We the People Respect a Court That Subverts the Will of the People?
SCOTUS JUSTICE - When Supreme Court member Justice Samuel Alito's secret plan for canceling the constitutional right of women to end their…
Do Not Yank Their Chains
THE VIEW FROM HERE - We now know that Dylann Roof was an all-around tragedy.
Equality: A Message to my Daughters
ONE MORE THING - We are in the midst of Primaries and even though the emphasis on the Supreme Court leak is not the lead story for the medi…
Medical Board of California Under Oversight Microscope
SENATE MEDICAL OVERSIGHT - On Jan 1, 2024 MBC will cease to exist without legislation continuing its operations.
Guns, Guns and More Guns
ACCORDING TO LIZ - Headlines across the nation last week reported the CDC findings that there had been a 35% increase in gun homicides betw…
Wannabe Controller Paul Koretz Proves “Pay-to-Play” is Alive and Well in City Hall
GUEST COMMENTARY - In yet another shocking abuse of the City Council’s veto power over decisions of Area Planning Commissions, Councilmembe…
Does The Constitution Screw California?
GUEST COMMENTARY - So, when does MSNBC talking head and former US Senate staffer and hit show West Wing writer-producer Lawrence O’Donnell…
Between the Stupid and the Evil
GUEST COMMENTARY - So said the late conservative journalist M Stanton Evans, It is commonplace, even among Republicans, to label the Republ…
Neofascist Minority Rule by the GOP Is Laying Waste to the United States
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE - Minority rule is killing America.
Graduates Aren’t Feeling Too Optimistic This Year
NEXT GEN - It’s graduation season, which is usually joyful. But many graduates aren’t in a celebratory mood this year — a lesson Vice Presi…
Is It Inflation or Is It Profiteering?
ACCORDING TO LIZ - Profiteering by Chevron and Walmart, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk has been highlighted by the obscene amounts of money made…
Will the Leaked Roe v Wade Draft Unravel the Myth of Judicial Honesty?
THE VIEW FROM HERE - “Lying, thieving, hypocritical prigs” pretty much sums up the United States judiciary.
Personal History: The Supreme Court I Argued Before Fifty Years Ago
GUEST COMMENTARY - Hello again, friends.
Could Caruso or Bass Be One And Done?
DEEGAN ON LA—Without “force majeure”—an act of God for which no party can be held accountable—Rick Caruso may not be a loser in the June 7…
If King Priam Had Heeded Cassandra, He Would Have Saved Troy
THE VIEW FROM HERE - Cassandra was the daughter of Troy’s King Priam, and she warned him that if King Priam’s son Paris went to Sparta and…
Significant Dissatisfaction with the Neighborhood Council System
ACCORDING TO LIZ - This could have been the headline of one of any number of articles published in the last couple of years.
Do We Need a Capitalist Civil War?
GUEST COMMENTARY - We Americans like to think of ourselves as a thoroughly modern people — living proof of what, with enough toil and grit…
For My Body and the Choice of Millions, I'm Going to Fight Like Hell
GUEST COMMENTARY - The personal, as they say, is political. And there’s nothing more personal than the right to control your own body.
