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Patriotism Is More Than Taking a Stand
The National Football League prides itself on patriotism. The League wraps itself in the American flag, from the Stars and Bars stretched out onto the field before games to flyovers by our impressive military. The NFL is so patriotic that…
Tyrants on the Bench: If the Public Only Knew
CORRUPTION WATCH-For decades, women and sometimes men in Hollywood suffered in silence at the grubby hands and other gross appendages of re…
Tronc … LAT Owner … the Trump of Journalism
TRUTHDIG REPORT-- “Am suffering a strange, precise dyslexia. I keep misreading “tronc” instead of “Trump,” tweeted Pulitzer Prize-winning L…
The Anatomy of an LAUSD Firing
FIRST PERSON--After 40 years of systematically dumbing down critical thinking skills in public education- skills that are a prerequisite fo…
Prop 47 Failing Test: Crime on Rise In California
GUEST COMMENTARY-In a recent interview, District Attorney George Gascon offered this comment regarding the car break-in epidemic in San Fra…
Los Angeles, San Francisco in Political Turmoil
CAL MATTERS-Los Angeles and San Francisco may be economic and cultural rivals, but politics in the state’s two most important cities are si…
LA Running Woefully Behind on Updated General Plan … and is Paying a Price
PLATKIN ON PLANNING-According to California State law, the Los Angeles City Charter, the Los Angeles Municipal Code, professional city plan…
Blue State/Red District: The Dream Coast Under Pressure
CAPITAL AND MAIN SPECIAL REPORT--Darrell Issa, like the voters in his district, was a man under pressure. He put his finger in the air to t…
Black History Month: The Perfect Time to Revisit Civil Rights (and Responsibilities)
ALPERN AT LARGE--One year after the nation's first black President, and one year into the term of a president where racial issues remain as…
A California Trend Worth Catching: Debt Free College Education
BEST IDEA SINCE MICKEY MOUSE--California can be an annoyingly trendy state. Think avocado toast, In-N-Out Burger, Hollywood fashion, even l…
Throwing Out the Trust with the Trash in LA
PERSPECTIVE-I don’t like surprises that adversely affect personal finances…anyone’s. The recently approved tax bill had a few, particularly…
State of the State: What Jerry Brown Did NOT Say
GUEST COMMENTARY--In his final State of the State address, this is all Jerry Brown had to stay about the state's K-12 public education syst…
Standing Up to Trump and Letting People Move Freely, We Could Become a True LA-LA Land
‘TEAR DOWN THAT WALL’--Los Angeles is a great many things, but it is not Latin America.
Reforming Los Angeles: Radical Surgery on the Neighborhood Council System
GELFAND’S WORLD—(This is another article in a continuing campaign to inform, educate and energize Angelenos on the reformation of city gov…
Making Los Angeles Great Again … When Quality of Life Mattered
CORRUPTION WATCH—What if the City of Los Angeles based its land use decisions on the Quality of Life of Angelenos?
LA’s Street Furniture Program Doesn’t Pay … In More Ways Than One
BILLBOARD WATCH--The news that LA’s street furniture program is bringing less than $4 million a year to the city treasury will hopefully st…
K’Town is Turning into Boom Town, and that’s Politically Good for Herb Wesson
DEEGAN ON LA-With a skyline dotted by cranes, and waves of paperwork for permits flooding City Planning and Council offices, Koreatown is b…
Judge Warns Convicted LA Animal Rescuers, "You Could Go to Jail!"
EIGHT MOST READ - ANIMAL WATCH-Judge Shellie Samuels is a tough lady with obvious empathy for animals and a staunch lack of tolerance for d…
Civil Rights and Our Trains: Teaching Riders to Behave Civilly!
ALPERN AT LARGE--In a video that has attracted national attention, a young woman was reportedly arrested for having her shoes on the seat o…
As the LA Times Implodes, ABC-7 Looks to be the Mayor’s Next ‘Press Agent’
@TheGussReport – According to numerous sources, there is a paranoid atmosphere at the LA Times these days. It is mostly due to the fact th…
