VOICES

RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR - The war in Ukraine must end urgently. The longer it continues, the greater the ghastly consequences will be and more challenging the obstacles to peacemaking.

PERSONAL CHOICE - I want to talk about Kansas.

LA HOUSING CRISIS - NIMBYs.  We’re everywhere, from Chatsworth to Boyle Heights, from Venice to Griffith Park. 

IMMIGRATION REFORM - The American public overwhelmingly supports legal immigration, with deep divisions on whether this path is “easy”.

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 March was the date when Romans were to settle up their debts.

THE ECONOMY - Oligarchs of the dominate economic class in the United States continue to pour billions of dollars into the pockets of politicians.

ACCORDING TO LIZ - People are hanging on tenterhooks over what Kyrsten Sinema might extract from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in order for Democrats to successfully move the bill through the Senate.

GUEST COMMENTARY - During the past few months, I have been watching the January 6^th Select Committee Hearings. 

ECONOMY - Republicans believe their laser focus on inflation in the midterms will override voter anger over the attempted coup;

GUEST COMMENTARY - Generally when Kansas makes the national news it’s not for a reason left-leaning Kansans are proud of.

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 auspices of the NRA.

ACCORDING TO LIZ - In what could be a game changer for slowing climate change,