VOICES

GUEST COMMENTARY - Barak Obama’s presidential portrait will finally hang in the White House after the traditional, official ceremony.

THE DOCTOR IS IN - Contrary to current popular media groupthink and echo chambers, no one in their right mind wants to live in an unhealthy environment.

GUEST COMMENTARY - In the 1970s, I met one of Hitler’s leading propagandists, Leni Riefenstahl, whose epic films glorified the Nazis.

GUEST COMMENTARY - Before I even get into the guts of this argument, just ask yourself:

MY THOUGHTS - Before I start this week’s column, I want to say a few words about my late departed friend CW Publisher, Ken Draper. 

OP-ED - It was the honor of my life to serve the people of Los Angeles and the State of California over a 20-year public service career.

GUEST COMMENTARY - There was no leader in the twentieth century who did more to end the Cold War, the over-militarization of his country, and the reliance on nuclear weaponry than Mikhail S. Gorbachev. 

THE VIEW FROM HERE - Two factors precede most civil wars: (1) The breaking of established cultural norms based on shared values, and (2) division along ethnic, religious or race lines. 

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Labor sounds awfully intense in this Trumpian era of self-indulgence. Do people really want to celebrate work? 

DRUG OVERDOSES - In February 2021, 16-year-old, straight-A student Sammy Berman Chapman asked his dad for a cheeseburger. 

GUEST COMMENTARY - The last few decades have seen the emergence of two rival economies:

STUDENT LOANS - President Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness plan is like a dirty band-aid on a festering wound.