VOICES

THE VIEW FROM HERE - Politicos love to incorrectly call America a democracy because democracies place no constraint on the power of a politico who claims a mandate by virtue of receiving a majority of votes. 

GUEST COMMENTARY - Do rich people owe their success to luck? The iconic business magazine Fortune has just put the spotlight on a new book with a new take on how much good fortune contributes to grand fortunes.

GUEST COMMENTARY - The muted response from the White House following the July 4 mass shooting at a parade in Highland Park,

 HIGHLAND PARK MEMOIRS - I heard about it from my daughter, Sarah, in Chicago.

POLITICAL FIREWORKS - They say that the amount of air pollution after the July 4th fireworks extravaganza all across Los Angeles is about three to four times as bad as the air quality would be normally.

GUEST COMMENTARY - I’ve made my own choices along the path of life — spiritual, mental, physical.

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Everything in life is a gamble but some things are more risky than others. 

REPLACEMENT THEORY - There is absolutely nothing "great" about the "Great Replacement." It is nothing new either.

GUEST COMMENTARY - In addition to being a child of communists, an immigrant, a pot-smoking Jewish Yippie, a friend to Black Panthers, a woman who slept with America’s enemy, a prime suspect in a famous bombing, and a woman who tried to bend her sexual boundaries, I’ve also had an abortion.

LA REPAIR ZONES -  “Los Angeles has some of the lowest income and highest need areas in the country resulting from years of structural and institutional racism.

GUEST COMMENTARY - Ready, aim, fire: “I believe in Jesus, guns and babies.”

GUEST COMMENTARY - Joe Biden may have once bragged about his cooperative relations with segregationists, but he still arguably owes more to African-American leadership and voters than any politician in recent history.