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PRICE OF EDUCATION - The White House says President Joe Biden will decide by the end of August whether to extend the pandemic-era pause on student loan repayment — and how much, if any, student debt to cancel.

THE VIEW FROM HERE - Similar to how we call all tissues, Kleenex, and all acetylsalicylic acid Aspirin, we tend to call all short-term rental agencies Airbnb. 

GUEST COMMENTARY - I find nothing strange in Joe Biden, at 79 (going on 80), being the oldest president in our history and possibly planning to run again in 2024.

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

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.

THE VIEW FROM HERE - The most important element in human survival is our brains’ Neuroplasticity. Group Rights, however, kills brain cells, thereby making us dumber and less able to solve problems.

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

PERSONAL CHOICE - I want to talk about Kansas.

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.

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

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.

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

MY THOUGHTS - Just when all the naysayers have us convinced the USA is going to Hell in two very large wheelbarrows (after all we are two very polarized political sectors) something good happens. 

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

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

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

GUEST COMMENTARY - It’s popular today to talk about the “common good” or the “public good.”

GUEST COMMENTARY - At a time of children with popsicle-covered faces running around and summer music festivals– many are celebrating the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

IMMIGRATION WATCH - Amid the bustle of Tijuana, the average onlooker might miss the bulge in Claudia’s belly.