I watched live television as a looter emerged from a Starbucks store downtown. He was holding one wrapped package of cheese and ham slices. You could see the disappointment on
In trying to find the words that convey my thoughts and feelings, it is extremely difficult because I am so numbed by the endless onslaught of the visual carnage on
The Christians supporting President Donald Trump, especially the evangelicals such as Vice President Mike Pence, should be ashamed if not condemned for their support of (Trump). On Monday, June 1,
Response to Richard Myers’ letter of June 2: I believe that Richard Myers is way off base in his praise for Colin Kaepernick’s depreciation of our nation’s flag in the
Response to Richard Myers’ letter of June 2: Colin Kaepernick wasn’t right to “take a knee” during the national anthem. Protesting police brutality has nothing to do with honoring those
The Brown Act, California’s venerable open meeting law, was established in 1953 after a newspaper reporter wrote a series of stories on backroom secret meetings in local jurisdictions. This is
Imagine, as a design for a video game, a cave inhabited by a randy collection of gnomes, trolls and ogres. The cave is replete with gnomes and trolls and ogres
When I heard recently that JCPenney was filing for bankruptcy, it occurred to me that it is likely in the not-too-distant future that, except for Walmart and Costco, there will
There’s been plenty of internet memes about skipping past 2020 right into 2021. Can’t we just go to sleep and wake up and have it all be over? We give
We’ve all seen it. From many angles. We’ve heard it too. The plea for help. Voices of disbelief in the background. The taunting by the officers. We’ve all seen and
Colin Kaepernick, remember him? He’s the former NFL quarterback who shocked sports fans and the country when, prior to the start of a game, he refused to stand for the
At a client’s block-long apartment complex in downtown L.A., one of my firms provides 24-hour security coverage. Because over the weekend the rioting and looting was just up the street
I was pleased to read Tim Whyte’s column on Saturday, May 16. My thoughts exactly. “No longer is it sufficient to just have an honest discussion of the issues…” I
The coronavirus: This 79- and soon-to-be 80-year-old second-generation Californian is afraid that those who can’t handle, and go berserk when they see people wearing the wrong hat, may someday govern
By David Hegg Get ready. Here’s a question you may never have been asked. How would your life be better if you decided to abdicate anger, if you chose to
Four years ago, when I took my son to the University of Oklahoma to start his college adventure, we toured the campus. I was awed by the appearance of it
Joshua Heath’s May 21 column tells that he, like some other writers, has alluded to the New Deal as being the answer to the end of our Great Depression. That’s
As you read these words a small percentage of the world’s Jewish community is celebrating, or has just finished celebrating the holiday of Shavuot. Translated as Pentecost, Shavuot, in Hebrew
So Mayor Eric Garcetti has decreed that Los Angeles beaches can be opened but only if people stay in motion, on wet sand, wearing masks, 6 feet apart. Stopping on
OK, let me get this straight: A guy with orange hair is worried about how he’d look with a mask? A guy with orange hair? Really? He thinks people might
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