Duane Smith | Giving and Investing in the Future
June 5, 2020
At the age of 31, my life was a train wreck! Among many character flaws, I was a financial disaster. I would tell bill collectors, “Duane Smith moved to Vietnam.
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Dick Cesaroni | A Solution for Homelessness?
June 5, 2020
Between the years of 1942-1945, 10 internment camps were opened in California per the instructions of the U.S. government where thousands of Japanese-American citizens were rounded up and interred. They
Eric Goldin | The Charm of ‘Romeo and Juliet’
June 5, 2020
In the fall of 2018, I attended a production of Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” performed in the Black Box Theater at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center. Professor David Stears
Philip Wasserman | Soon, Nothing Left to Loot
June 4, 2020
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
Dennis Moore | Time for Society to Find God
June 4, 2020
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
Rudy Fillinger | Is Martial Law Next?
June 4, 2020
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,
Keith Smith | Off Base in Praising Kaepernick
June 4, 2020
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
Bob Comer | Too Many ‘Taking a Knee’
June 4, 2020
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
Lynne Plambeck | The Brown Act in the Time of a Pandemic
June 4, 2020
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
Christopher Lucero | The Unending Social Game
June 3, 2020
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
Richard Myers | Important Reason to Shop Local
June 3, 2020
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
Gary Horton | What’s Next? Locusts? 2020 Isn’t Easy So Far
June 3, 2020
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
Paul Raggio | Some Unequivocal Wrongs
June 2, 2020
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
Richard Myers | Ready to Take a Knee
June 2, 2020
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
Jonathan Kraut | Balancing Right and Wrong in a Time of Protest
June 2, 2020
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
Sharolynn Fullmer | Political Hits Are a Waste
May 31, 2020
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
Jim Curtis | A Fear for America
May 31, 2020
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
David Hegg | Abdicating Anger Helps the Soul
May 31, 2020
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
Tim Whyte | ‘Boom!’ Goes Sooner Graduation
May 30, 2020
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
Jim Horton | Big Government Should Not Be the Default Position
May 30, 2020
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