Category Archives: Viewpoint

When I was twenty-in, I loaded up a suitcase with all my worldly possessions, two hundred dollars, and took a Greyhound bus from South Dakota to New York City. I was too naïve to realize the folly of what I … Continue reading →

This editor referees high school soccer and was assigned a girls varsity game this afternoon, Thursday, December 19, at the Westwood Recreation Center. It was a league game between Shalhevet High School and Compton Early College High School.  Since many … Continue reading →

California, like the rest of the country, voted on November 5. But unlike most of the rest of the United States which had results the next day or soon after, California is still counting a month later. Los Angeles County … Continue reading →

Look, relax, no matter the verbiage, President Donald Trump is not planning on arresting the nannies, gardeners, housekeepers or even street-food vendors that so many Los Angeles residents have come to depend on for cheap labor/goods. The Migration Policy Institute … Continue reading →

When this editor first moved to New York in the late 70s, I found a job at Scribner’s Book Store on Fifth Avenue, arguably the premiere bookstore in the country at the time. I worked with another man in a … Continue reading →

By PETER DICHELLIS For many reasons, voters can find it difficult to gather information about judges, who are on an election ballot. This November voters have a clear choice between three public defender attorneys  or three prosecutors. The three public … Continue reading →