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Art Snyder: A Genuinely Interesting Dudenew
Most people knew Art as the very white Los Angeles councilman in the heavily Latino northeastern district, who was elected sometime in the late ‘60s. So Art became the councilman representing El Sereno, Eagle Rock and Glassell Park, among others. He held the post for nearly two decades.
He was a red-headed Irishman who looked like the Marine he had been. But he was born in Lincoln Heights at the bottom of the Great Depression, so it was natural he learned to speak Spanish.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
11-16-2012 |
Commentary
A Historic Election Foretoldnew
In 2002, John Judis and Ruy Teixeira wrote a book, "The Emerging Democratic Majority," predicting the broad outlines of a demographic shift that would inexorably favor Democrats in the long run. On Election Day, Nov. 6, their prediction was confirmed.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
11-16-2012 |
Elections
Obama on Leno Translated: Don't Let Them Steal Another Onenew
It was typical of Obama not to dwell on or dig deep into the dirty tricks being deployed by his political enemies. But it's not just him that's the target, it's millions of potential voters and American democracy itself that's at stake.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
11-04-2012 |
Politics
The GOP’s Underground Election Strategynew
For years now, Republicans have been working themselves up into a frenzy over the prospect of systematic electoral fraud.
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Paul Rosenberg |
10-19-2012 |
Elections
Tags: Voter Fraud, Electoral Fraud
What is it About Romney That is So Objectionable?new
Romney obviously believes that businessmen are the highest kind of human beings.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
10-12-2012 |
Commentary
Chasing Endeavournew
Here was this incredible device, a testimony to the liberating power of science, and what government can do when its power for good is unleashed. This is a contraption that wouldn’t exist without science and technology and the combined power of people’s collective will that in a democracy is called government.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
09-24-2012 |
Commentary
Prosperity vs. Austerity Economicsnew
“Instead of the austerity agenda that we have now, focused on debt, this growth agenda is focused, really, on restoring broad-based economic growth and our democracy,” said Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker in a late-August teleconference.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
09-21-2012 |
Commentary
In Theaters Now: Red Hook Summernew
This is a Spike Lee Joint and disharmony is Lee's stock-in-trade.
Random Lengths News |
Danny Simon |
08-30-2012 |
Reviews
A Personal Odyssey To The Land Down Undernew
Southern California cultural arts thinker and writer Lionel Rolfe reflects on his time in Australia with Kron Nicolas and his wife as he recovers from the emotional strain of divorce.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
08-30-2012 |
Original Work
How the Republican Brain Plays Defensenew
The Romney campaign disseminates so many lies that it’s impossible to keep track of them all.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
08-16-2012 |
Commentary
In Theaters Now: Total Recallnew
Total Recall is filled with gritty CGI, bad acting, and beautiful people. This film contains the requisite witty black sidekick, explosions, and cars without wheels. What it doesn’t contain is a purpose.
Random Lengths News |
Danny Simon |
08-08-2012 |
Reviews
An Old Quandarynew
Now that they have found the “God particle,” maybe it’s time to solve far lesser but still deserving and perplexing questions of existence.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
07-29-2012 |
Commentary
In Theaters Now: The Dark Knight Risesnew
On Friday night, I anxiously peered through the movie theatre dim for a gun totting psychopath. I scanned the exits, though doubtless, I would’ve been powerless to protect myself or anyone around me from harm. Call it irrational paranoia or rational cautiousness, I feared that a copy cat or a conspirator in league with James Eagan Holmes would visit death upon the audience. We see movies to temporarily escape the realities of our lives yet, while we share the director’s vision, we are terribly vulnerable to acts of violent lunacy. As the trailers rolled by, I wondered how this hadn’t happened before and how long before it will happen again.
Random Lengths News |
Danny Simon |
07-23-2012 |
Reviews
Deficits and Democracy--The fallacy of balanced budgetsnew
Every Republican, from Mitt Romney on down is crying about the national debt, and the news media only amplifies the conservative mantra "the sky is falling" without ever putting it in historical perspective.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
07-13-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: National Debt
SCOTUS Decision on Health Care Law–Was it Really a Victory?new
Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts only said that he found the individual mandate was not supported by the Commerce Clause of the Constitution—since people would be taxed for not engaging in commerce.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
07-02-2012 |
Policy Issues
