LA ProgressiveSurviving Breakup HellYou can’t eat, can’t sleep, can’t think, can’t function. Your head is reeling, your guts are wrenched, your soul is crushed, your ego…Jul 6, 2018Jul 6, 2018
LA ProgressiveThe Conversion of Pope FrancisWhen Pope Francis arrives in Ireland this August to officiate at the Vatican’s triennial World Meeting of Families, the pontiff will be…Jul 6, 2018Jul 6, 2018
LA ProgressiveIs the Ali Watkins Case the Opening of Trump’s War on the Press?The Trump administration has made its contempt for the news media a mainstay of its political messaging, even while those same media assure…Jul 6, 2018Jul 6, 2018
LA ProgressiveDear Mister President: Pruitt Drags Out His Last MattressDear Mr President,Jul 6, 2018Jul 6, 2018
LA ProgressiveNonviolent American Revolution 2.0Now comes the 4th of July, when we celebrate how the American colonists used nonviolent tactics to win independence from Great Britain.Jul 6, 2018Jul 6, 2018
LA ProgressiveSnowlakes: Victim Status and the Political RightIn all honesty, there is a lot I do not understand about the Right. Although the Left is far from flawless, it strikes me that the Right is…Jul 6, 2018Jul 6, 2018
LA ProgressiveU.S. Postal Service: Ripe for Privatizing?I got involved in a brief discussion on Facebook about privatizing the U.S. postal service. Briefly, those in favor of privatization argued…Jul 6, 2018Jul 6, 2018
LA ProgressiveDemocrats and Community — 2018Well, it is now July, 2018, and earlier talk of a Democratic victory to retake Congress in a “Blue Wave,” has now changed, in the eyes of…Jul 6, 2018Jul 6, 2018
LA ProgressiveNothing New: Children Lost in Foster Care SystemThis year, at least 2,300 children, the sons and daughters of parents seeking asylum in the US, have been separated from their parents and…Jul 6, 2018Jul 6, 2018
LA ProgressiveA Public Bank for Los Angeles? City Council Puts It to the VotersVoters in Los Angeles will be the first in the country to weigh in on a public banking mandate, after the City Council agreed on June 29th…Jul 6, 2018Jul 6, 2018