Op-Ed

	You Really Must Want to Vote to Endure This Complicated Process By Shachar @ 5:00 AM November 21, 2008 Found in: Op-Ed Dateline Jerusalem — I voted for President via overseas absentee ballot. Although I have been sick (sore throat and bad cough), I went out and walked to the Post Office in the thunderstorm we had here in Israel in order to mail my ballot. read
	The Day the Democratic Process Left the Democratic Party By Robert Rosebrock @ 8:00 AM November 20, 2008 Found in: Op-Ed Nov. 15, 2008, is a day that will live in infamy for America’s Military Veterans, as well as all patriotic Americans, because one member of the California Democratic Party blocked the “Resolution to Protect a National Sacred Trust,” which would protect and preserve the sacred land at the Los Angeles National Veterans Home, preventing it from being turned into a public park. read
	Are Prisoners Doilies? A Few Questions for Hospital Czar Who Won’t Call Me Back By Thomas D. Elias @ 5:00 AM November 20, 2008 Found in: Op-Ed The brand-new Ronald Reagan Medical Center on the campus of UCLA provides 520 standard beds and 61 short-term hospitalization beds. It contains 1,050,000 square feet and encompasses four kinds of treatment facilities: the Mattel Children's Hospital, the Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Institute, an emergency center treating all manner of traumas and a general hospital handling everything from organ transplants to cancer treatment, infectious diseases and general surgery. read
	Arguing Why the Present Gas Prices Are Not Really Healthy for Us By My Opinion @ 4:00 PM November 19, 2008 Found in: Op-Ed From John Cohn The painful days of July seem like ancient history. Gasoline prices near $5 a gallon. It was traumatic just to go to the pump. Yesterday, after filling up my car, I looked at the pump register. I thought there was a mistake. Less than 40 bucks to fill my tank. read
	Of A. Lincoln and G. Silbiger By Ari L. Noonan @ 3:00 PM November 19, 2008 Found in: Editor's Essays The Gettysburg Address, Nov. 19, 1863 Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that “all men are created equal.” read
	Diversity in the Obama White House, a Delicate Balancing Act By Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson @ 6:00 AM November 19, 2008 Found in: Op-Ed President-elect Barack Obama’s close and longtime confidant Valerie Jarrett was emphatic when she told a group of black journalists that Obama would not waver one bit in his commitment to diversity in his administration. The journalists were nervous at the paucity of African-American names that have been repeatedly tossed around as likely Obama staff and cabinet picks. The list is top heavy with moderate to conservative Wall Street bank and corporate officials, ex-Clinton White House staffers, officials and advisors, and Democratic governors and senators. read
	Democratic Process Takes a Beating in Council Chambers By Ari L. Noonan @ 4:00 PM November 18, 2008 Found in: Editor's Essays If your child is running with The Mob, mama, do not fret. Your worries have ended. At least you know where to find him every Monday night — in Council Chambers. To the consternation of true democrats (lower-case “d”) and other reasonable people, mob rule has hijacked the City Council the last two Mondays. read
	Thank Goodness for Small Favors By My Opinion @ 1:00 PM November 18, 2008 Found in: Op-Ed From John Cohn One of the few bright spots of the economy is that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke can stop worrying about inflation. For years, “job one” for Fed Chairmen has been to keep inflation in check. During the past couple of decades, inflation has been very tame, ranging from two to three percent. read
	Finger-pointing After Prop. 8 Outcome Sharply Sours an Otherwise Sweet Election By Jessica Gadsden @ 6:00 AM November 18, 2008 Found in: Op-Ed On Nov. 4, I had my own self-imposed media blackout. I turned off the TV and closed the web browser. Like taking the college admission exam or studying for the bar, all the preparation, work, sweat, toil and tears had come down to just one day. read
	Are The Gay Rights Protests Mob Justice? By Frederik Sisa @ 10:00 AM November 17, 2008 Found in: The Recreational Nihilist A Few Thoughts About The Tyranny Of Culture And Mormon Hypocrisy. Although I’m not convinced that the protests serve a strategically useful purpose – and I wonder where the heck everybody was before Nov. 4 – I don’t buy accusations (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/) that these are mob justice or disrespectful of “the people’s will.” Insofar as the mob justice canard is concerned, Prop. 8 not only revoked a legal right, it did so on the basis of portraying gay marriage as harmful to children and a threat to social stability. When somebody calls you a threat, immoral and the like, then pulls a stunt like Prop. 8 to interfere in your life, getting upset and exercising free speech rights strikes me as a natural human response. Prop. 8 supporters may not like being the object of anger, they may not like being called intolerant and bigots, they may not like these protests and boycotts, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise. People don’t like to be insulted and treated like second-class citizens, and it was, after all, the Prop. 8 people – who don’t seem to understand or care about the pain they are causing – who started it. They could have left well enough alone, living their lives according to their beliefs and leaving others to theirs, but no. read