By Jim Smith While some countries, including Egypt, Greece and recently France, are making a change from their old regimes to, well, something else, here in Venice we are stuck with the […]
Where’s the Transparency? – L.A. Confidential
By Jim Smith When City Controller Candidate Cary Brazeman expressed shock that the city of Los Angeles was corrupt, I was reminded of the scene in the film, Casablanca, when Inspector Renault […]
The Coverup continues – Book Review: Watergate – A Novel
By Jim Smith We live in a world shaped by history. It is hard to escape our personal history – parents, aunts, uncles – and others who want to shape us in […]
Can we all just get along?
By Jim Smith Rodney King, who uttered that famous question – “can we all get along?” – after being brutalized by police on video, would be proud of the unity displayed by […]
Martin Luther King, Jr. – The Unknown Anti-War Activist
On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke from the pulpit of the Riverside Church in New York City and called for an end to the Vietnam War. Exactly one year […]
Unoccupied – Two Views on the Occupy Movement
By Greta Cobar Occupy Venice voluntarily de-occupied the Windward Circle while all over the country the police have taken violent, extraordinary measures to do just that. Infiltrators have penetrated occupation movements in […]
Where’s the Movement? – Two Views on the Occupy Movement
By Bill Mitchell I see no real anti-war movement in the US. Only more wars of aggression, now invading with intent to occupy all of Africa in the name on human rights […]
City May Be Growing Tired of Neighborhood Council Experiment
By Jim Smith Could this be the beginning of the end of “grassroots” democracy. First, the city threatened to cut off the money it doles out to its 95 certified neighborhood councils. […]
Bioweapons Are US
By Janet C. Phelan The Center for Disease Control has declined to confirm or deny allegations that the United States government is stockpiling biological and/or chemical weapons at Sierra Army Depot, a […]
Reapportionment Makes Pols Play Musical Chairs: Good Bye Janice, Hello Henry
By Jim Smith One month and three days after she won our Congressional seat, Janice Hahn announced she was bailing out. The reason was simple. Hahn’s base in the San Pedro area […]
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