Our community lost a towering pillar over the weekend. Madeline Ehrlich, the quintessential citizen and activist, died. Her stature cannot be doubted. The city’s flags have been lowered to half-mast. Her large life will be celebrated on Sunday at 3 o’clock at the Vets Auditorium. Aspiring and experienced activists would profit from studying and emulating her personality and her career. … Read More

It is unfortunate that Josh Mitnick, Israel correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, was not summarily fired over his carefully/carelessly bollaxed story in Saturday’s print edition that shrugged off the latest Arab terrorist massacre of Jews. In the West Bank community of Halamish on Friday night, a grandfather and his two adult children were butchered by a crazy young Palestinian … Read More

Second in a series Re “Small Identifies End Game at Oil Field” In meticulously sifting through potential solutions for vanquishing odors from the Inglewood Oil Field, Vice Mayor Thomas Small said: “The only game is not to have to be extracting oil anymore, particularly in this urban situation near peoples’ houses. “As for the best way to get there,” said … Read More

Aren’t we living in an upside-down world when the least accomplished are hailed as heroes for having attained poverty and the most accomplished are vilified for their lofty earnings? Gentrification of neighborhoods has become the thorniest social issue in two vulnerable neighborhoods, East L.A. and South Los Angeles. While it is unknown what portion of protestors is from the hood, … Read More

Interviewing Andy Weissman can be like picking up your favorite newspaper and reading the lead story. You need not grope for substance or context. After good morning, he writes your story. Broadly and straight down the center aisle, he grasps issues. Explaining issues with practiced clarity, he is equally comfortable defining hopelessly muddied matters and single-steppers. No matter his age … Read More

What’s to get excited about? After critically observing an outpouring of protests last week over the Inglewood Oil Field, former City Councilman Steve Rose wonders why the thunderstorm of rumbling now. “I question the urgent concerns that are being expressed and the money ($1 million) being spent,” he said. Why now? “It is politically correct,” he said. The Council is … Read More

First in a series Reverberations still are being heard one week on about the seemingly abrupt decision by Sentinel Peak Resources, operator of the Inglewood Oil Field, to quit a debate with the City Council over new oil field rules. “We were all disappointed,” said Vice Mayor Thomas Small, “that negotiations between the (City Council) subcommittee and the oil field … Read More

Somewhere out there in The World to Come, you may be pardoned for wondering what O.J.’s lawyer, Johnnie Cochran, is thinking. Mr. Simpson, according to oddsmakers, is likely to win his freedom in a few hours and be back on the streets by Oct. 1. Twenty-two years after being set free despite killing his wife and her friend, he presumably … Read More

Six weeks before the start of the next school term, it is all but official that Interim Supt. Leslie Lockhart will remain in office throughout the coming year. Clues are so obvious that Sherlock Holmes, even in his present catatonic state, could instantly deduce the outcome. Clue No. 1 – Search for a successor to the shoved-out Dr. Josh Arnold … Read More

Second in a series   Re “Limbaugh Figuring Out Culver/Oil Field Puzzle”   Owing to his “limited knowledge” of the full context of the Inglewood Oil Field’s history with Culver City, the president of West Los Angeles College is in an “expectant” mood about the next chapter. “I am expectant in terms of being able to read and understand,” said … Read More