Offended by two claims from a School Board candidate she was certain were untrue, a prominent person emailed yesterday to strongly complain and seek at least a correction if not an apology. Mr. Prominent Person was 24 hours early. Had he waited until day to hear President Obama’s astonishing swipe at sophistry in Sweden, he would have joined 98 percent of his fellow Americans falling away in shock.
Hizzoner and Hizzoner – Mayor Goodmon and Mayor Pleitez
For those of us who prefer to plan ahead, the safest political prediction in Los Angeles this afternoon is that Emanuel Pleitez and Damien Goodmon both will occupy the mayor’s chair during the 2020s and/or the 2030s. Doesn’t matter which brilliant young mind rises first. It is crucial to remember that neither Mr. Goodmon, 32 years old, nor Mr. Pleitez, 30 years old, is stopping with…
Shall We Play the N-word Game?
Since Bill Clinton’s rapier wit and his ability to force at least four public women to have sex against their will, catapulted him onto a lofty perch as America’s most popular liberal politician, why should we be surprised when black liberals behave equally outrageously? Their disingenuity is maddening, which is regular fare for black and white liberals. Witness the circus they have ginned up since…
What Harm Is an Occasional Jew Hater?
The century-old flames of anti-Semitism at the Los Angeles Titanic, regularly fanned first by the waspish Chandlers, later by their undistinguished successors, roared up again this morning, bitterly licking the hardened, permanently red-scorched reddened, faces of their hapless Jewish readers.
Remember Mamo and Mourn for Him
If my race-obsessed liberal friends, black and white, will reel themselves in from their latest adventure to the land of selective outrage, they should meet Denise Gatewood of Lakewood. A likeness of a grieving mother’s countenance consumed almost one-third of a page in…
Gay Marriage – Sometimes It Can Be Personal
Whew. That was perspiration-close. My gawd. For a few hours yesterday, liberals who live for martyrdom, for flopping onto the ground and portraying themselves as permanent professional victims of the latest ephemeral social cause, feared…
Certain Way to Kill Killing:Write a Law Against It
Since a mass shooting occurred in our front yard four days ago, like the mentally narrow dog who jumps through hoops, the Left rises to its feet and demands enhanced gun legislation. The sometimes-rational Daily News was the first I have seen to fly out of the barn this morning.
Let Me Snivel One More Time, Says Wendy
Next to whining Wendy Greuel, the funniest post-election mortem was coughed up by the Los Angeles Titanic’s Jim Newton. His Uncle Sir Isaac must have bounced one of his trademark rotten apples off nephew’s cranium. Listing five reasons Ms. Greuel’s ramshackle campaign for mayor flopped like a fat lady in a broken beach chair, No. 2 was…
A Farewell Hard to Swallow
Observing the fascinating parade of politicians that passes through our town, you begin to feel like one of those old-fashioned, chair-sitting maiden ladies who used to operate department store elevators in the ‘40s and ‘50s. What floor, please? Customers enter, mumble, and they depart without a recognizable trace. Occasionally, a gentleman the stature of Carmen Trutanich steps onto your elevator. A man whose time to go has arrived before he planned to exit, as happens in democracies.
Should You Vote for Wendy Because She Is Not a Man?
According to the freshest polling, Los Angeles City Attorney challenger Mike Feuer (35 to 24) and City Controller contender Dennis Zine (33 to 18) hold safe leads going into Tuesday’s election, leaving the mayor’s race as the last citywide office packing perspiration drama. The flaky Daily News – surely it was a joke – tried to tilt the final score toward Wendy Greuel this morning in its lead editorial, headlined, “Why gender has a place in mayor’s race.” Intriguing. For serious people, how could that be so?