OP-ED Articles

Third of four parts.  Re: “Fearsome Forecast: Trump Popular and Re-elected” Just as President-elect Trump has shredded our values, our nation and our democracy, he has shredded the media. In this, as in his politics, he is only the latest avatar of a process that began long before his candidacy. Just as the sainted Ronald Reagan created an unbridgeable chasm … Read More

Fellow Americans,  Last Thursday in U.S. Magistrate Judge Steve Kim’s federal courtroom, one falsified camera/photography charge was dismissed and the trial for two more falsified camera/photography charges and one falsified American flag citation were continued to Feb. 3. Ted Hayes, aka Sir Patriot, his fiance Ronda and I entered the federal courthouse via Main Street. We immediately noticed a frayed American flag … Read More

I want to thank our Culver City community for their support as I am dealing with the loss of Charley, my beloved husband for more than 25 years. Many of you know I told him when we married that we were going to live in Culver City, my home since 1970, and not in his house in Westwood. As we … Read More

Second of four parts. Re: “The Night All of Us Were Murdered”  Since Donald Trump’s election a month ago, no more can America pretend that we are exceptional or good or progressive or united. We are none of those things. The virus that kills democracy is extremism. Extremism disables those codes. Republicans have disrespected the process for decades. They have … Read More

On Tuesday evening I tried to restart my never-has-failed seven-year-old iMac.  All went well until it asked for my password.  I tried to type it in, but no letters appeared.  I Googled possible solutions for an hour, and tried them all, but to no avail.  It was time to take my baby to the Genius Bar. Imagine the curiosity of … Read More

Dateline Jerusalem — For the last week, Israel has been inundated by hundreds of Arab arsonist-perpetrated fires which spread due to dry weather conditions.  Sixty percent of the fires were deemed arson.  Thirty-seven   Israeli Arabs and Palestinians were arrested for arson, a crime of terror, according to the Israeli government — the latest form of intifada against Israel.  Many  arsonists admitted to setting the … Read More

“The pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states and blue states,” Barack Obama famously observed in 2004, several years before he ran for President. “But I’ve got news for them: There’s the United States of America.” Twelve years later, Obama is about to depart the White House, and by now he has probably learned there are … Read More

Dateline Dayton — I have told you about the condo unit I was trying to buy for our daughter, Darlene. She is moving from Niles, MI back to Ohio. The first unit we made an offer on encountered water damage. When the owner removed the washer, he did not completely shut off the water or put the hoses in the … Read More

Fellow Americans, Start today off watching this video of Sir Patriot and the National Anthem Note how Sir Patriot admonishes and condemns the wealthy ingrates in the NFL without speaking a word. Today, Ted Hayes, aka Sir Patriot, will be joining me at the defendants table along with fellow Veterans Dave Culmer, 85-year old Korean and Vietnam Wars Marine combat Veteran, Francisco Juarez, Vietnam War … Read More

First in a series.  America died on Nov. 8, 2016, not with a bang or a whimper, but at its own hand via electoral suicide. We the people chose a man who has shredded our values, our morals, our compassion, our tolerance, our decency, our sense of common purpose, our very identity — all the things that, however tenuously, made … Read More