OP-ED Articles

President Trump warned us that there’d be so much winning that we’d get tired of all the winning. And while last week was consumed, as usual, with the sideshow of another one of  Mr. Trump’s impetuous tweetstorms, the ledger is indeed showing a lot to celebrate. Some headlines: Germany ‘Massively Weakened’ Draft G20 Climate Plan to Appease Trump Germany’s G20 … Read More

Dateline Dayton — A week ago Wednesday we left on our Las Vegas vacation.  I was not sure what to expect. Pauline had told me she didn’t want to travel anymore after our last Florida trip. We flew out of Cincinnati. Leaving home early, we had time for brunch before the airport.  I had made arrangements to park off- site. … Read More

The 1988 Prop. 103 has saved California consumers more than $100 billion in excessive auto insurance premiums since voters passed it by a slim 51-49 percent margin, probably the reason for an unrelenting legal onslaught by the insurance industry. No one has calculated the accompanying savings in prices for homeowners insurance and other property coverage, but they also have been … Read More

@The Guss Report — If you live in the Valley, Mayor Garcetti, City Atty. Mike Feuer and the L.A. City Council have taken this approach to fighting property crime: Do It Yourself. That’s precisely what happened a few days ago when following up on my recent essays about a rash of burglaries, mail- and identity-theft in the Valley, and at … Read More

Midway through every Yom Kippur when I lived in the Valley, attention-starved Brad Sherman, almost to the accompaniment of a Sousa march, blusterly would stride into my Orthodox synagogue. On cue, the rabbi cooperatively would announce the arrival of the only Congressman baldly trolling for votes on Yom Kippur. The ritual never varied. Mr. Sherman would look holy for a … Read More

Anyone guessing which of 2018’s campaigns for statewide office will be the hardest-fought would be wise to bet on state Superintendent of Public Instruction. That’s the lesson from the springtime runoff elections for two local school board seats little noted outside Los Angeles. But inside Los Angeles, these contests between candidates backed by LAUSD’s main teachers union and those funded … Read More

Dateline Dayton — Southern Ohio. Cincinnati, just 55 miles south of Dayton, briefly was in the national news with the release of the young man, formerly a prisoner in North Korea, who died yesterday.   Like the gentleman from the Dayton area, who was arrested in North Korea for leaving a bible, the late Mr. Warmbier allegedly stole a poster. … Read More

After the congressional testimony of fired FBI Director James Comey, many Democrats, with notable exceptions, pulled back from the impeachment talk. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, one of the cheerleaders of the Donald Trump-must-go crowd, even said that Mr. Comey failed to make a case for obstruction of justice.   “The big story has always been … the President had something to … Read More

Fellow Americans,   The most famous, respected, celebrated and longest-living legend in the history of the United States – the American flag – celebrated its 240th birthday yesterday. On June 14, 1777, during the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and white” and that “the … Read More

Because my hands are different from 99 percent of the population, I was given sagacious counsel when I left home for the first time and went to college: Don’t hide your hands. Don’t flaunt them. That advice returns every time I read about the latest gay community flaunting outburst. The first anniversary of the slaughter of 49 gays by a … Read More