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Letter from Okinawa after Russia quake
Oped, Published on 26/08/2025
» Our 14-and-under youth baseball team from South Pasadena had just taken the lead with a four-run rally in the second inning when my son stepped up to the plate.
Future utopias stumble over governance
Oped, Published on 20/08/2025
» In 2020, the rapper Akon declared he would build his own eponymous city on the site of the coastal village of Mbodiène, Senegal.
The next war comes to a city near you
Oped, Published on 03/07/2025
» I was to visit Ukraine this week, but didn't make the trip. Because the same war I would have seen there had already come to Los Angeles.
Beyond police lines, community and culture persist
Oped, Published on 11/06/2025
» On Saturday, I went to a riot and found myself at a quinceañera -- a traditional coming-of-age celebration for girls in Latino culture.
Let's join the Santa Cruz Rebellion!
Oped, Published on 02/06/2025
» I want to move Santa Cruz to join the rebellion. Wanna come along?
Fires and fortitude in California
Oped, Published on 18/01/2025
» If you're going to live the California dream, you'll never escape the nightmares.
Canada must steer clear of Donald Trump
Oped, Published on 11/01/2025
» No, Canada! Please stop sending your top cabinet ministers to Mar-a-Lago. Stop trying to make friends with Donald Trump. Because it won't work. The Trump administration will keep attacking Canada and Canadians, no matter how many concessions you offer.
My New Year's resolution: Give up on elections
Oped, Published on 04/01/2025
» For the new year, you might have resolved to give up booze or bonbons. Maybe you should join me in giving up elections instead. Or, at the very least, in giving up the habit of investing money, time, and hope that elections might improve our communities and our world.
How California can tear the fascists down
Oped, Published on 16/11/2024
» I walked up on a mountain in the middle of the sky
Democracy isn't declining; it's the nation-state
Oped, Published on 19/10/2024
» Democracy is not in decline. The nation-state is.