Public Smoking Ban Makes No Sense

Hermosa Beach Councilman Kit Bobko deserves to be elected again and again.Unlike the majority vote on the Hermosa Beach City Council, Mr. Bobko has acknowledged the outrageous cost in terms of time and expense that will overwhelm a city which is in danger of not...

The Trouble With Humiliating Anyone

In a recent Op-Ed for the Wall Street Journal, Wendy Kopp attacked the New York Public School system's latest move to hold teachers accountable: publishing the value-added testing scores for their students.For the columnist, the underlying fault for publishing the...

Pat Robertson Endores (Decriminalizing) Pot

Despite his flaps dishing on controversial political issues, television evangelist Pat Robertson has made the headlines for a good cause: ending the drug war against pot users."I think it's just shocking how many of these young people wind up in prison and...

No More Denial for LAUSD Parents

Instead of harping about the budget cuts five years in a row, the LAUSD school board needs to indict the pension and healthcare benefits that are really bankrupting the district.Offered in more flush times, benefits to public employees have grown out of control.In LA...

Before Rush, There was Jon and Ken

Thank you, Ms. Jasmyne Cannick for calling out the unsavory elements of our culture, not just the loud and obnoxious radio commentators who shout expletives and demean private citizens, but also the ghetto culture which thrives on frequent use of the...