At a recent gathering of formerly politically aware and engaged folks, I heard the following: "Did you hear the latest about the campaign?" "No, and don't tell me. If I hear one more word about politics, I'll melt down. I've even stopped listening to the news...only traffic...
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It was a really good year. Really it was. After all, we're still on the right side of the dirt - and that makes it a good year. As we clean out our files, resurrect our resolutions and prepare for all the fascinating things to come - we have a lot to remember and be thankful...
My mother used to say that some days crawled but the years always flew. I'd laugh and reply that from my vantage point, everything was moving at the speed of sound. Wrong again.
Now that we approach the end of 2011 and with it the endless summations of the year's events...
You might have missed it (bet you did), but the Senior Senator from California, Dianne Feinstein spoke at Town Hall Los Angeles today. She said important things - really important things - about water, the Iranian plot against the Saudi Ambassador to the US, about the jobs bill...
So where are the jobs? We’re seeing organized demands for jobs across the country and in our own backyard. Discontent is a theme that’s not unfamiliar at Town Hall Los Angeles – whether expressed by speakers who grace our podium or protesters exercising their First Amendment...
I've been going over some of the remarkable Town Hall Los Angeles files, and was struck by how the same issues come up over and over and over and over and over. Here are a few, the latest from a speech 30 years ago - and I'll update with more current ones in the next post. I...
"This year, more than in any election year in modern memory, Americans are examining their deepest dissatisfactions. Beyond the crackle of gunfire half a world away, beyond the cries of men too long denied their dignity at home - beyond all this is the quiet crisis of the...
Town Hall has developed an extraordinary opportunity for you. We live in one of the most remarkable cities in the world - a sophisticated megalopolis in a seductive physical setting. As we have gotten to know more of our members, we have responded to their interests and curiosity...
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted today to expand top-level domains – those letters that follow the “dot” – to virtually anything and in virtually any language. Of course, like so many things these days, it will cost money ($185,000). A minor...
Caller ID may have been developed so that we could avoid annoying telemarketers, but now they are the only ones who mask their numbers – aside from the people who work at Los Angeles’ City Hall. Caller ID is so ubiquitous that it has become a red flag when the display reads “...
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