While most of us think that the responsibility of the news media is to inform the public, the media itself understands this as a responsibility to scare the public.

Redondo Beach is beginning to see a lot of citizens’ initiatives around planning and zoning because residents aren't confident that city officials can be trusted to make such decisions in the best interests of the city.

Repetition is not leadership.

The Los Angeles Unified School District benefits greatly from the fact that most parents of students in the district have never seen what schools outside of the district are like.

The reason a lot of people drink bottled water is not because they think bottled water tastes better or is more fashionable, but because they don’t trust the government when it says that tap water is safe.

Once you start paying attention to it, Oprah Winfrey’s self-absorption is startling.

Most South Bay residents are not aware of the Torrance Airport, and of those that are, most are annoyed by it.

The Los Angeles Times is a major national newspaper that does a better-than-average job of covering local news.

There isn’t a single presidential candidate from any party that seems likely to be a great president.

The American people pay the salaries of many thousands of people whose sole job it is to lie to them.

(April 30, 2007)

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