David A. Lehrer

REMINDER—-TOMORROW NIGHT AN ACCLAIMED PANEL AND AN IMPORTANT TOPIC—-SPACE IS LIMITED

Published on May 16, 2013

Political Correctness and Honesty—Time for a Change

Published on May 8, 2013

The Islamophobia Myth

Published on April 23, 2013

A Great Day

Published on April 12, 2013

Turning Back the Clock

Published on April 10, 2013

A lesson From Cyrus

Published on April 4, 2013

Kids, young adults and ideologues of different stripes often see the world as a straight-line progression — the world gradually, but inevitably, becomes more enlightened. Martin Luther King Jr. summarized the view, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

Bullying and Reason

Published on March 12, 2013

History and Its Course

Published on March 11, 2013

Window into our minds?

Published on February 14, 2013

Beware the Slippery Slope

Published on February 13, 2013

Higher education summit - Worth a listen

Published on February 4, 2013

A must see program on the future of higher education in California

Published on January 28, 2013

Incomprehensible, Again

Published on January 22, 2013

Incomprehensible

Published on January 17, 2013

Educational Records Across the Board

Published on November 9, 2012

Meet Award Winning Broadcasters—-Zavala, Grover, Coleman, Brand, and Muller

Published on November 8, 2012

UTLA, MONEY AND OUR KIDS—-ROUND 2

Published on November 2, 2012

UTLA, MONEY AND OUR KIDS

Published on October 30, 2012

The absence of Zev

Published on September 5, 2012

The news is bittersweet. On the one hand a public servant who has dedicated nearly forty years of his life to the Los Angeles community will be unburdened from the demands of a public that wants him virtually every day and night of the week (whether it’s this group’s board meeting or that neighborhood council or the major donor who would like to “show him off” to friends), Zev Yaroslavsky has led a career of rarely saying no to his constituents. On the other hand, Los Angeles will be losing the chance to elect the one potential mayoral candidate that might have set our fiscal house in order.

The Absence of Zev

Published on August 28, 2012

The Progress is (In)Visible

Published on July 20, 2012

A 220-year-old lesson

Published on July 11, 2012

Last week, while on a family vacation in Philadelphia, my wife and I visited the new National Museum of American Jewish History on Independence Square. We toured the wonderful installation chronicling American Jewish history from the first immigrants to the current period. The permanent exhibition alone is worth a few hours of touring.

The Declaration of Independence’s Inclusiveness

Published on July 6, 2012

A 220 Year Old Lesson

Published on July 5, 2012

Spiritual Border Crossing and Change

Published on May 31, 2012

An Important Issue—-What to Do About Iran? Tomorrow Night

Published on April 30, 2012

An Interesting Change

Published on April 4, 2012

ACLU’s Dishonest Report

Published on March 30, 2012

Tragedy Gets Exploited

Published on March 27, 2012

A Pyrrhic Victory for Labor

Published on March 23, 2012

The Times Hits the Nail on the Head—-Again

Published on March 23, 2012

A Not So Hidden Agenda

Published on March 22, 2012

The Times Hits the Nail on the Head

Published on March 20, 2012

Asking Too Much

Published on March 16, 2012

Prying in the Name of Diversity

Published on March 9, 2012

Waking Up to Sacramento’s Silliness

Published on March 8, 2012

Sacramento’s At It Again

Published on March 6, 2012

Looking Before Leaping….and Pandering

Published on February 17, 2012

Inflammatory Charges…and Reality

Published on February 16, 2012

AN IMPORTANT ISSUE—-A CONTROVERSIAL BOOK

Published on February 8, 2012

One Serious Problem Gone

Published on February 1, 2012

Higher Education’s Future?

Published on January 13, 2012

Ron Paul, The Media is Waking Up—Better Late Than Never

Published on December 21, 2011

BILL STOUT AWARDS TO OLNEY, MORRISON AND MANTLE

Published on October 21, 2011

The City Council’s Shameless Pander

Published on October 20, 2011

Dance with who brung you

Published on September 28, 2011

Opinion: Avoid zero-sum thinking

Published on September 27, 2011

The journalist Robert Wright argues in his book “Nonzero” that communication, cooperation and trust increase the likelihood that humans can avoid that favored term of game theorists: the zero-sum game. Whereas greater complexity and nuance allow us to avoid the zero-sum trap, the more simplistic and insular we are, the more likely we are to fall into it.

Justice is Done at UC Irvine

Published on September 23, 2011

Ethnic Politics Grimmer Side

Published on September 8, 2011

The Voting Rights Act and Los Angeles County

Published on August 22, 2011

A Disneyland Version of History

Published on July 14, 2011

An Education Game Changer

Published on July 12, 2011

Advocacy, the Academy, and Mushy Thinking

Published on July 1, 2011

Tragic Fiction Come to Life

Published on June 23, 2011

RIGHT GOAL—-WRONG STRATEGY

Published on May 11, 2011

Neutrality in Journalism—-Is It Possible?

Published on April 22, 2011

UCLA Leads the Pack

Published on March 29, 2011

The Times They Are A Changin

Published on March 21, 2011

Playing With Fire

Published on March 11, 2011

A Forward Looking Decision in Civil Rights

Published on March 9, 2011

Exaggerated and Misplaced Concern

Published on February 25, 2011

Toyota Plus One Year—-A Sordid Tale

Published on February 18, 2011

Even Less to Kvetch About

Published on February 15, 2011

Good Radio, Bad Facts—-Misrepresenting Reality

Published on February 10, 2011

“Sharpening Our Instincts for Empathy”

Published on January 19, 2011

Allegations That Don’t Stick

Published on November 3, 2010

Juan Williams’ Honesty

Published on October 25, 2010

Tom Friedman and Calling It Like It Is

Published on October 20, 2010

The Supreme Court is Supreme

Published on October 7, 2010

The Mainstream Gets Used

Published on October 5, 2010

Funding the Wrong Programs

Published on September 17, 2010

Religious Zealots and Democracy

Published on September 1, 2010

Being Honest About Hate

Published on August 31, 2010

Teachers Unions, Funding for Education and Honesty

Published on August 27, 2010

The LA Times at its Best

Published on August 17, 2010

Preferences Are Still No Go in California

Published on August 3, 2010

Rethinking Affirmative Action—-It’s About Time

Published on July 26, 2010

Meritocracy and the University of California

Published on July 12, 2010

Delaying the Inevitable in Sacramento

Published on June 28, 2010

Gaza and Political Posturing

Published on June 3, 2010

Blindly Following

Published on May 5, 2010

Optimism and the Future

Published on April 29, 2010

Reason and Israel-US Tensions

Published on April 20, 2010

A Bankrupt City?

Published on April 14, 2010

America and Ethnicity

Published on April 9, 2010

Tolerating Intolerance

Published on March 31, 2010

A Mistaken Position

Published on March 24, 2010

Security in the Skies—A Full Debate

Published on March 11, 2010

Short on Money and Common Sense

Published on March 8, 2010

Demeaning History

Published on March 4, 2010

Farrakhan’s True Colors

Published on March 2, 2010

Team Sports and Success

Published on February 18, 2010

Searching for Backbone

Published on February 12, 2010

Political Theatre with Bad Actors

Published on February 4, 2010

A Lesson From History

Published on January 21, 2010

Nuanced Views of the World

Published on January 21, 2010

Obama’s Security Efforts and Carping

Published on January 8, 2010

Russell Means Update

Published on January 7, 2010

Enough of the Pundits!

Published on December 18, 2009

A Vile Character Performs at the Taper

Published on December 16, 2009

Hanukkah Revisited

Published on December 11, 2009

A Natural Urge to Help

Published on December 1, 2009

Which Way LA and its Cousins

Published on November 19, 2009

Underestimating America’s Religious Understanding

Published on November 11, 2009

Afghanistan: Which Way Forward?

Published on November 4, 2009

A Man Who’s Changing Attitudes

Published on October 30, 2009

Crime and Spin

Published on October 29, 2009

Obama and Education Reform

Published on October 23, 2009

Complex Problems Deserve Thoughtful Responses

Published on October 14, 2009

A Chance to Fix LA Schools

Published on October 12, 2009

The Facts About Fast Food in South LA

Published on October 8, 2009

Religious Similarities and Differences in America

Published on October 6, 2009

What Divides America? A Surprising Finding

Published on October 2, 2009

Islamic Fundamentalism and the Struggle Against It

Published on October 1, 2009

The Illogic of Being TOO Understanding

Published on September 17, 2009

Honest Analysis of a Troubling Subject

Published on September 16, 2009

Our City At A Crossroads

Published on September 15, 2009

Leadership, the Autry, and the Bigger Picture

Published on September 10, 2009

A City in Need of Leaders

Published on September 9, 2009

Is California Governable—A Lively Debate

Published on September 3, 2009