Edward Ring

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  • May 28, 2025
    California has declared war on its middle class, and the special interests controlling the state are doing everything they can to impose this punitive economic model on the rest of...
  • May 8, 2025
    Last month, in recognition of the annual celebration of Earth Day, it seemed appropriate to compile a list of ten common myths that constitute the major premises of modern...
  • May 3, 2025
    It’s not exactly clear when the term “boomer” became a pejorative, but it’s fairly recent. Once upon a time, there was respect for elders. Today, despite their impending...
  • Apr 30, 2025
    It’s not exactly clear when the term “boomer” became a pejorative, but it’s fairly recent. Once upon a time, there was respect for elders. Today, despite their impending...
  • Apr 23, 2025
    Unprecedentedly high tariffs on imports from China are the latest escalation in a new cold war that may eventually turn hot, a war that we could lose. The new “adversary” is...
  • Apr 16, 2025
    By the time this is published, everything may have changed, and that is to be expected. Throughout his career, well before and since becoming a politician, Trump has explicitly...
  • Apr 12, 2025
    The first Earth Day was organized in 1970 in response to growing public concern for the environment. Many of these concerns were entirely justified. In 1969, for example, an oil...
  • Apr 9, 2025
    The first Earth Day was organized in 1970 in response to growing public concern for the environment. Many of these concerns were entirely justified. In 1969, for example, an oil...
  • Mar 26, 2025
    According to the United Nations, “Climate change is a global emergency that goes beyond national borders.” From the World Economic Forum, “Urgent global action must be taken to...
  • Feb 26, 2025
    To fully appreciate why the Republican Party has become a movement primarily supported by America’s most productive private-sector workers and entrepreneurs, it is necessary to...
  • Feb 19, 2025
    “I think what we can learn here is that we are guests in this landscape.” – Marissa Christiansen, Executive Director of the Climate and Wildfire Institute, Los Angeles If...
  • Jan 22, 2025
    Donald Trump is again president of the United States, and Republicans now control both houses of the U.S. Congress. In California, however, Gavin Newsom is still governor, and...
  • Jan 15, 2025
    The first time I’d ever heard of the Santa Ana wind was while reading an essay famed author Joan Didion wrote, “Los Angeles Notebook,” which is included in her book Slouching...