For The Worst Things Of Our Lives,

The Los Angeles Air Pollution Control Board Is Established In 1946 In An Effort To Discover The Cause Of The Brown Cloud Hanging Over The City And Decide How To Combat And Disperse It. In 1949, After Intense Lobbying From Both The Automobile And Oil Industries, And Against The Recommendations And Position Of The Los Angeles Air Pollution Control Board, The Public Rail System, Which At One Time Was The Largest In The World, And Still Serves A Majority Of The City's Population, Is Decommissioned And Torn Out. It Is Replaced By A Small Fleet Of Buses.

A Contest Was Held In 1994 To Rename The Los Angeles Convention And Exhibition Center After An Extensive Renovation And Expansion. The Winning Name, Chosen From Over Ten Thousand Entries, Was The Los Angeles Convention Center.

I Turn And I Look Back Across The Lake. The Mist Is Gone And The Ice Diminished, The Drip Of The Icicles Quick And Heavy. The Sun Is Up And The Sky Is Blue Empty Blue Light Blue Clear Blue. I Would Drink The Sky If I Could Drink It, Drink It And Celebrate It And Let It Fill Me And Become Me. I Am Getting Better. Empty And Clear And Light And Blue. I Am Getting Better.

For Years I Supported Capital Punishment, But I Have Come To Believe That Our Criminal Justice System Is Incapable Of Adequately Distinguishing Between The Innocent And Guilty. It Is Reprehensible And Immoral To Gamble With Life And Death.

America Was First Colonized By Puritans. Most Of Our Earliest Immigrants, And Many Since, Have Come Here In Order To Practice Their Religious Beliefs As They Please. Our Culture Has Always Been, And Will Most Likely Always Be, Profoundly Influenced By Religion.