photo by Joseph Rodriguez Yesterday the Washington D.C. based think tank, the Justice Policy...
Archive - July 2007
Sex, Prisons, Arnold and Unmitigated Stupidity
I have something to tell you that may come as a shock. Are you all sitting down? Okay, here it...
Drop Out Rates—Holding Schools Accountable
Yesterday’s LA Times editorial pointed to a dirty little secret—no, make that a dirty...
Teach Your Children Well: The Teenagers & the Homeless
I’m normally against throwing the book at adolescents, legally speaking, when they break the...
Equal Justice and the Scooter Factor
George, Mr. President, sir….and Scooter (may I call you Scooter?)…..meet Victor Rita. ...
Poets of the Street, Chapter Two – UPDATED
Poet Joseph Holguin I happen to love poetry. By that I mean that I buy books of poetry on a...
Baca’s Big Move
Okay, I’ve been threatening to be more critical of Sheriff Lee Baca for his running of the...
Prosecutors Gone Wild
Okay, where did we last leave off? Oh, right. Earlier this week, David McDade, the Georgia...
Poets of the Street
Gera and Tin Tin….writing. Last year, my novelist friend, Leslie Schwartz, and I managed to...
“REFORM THIS!”
At Tuesday’s LAUSD school board meeting, the first since the newly-elected Reform Three, plus...