JEANNE WOODFORD was the first female warden in the 148 year history of San Quentin State Prison...
Archive - January 2008
The Will to Solve the Problem?
All day Tuesday some of the main players in the realm of LA criminal justice got together at the...
Repairing the Broken Conveyor Belt
All day today I’ll be at the Criminal Justice Conference sponsored and organized by the USC...
“An African American, a Woman….. and John”
“In a race that involves an African American, a woman and…..John….” began...
Life Imitates Art at the LA Times – UPDATED
“How come there’s cuts in the newsroom when the company’s still...
LA Times Editor Fired: Deja Vu All Over Again
I step away from the computer for a few hours to, like, have a life, and while I’m out the ...
Myrtle Beach Voting Machine Debacle
Okay, maybe sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. But, this sort of thing does not calm fears about...
Nevada Counting: And it’s…Hillary (and Robocalls and Mud)
I’m catching up on weird housekeeping tasks like….um….putting away the last of...
Latest Los Angeles Education Wars: Follow the Money
In that I was teaching all day yesterday, education’s on my mind. So while the presidential...
Depends on What You Mean by “Preserve”
Today appears to be the morning for focusing (again) on the Bush adminstration’s belief that...