As I read the very skillfully reported story in Friday’s Los Angeles Times about the four...
Archive - May 2008
On Being Disabled and in Jail in LA
Peter Johnson was fifteen years old when he was shot, 24 years ago. He was waiting for a bus, and...
Mother on Fire: Sandra’s Excellent Education Adventure
Okay, so about a month ago my brilliant, talented and extremely ferocious friend Sandra Tsing Loh...
Nothing Stops a Bullet Like Lead Abatement? – The Sequel
Most of the nation’s papers are carrying stories today about the release of results from the...
Yes, It’s Another Wolf Update – UPDATED
And the wolf controversy goes on. As you likely remember, the wolf was officially taken off the...
JUVENILE JUSTICE: The Long Beach Press Telegram v. The LA Times
photo by Joseph Rodriguez from his book Juvenile For the past week, the Long Beach Press Telegram...
Gangs, Violence and Depression: A Clinical Approach Needed
PBS has produced an excellent documentary called Depression: Out of the Shadows. It takes a look...
Sidney Pollack: 1934 – 2008
name="wmode" value="transparent"> On could argue, I suppose, that Pollack directed better movies...
Stupid Management Tricks: Alan Mittelstaedt Fired
The idiocy going on at the management level in our local print media never fails to astonish. As...
Honoring the Losses of War: “The Sergeant Lost Within”
Commenter Reg, who blogs at Beautiful Horizons, reminded me that it is more than the war dead whom...