Terry Gross had a remarkable interview on her show, Fresh Air, on Monday. It was with Reverend...
Archive - May 2008
Who Do You Have to Screw to Get Fired Around Here? – Part 2 – UPDATED
Okay, first we have the case of former Assistant Principal Steve Rooney. who was suspected of...
Jamiel Shaw and Rashomon – Los Angeles Style – UPDATED
The week that murdered high school football star Jamiel Shaw was buried, Los Angeles community...
John McCain, and the Psychology of War and Trauma
Saturday night, I was having dinner with my friend, the shrink, when the subject of the...
Iraq and A Hard Place
Iraqi interpreter masking identity, photo by Ann Scott Tyson When the first phase of the war in...
Polar Bears (Oh, My!) and That Disingenuous Rat, Dirk Kempthorne
It’s endangered species day. (No, I don’t know why our lawmakers spend time declaring...
Equality Wins!
In a decision that hearkened back to the 1948 opinion overturning the prohibition against...
California Parks Rescued As Other Programs Are Trashed
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s newest budget cuts are huge blows. There are cuts to foster care...
Grief and Politics
Thursday, New York Times Bureau Chief Jennifer Steinhauer, wrote a good round up of the...
Obama, Crime, Republicans and Race
This morning’ Bloomberg has an article about how, if Obama does indeed get the Democratic...