Two million people–actually more, I’m sure of it—were in it together. On...
Archive - January 2009
Inauguration ’09 – Monday Night
Monday in D.C. people threw shoes at the White House. Other people marched for Martin Luther...
Inauguration ’09 – Monday
It is Monday in Washington, DC, and I have coat envy. I flew in last night after ten intense days...
Media Propaganda: L.A. CityBeat vs. L.A. Weekly*
Can this paper last a full term? *Who cares? Move on! I’m not one to obsess over the recent...
The Times: Failing Four-Year-Old Roberto and Us
Four-year-old Roberto Lopez is the latest symbol of a dying newspaper. The little boy was shot and...
The Dishonest & Pernicious Myths RE: Immigrants and Crime
I’m still in my Vermont literary bubble (and Alan is still MIA but will turn up soon, he...
Plush Prison Hospitals?
The SF Examiner just ran an article that characterizes the new construction requested by the draft...
A MORTAGE-RELATED MUST READ….and an Update on Alan
Hi everyone. Alan has had computer issues. (There was the little matter of the coffee spillage...
Off to Vermont…..Alan Mittelstaedt Steps Brilliantly Into the Breach!
I’m taking off today for Bennington College in Vermont where it is very, very, very...
Did the LAPD Try To Get a Coroner to Change the Facts?
Arrrrrgggghhh. I hate stories like this one. The LA Times’ Joel Rubin has written a very...