Should voters toss the chief justice in 2010? It doesn’t take a legal scholar to point out...
Archive - June 2009
Driven (Partly) Sane by Congestion Pricing
Ugly Secret: They never were free If it were up to me, trucks and solo drivers would be banned from...
The Bad News & the Good News
The bad news (for me) is that I’m stuck at the Detroit airport (Don’t ask. Suffice it...
As Layoffs Loom, the Power of Kids and Written Words Bloom
The hunger-striking LAUSD teachers are in their second week. They still hope to shame or persuade...
KRXQ Gets the Message—After Sponsors Pull Support
Complaints poured in to KRXQ, after radio hosts for the Sacramento-based radio station, Arnie...
Jon Stewart on the Media (and Stephen Colbert in Iraq)
These clips from the Daily Show need little comment. The first one is from June 3, the second two...
Social Justice Shorts
GO, LAKERS!!! (Okay. Now down to...
Dear DOJ, We Want Our Police Department Back
It has been over eight years since the Department of Justice forced talked the Los Angeles Police...
Did KRXQ Radio Jocks Advocate Verbal Abuse of Transgender Children?
According to Sacramento’s KRXQ radio hosts, Rob Williams and Arnie States, if you have a...
Homeboy Poets and the Healing Power of Words
If in midst of our collective budget horrors— and this weird season of soon-to-be...