DAVE EGGERS’ PRIZES AND QUIRKS ON LAT BOOK PRIZE NIGHT As most of you know, the LA Times...
Archive - April 2010
MAD 4 BOOKS: The LA Times Book Festival
Every year on the last weekend in April, the Los Angeles Times gives a stupendous gift to the city...
Threats to South Park’s Trey Parker and Matt Stone
South Park’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have receive death threats based on...
Wellpoint: Get Breast Cancer, Lose Your Insurance
Wellpoint is the largest health insurer in America. Bigger than Blue Cross. Bigger than Kaiser. ...
Rampart, the Movie
This week, Variety reported the production of a feature film based on the LAPD Rampart scandal. ...
And the WTF Were They Thinking? Award Goes to….
Lower Merion School District, a suburban school district near Philadelphia, gave nearly 2,300 high...
Cameron Douglas: Was 5 Years too Short?
On Tuesday, lawyers for 31-year old Cameron Douglas, the son of actor Michael Douglas, cut a deal...
Murder City: Chuck Bowden & Cuidad Juarez
The murder rate in Cuidad Juarez exceeds that of Baghdad. And there is no one better equipped to...
Supremes, Gay Rights and Christian Campus Clubs
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard the case of the Christian Legal Society v. Martinez. You...
Daryl Gates: the Last Emperor of the LAPD
On Friday morning, when I posted about the death of former LAPD chief Daryl Gates, I made a point...