The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons. – Fyodor...
Archive - December 2010
IG Report Says LAPD’s Racial Profiling Probes Need Work
Last month, the Feds criticized the Los Angeles Police Department for not doing enough to root out...
Elizabeth Edwards: 1949-2010 – Rest in Peace
She was smart—although, as it turned out, not in choosing husbands. She was brave, electing...
Opening Up Dependency Court for the Safety of Kids
On Tuesday the LA County Board of Supervisors will vote on its state legislative agenda for the...
Prop 8’s Arguments, California’s Prisons, & Criminalizing School Breakfast
THE 9TH CIRCUIT HEARD THE PROP 8 ARGUMENTS, AND IT LOOKS GOOD FOR DAVID BOIS AND TED OLSON It is...
Columbia University Finally Gets a Grip Re: WikiLeaks
A few days after administrators from Columbia University’s School of International and Public...
Watch Prop 8 Being Argued Live on C-Span
C-SPAN is offering live coverage of the Prop 8 arguments before the 3-judge panel of the 9th...
Prop 8 Hits the 9th Circuit on Monday
Much attention will be focused on the drama unfolding in a federal courtroom in San Francisco...
Senority-Based Teacher Layoffs: When Quality & Kids Don’t Matter
On Sunday, the LA Times ran a devastating story that illustrates the real cost of the state’s...
The New Homelessness: Rodger Jacobs – Part 3
On Sunday, the Las Vegas Sun has published Part 3 of LA writer/essayist/documentary filmmaker...