Okay, where to begin? It seems that various American counties have been given federal funds to...
Archive - March 2011
Note to Self: Do Not Crash Tanker on Island Where Nat Geo Photog is Working
GOOD magazine has the story: Can you think of a worse place to wreck an oil tanker than a...
Thursday Must Reads
SUPREME COURT HEAR ARGUMENTS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT JUVENILES HAVE MIRANDA RIGHTS Mark Walsh at...
California: “An Archipeligo of Prisons”
A special report on the financial troubles of our fair state that appears in the current issue of...
Sheriff Fires 6 Deputies Accused of Christmas Party Beating
The six—which the LASD will not name—were part of a clique that worked on the 3rd floor...
Bringing Some Logic & Common Sense to the Deficit Wars
Bruce Schmiechen has just launched a new blog that is worth your time. It is called The Titanic...
Susan Straight & The Sad Spring Blooms of Teacher Pink Slips
The gifted novelist Susan Straight (who teaches at UC Riverside) writes in the Huffington Post...
Push to Cut CDC’s Vaccine Funds Could Harm CA’s Health
Mother Jones lays it all out. Here’s the deal: In the past year, California has experienced...
Another Man Freed by DNA Testing—After 27 Years in Prison
Virginia inmate Thomas Haynesworth joined his family on Monday after 27 years in prison. Monday...
Sunday Boating in Topanga: “Dude, Are We, Like, Floating?”
The above depicts part of why those of us living in Topanga found the drive home yesterday evening...