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Archive - August 2011
The Military and the Death Penalty
Marisa Taylor For McClatchy has done an excellent three-part series on the military’s use of...
The Idiotic and Wearying Defeat of SB 9 – The Juvenile Life Bill
As many of you may know, SB 9, went down to defeat in the California State Assembly last Thursday. ...
Is Ventura Trying More Kids As Adults Than Any Other County….for the Money?
This week the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice released a brand new report that shows...
Otherwise Engaged – Will Post much later today or Late Tonight
Steve Leaves the Apple Stage
By now most of you likely know that Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple. He’s not...
The Stories Behind the Story of the Pelican Bay SHU Hunger Strike
The best reporting thus far on the inmate hunger strike that originated in the Pelican Bay...
The Color of Discipline in LA Schools
In the mid 1990’s, Parenting Magazine, which was then briefly trying its hand at more serious...
Will Certain CA Assembly Dems Grow a Spine and Vote YES on SB 9?
The LA Times editorial board is rightly urging the California Democrats who sank the identical bill...
Hot New School Reform Book Blames Unions Solely & Misses Mark
Like many who are sickened by low graduation rates and sub-basement test scores, I have been ...