Marlene Wong, LAUSD director of crisis counseling When we think of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder...
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Tuesday night it was the Valley, not East or South LA, that was Los Angeles County’s most...
The Lion Deep in Winter
Tim Rutten has written well and wisely of Ted Kennedy in this morning’s LA Times. ...
The Saint of the Texas Death House
Terry Gross had a remarkable interview on her show, Fresh Air, on Monday. It was with Reverend...
Who Do You Have to Screw to Get Fired Around Here? – Part 2 – UPDATED
Okay, first we have the case of former Assistant Principal Steve Rooney. who was suspected of...
Jamiel Shaw and Rashomon – Los Angeles Style – UPDATED
The week that murdered high school football star Jamiel Shaw was buried, Los Angeles community...
John McCain, and the Psychology of War and Trauma
Saturday night, I was having dinner with my friend, the shrink, when the subject of the...
Iraq and A Hard Place
Iraqi interpreter masking identity, photo by Ann Scott Tyson When the first phase of the war in...
Polar Bears (Oh, My!) and That Disingenuous Rat, Dirk Kempthorne
It’s endangered species day. (No, I don’t know why our lawmakers spend time declaring...
Equality Wins!
In a decision that hearkened back to the 1948 opinion overturning the prohibition against...