JERRY BROWN PLANS TO SAVE $500 MILLION BY SENDING MANY NON-VIOLENT, NON-SERIOUS OFFENDERS TO JAIL...
LAUSD Does the Right Thing by Jordan High
At Jordan High School, a kid has a one in 3 chance of graduating from the place, and its...
The Cost of Incarceration for Children, the President’s Words. an Injured Deputy & More
WHAT WE CANNOT DO IS USE THIS TRAGEDY AS ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO TURN ON EACH...
The LA Justice Report – Project 2: DANGEROUS JAILS
Last year, as most of you know, WitnessLA and Spot.us collaborated to form the LA Justice...
AND IN OTHER NEWS: The Death Penality, Assange, and Fun Gun Gifts- UPDATED
TUESDAY ILLINOIS POISED TO ABOLISH STATE’S DEATH PENALTY Go Illinois! Reuters has the...
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WORDS MATTER 2: The Consequences of Eliminationist Rhetoric
/> There are all kinds of other topics that need discussing, but they will have to wait until...
WORDS MATTER: Thoughts on Violent Rhetoric & the Tucson Shooting
Surely we will know more in coming days about what combination of crazy thoughts and imaginings...
Eric Holder’s Reentry Council – What California Should Have Done Long Ago
US Attorney General Holder has not been on my good list of late, what with his appallingly...
Sometimes a Happy Ending; the Homeless Man With the Golden Voice
If my some unlikely chance you haven’t seen the story of former radio announcer, Ted...
Idiotic PC-ness versus Mark Twain, History, Literature and Intelligent Discourse
If I had to choose one novel above all others to represent the glories of American literature it...
9th Circuit Lobs Prop 8 Question of “Standing” to Supremes…& More
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals were busy little bees on Tuesday. THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL...
To Clueless UC Execs & Tyranical Fillibuster Fanatics: OH, SHUT UP!
REFORMING THE FILIBUSTERER Hendrick Hertzberg at the New Yorker writes about the wild outside...
DCFS & the Children of Mary O’Connell
The Pasadena Weekly has been reporting on a rather unnerving foster care story involving a troubled...
SmartPhones All the Rage Behind Bars….& Arnold Pardons
Cell phones have proliferated (illegally) inside prisons for several years. But now Monday’s...
Light Blogging Until January 10
Still light blogging this week, (although not as light as last week). Back full force on Monday...
Happy 2011…and Check Out My Son & Nephew’s New Project
On this, the first day of the new year, my son, Will Mason, and my nephew, Kevin Fremon, just...
On Which Way LA? Monday at 7 p.m. Talking About LA’s Homicide Drop
LA’s murder stats are down to under 300 for the first time since 1967. There are many...