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WORDS MATTER: Thoughts on Violent Rhetoric & the Tucson Shooting
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Eric Holder’s Reentry Council – What California Should Have Done Long Ago
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Sometimes a Happy Ending; the Homeless Man With the Golden Voice
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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
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To Clueless UC Execs & Tyranical Fillibuster Fanatics: OH, SHUT UP!
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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...
Taking a Winter Break (Sort of)
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A Merry Christmas to All
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Follow the Gang Money, Part 3: Six Suggestions for Moving Forward
Two of the 39 recent graduates of The Los Angeles Violence Intervention Training Academy or...
The Writer, Chapter 4: A Christmas Wish – by Dennis Danziger
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FOLLOW THE GANG MONEY: Part 3….ONE LAST UPDATE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE: Alright, it’s finished. AND it’s going up late tonight...
On KPFK’s Deadline LA – Previewing Part 3 of “Follow the Gang Money”
Part 3 of the “Follow the Gang Money” investigative series that is a joint project of...