Okay, comparative cost time: The state of California spends 35 percent of its budget, or nearly $50...
The Weed Wars
The shifting landscape when it comes to attitudes about marijuana laws—plus the changing...
Pulitzer Winners Laker and Ruderman & Tainted Justice
The 2010 Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting was awarded to reporters Barbara Laker and...
The NEW New Haven Model of Teacher Evaluations
The New York Times editorial pages are praising a new system for teacher evaluation that the New...
10 New Rules for Commenting at WitnessLA
I fully believe that a lively and diverse community of commenters makes a news site and/or blog a...
Monday Fresh Picks
ANESTHESIOLOGISTS CENSURE LEGAL INJECTIONS Without any fanfare, the American Board of...
Lying Politicians, Immigration Grandstanding & Organ Donation
Okay, here are the videos from Thursday’s The Filter. As I said earlier, I was on with...
On KNBC’s The Filter Tonight – 7:30
The topics are good. Jack Weiss and I will be discussing a couple of today’s immigration...
Jon Stewart, Gizmodo, Shield Laws and THAT Phone
So a guy walks into a bar in Redwood City a few weeks ago. It’s the guy’s 27th...
The Supreme Court and the Mojave Cross
UPDATE: The LA Times has an editorial about the Mojave cross decision. It begins like this: The...
WellPoint and Blue Shield to Stop Health Policy Recensions
Since 2004, at least 5,000 Californians had their insurance policies rescinded by the state’s...
Creepy “Gay ‘Cure’” Language Yanked from State Code
File this under: it’s about damned time. Here’s what the press release from Equality...
Ousted US Prosecutor Chosen for Gitmo Inquiry
Former US Attorney David Iglesias-–the most high profile of the US Attorneys infamously fired...
A National Criminal Justice Commission
On Tuesday morning a bipartisan bevy of US Congress members will hold a press conference to...
Dear Commenters
I’ve made a decision. I am not going to shut down comments as I believe both dialogue and...
Court Challenges Gearing Up for AZ Immigration Law
One of the topics that repeatedly came up on various nonfiction panels at the LA Times Festival of...
Notes from the LAT 2010 Book Prizes
DAVE EGGERS’ PRIZES AND QUIRKS ON LAT BOOK PRIZE NIGHT As most of you know, the LA Times...
MAD 4 BOOKS: The LA Times Book Festival
Every year on the last weekend in April, the Los Angeles Times gives a stupendous gift to the city...