I would love to have been at this event Wednesday night. The LA Times’
The Inexplicable Love of Writing
I was reading Lit, Mary Karr’s alcohol-soaked but sequin-bright third memoir, when I received...
Jim McDonnell New Chief of Long Beach PD!
The very excellent Jim McDonnell has been named Chief of the Long Beach Police Department. As you...
Very Cool News!
Okay, here’s the deal: Each year for many years the Greater Los Angeles chapter of the...
What is Owed the Victims of Child Porn?
Should people who are convicted of downloading pornographic images of a child have to pay the...
The 11-hour Budget Committee Meeting Nixes Many Cuts
Zach Behrens of LAist hung in to cover Monday’s 11-hour marathon budget committee meeting and...
Dialing Back NCLB, Sex-Offenders and Creating a Safe-Space High
THE CALIFORNIA SURPREMES UPHOLD JESSICA’S LAW On Monday, the California Supreme Court largely...
Okay, About Those Gang Tours…
In the last few weeks, a great many news outlets have have run stories on the city’s newest...
Monday Must Reads
JESSICA’S LAW: WHEN FEAR PERVERTS JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. When Jessica’s Law passed...
Unions Lawsuits, Odd Tax Rebates, Marijuana Initiatives…& Chris Matthews
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Here’s Thursday night’s segment of The...
Annenberg Students & the LA Times Homicide Report
It has been said more than a few times that one of the important new models that will be a...
Social Justice Shorts (Very Short)
LIFE IN PRISON: THE COST OF PUNISHMENT This excellent series from San Diego County’s KPBS ...
On “The Filter” Tonight
I will be on The Filter tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 on digital channel 4.2, (or online here) with a...
J. D. Salinger: January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010
The work of J.D. Salinger has mattered enormously to a large number of people. (If you are one of...
Late in Posting
Crazy busy this morning. Back soon.
WANT iPAD!
It ain’t going to save the newspaper biz, but it is going to change book publishing—in...
“While we were being driven away, I was trying to recognize something…”
Nina Montoya is a student in writer/teacher Dennis Danziger’s English class at Venice High...
Dear James O’Keefe, About Your J-School Application….
My dear Mr. O’Keefe, Your message explaining why you will miss your scheduled interview with...