TURNING STREET EXPERIENCE INTO STRENGTH The AP released a story on my friend Alex Sanchez, a...
How One Man’s Political Pork Is Another Man’s Second Chance
This story had been bothering me for over a week but it finally came to a boil when I happened to...
Obama, Teachers’ Unions, & LAUSD Pink Slips
Yesterday was, evidently, Teachers’ Union Freak Out Day. One bout of hysteria occurred on a...
Most Endangered Newspapers: Who’s Next? – UPDATED
This week’s Time Magazine predicts the next 10 papers to fold or go all-digital. It is a...
Social Justice Shorts
Here are three justice stories. One is about a lawsuit challenging bad prison policy, one about...
The Faces of Love
In light of Thursday’s California Supreme Court hearing on Proposition 8, articles and...
Charging Poor Parents for Lawbreaking Children
Martin Berg at the LA Daily Journal wrote a very good column about the unconscionable idiocy that...
Calif. Supreme Court TV….Legal Sweeps Week – UPDATED
UPDATE: Live blogging the court at the end of the post. But, to cut to the chase, I’m...
Why Antonio Will Run For Governor
There has been a lot of chatter about those who will run (or are already running) for Governor when...
Wednesday Social Justice Shorts
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ENDORSEMENTS: Tuesday’s LA Elections….Oh, Just Vote, Whatever You Do – UPDATED
SOME RANDOM THOUGHTS, LINKS, AND QUICKIE...
Ridgway Update
Mary Ridgway’s wake was Monday and was full of grief and humor. But it will take me a little...
Social Justice Shorts
ERIC HOLDER, MEDICAL MARIJUANA AND CALIFORNIA LAW…THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE AMBIGUOUS The...
Remembering LAPD Deputy Chief Kenneth Garner – UPDATED
UPDATE: Details regarding the services for Chief Garner may be found at the end of the...
The Utterly Irreplaceable Mary Ridgway
Just a little before 1 a.m., last Saturday morning, LA County Supervising Deputy Probation Officer...
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gang Program Evaluations
As mentioned below, yesterday morning LA City Controller Laura Chick delivered her report that...
Jonathan Lopez, LA City College and “Free Speech 101”
In this morning’s editorial the LA Times says, at a bit more length, what we said a week ago...
Use a Kid for a Drug Sting…Maybe Go to Jail
This is a real contender for this year’s bad judgment Olympics. How do we hate what these...