On Thursday in Missoula, Montana, the jury selection began for the criminal trial of five...
Questioning Forensics…..What Does It Mean for Convictions?
On Wednesday, The National Academy of Sciences released a hugely significant report that, as the NY...
Heck of a Job, USPS! ….OR The Perils of Posting with Potter’s PO
I now completely get the “going postal” thing. I mean it. Completely. (And not in a...
Free Speech, Gay Marriage, LACC and Teachable Moments
If it’s all true, it’s a pretty appalling story. Here’s the deal: Over the...
A Holiday Round of Must Reads
CALIFORNIA DMV SUSPENDING LICENSES FOR USE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA? Well, maybe. The LA Times Maura...
Gangsters & Solar Panels: The Greening of Gang Intervention
SUNDAY & MONDAY MUST READS
TWO about the stimulus issue, one about the torture/secrets isssue. NOTE TO REPUBLICANS AND TV...
Happy Valentines Day, Night & Weekend
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Hope it’s been filled—and continues to be...
The Future of Journalism: Part 3,675 – The Good News
THUS FAR I HAVE NOTED APPROXIMATELY 5 TRILLION PANELS TV programs, newspaper articles, blog posts...
Welcome Back, Homicide Report!
The great LA Times blog, The Homicide Report, which was put on “hiatus” last November...
Dear Arnold & Jerry: Forget the Appeal, Make a Deal
Yesterday, both the NY Times and the Sacramento Bee had editorials that turned a harsh light on...
Judges Jail Kids 4 Millions in Kickbacks
This is not a California story, but it is so breathtakingly callous in its lack of regard for the...
Absolutely NO Stimulus $$$ for Parks! Says the Senate
As the House and Senate begin their reconciliation battle over their respective stimulus packages...
Obama and Tweeting Republicans
While I was watching Barack Obama’s excellent and very strong press conference (He has what...
Judges to California: Cure Your Lock-Up Fever. NOW!
Monday a panel of three judges did what U.S. Judge Thelton Henderson has been threatening to do...
Sometimes It’s Just About the Music
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> I loved that Radiohead was backed by the USC drums and brass...
Frank Rich, Barack Obama…. & Reading the National Wind
Every now and again Frank Rich writes a column in which he articulates a national psychological...
The Daily News Tells Lawmakers To Freaking Do Something! – UPDATED
The Daily News editors are fed up with California’s lawmakers’ simply staggering...