Can this paper last a full term? *Who cares? Move on! I’m not one to obsess over the recent...
The Times: Failing Four-Year-Old Roberto and Us
Four-year-old Roberto Lopez is the latest symbol of a dying newspaper. The little boy was shot and...
The Dishonest & Pernicious Myths RE: Immigrants and Crime
I’m still in my Vermont literary bubble (and Alan is still MIA but will turn up soon, he...
Plush Prison Hospitals?
The SF Examiner just ran an article that characterizes the new construction requested by the draft...
A MORTAGE-RELATED MUST READ….and an Update on Alan
Hi everyone. Alan has had computer issues. (There was the little matter of the coffee spillage...
Off to Vermont…..Alan Mittelstaedt Steps Brilliantly Into the Breach!
I’m taking off today for Bennington College in Vermont where it is very, very, very...
Did the LAPD Try To Get a Coroner to Change the Facts?
Arrrrrgggghhh. I hate stories like this one. The LA Times’ Joel Rubin has written a very...
The Non-Harmonizing Voices of the Gaza Demonstrations
As most of you are aware, there was another demonstration about the situation in Gaza yesterday. ...
Suzanna Rising
This is in many ways a victory story. It is about a young woman who, for the purposes of this...
SUNDAY/MONDAY MUST READS
A variety of must reads below: WHEN WALL STREET’S RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY BECAME THE...
2009: The Rosebowl, Citigroup $$ and Education Victories
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> The Rosebowl is on as I type (Go Trojans! Fight on!), so I...
Bernie Madoff Trashes Criminal Justice Reform
Or indirectly anyway. The hits from the Madoff mess just keep on coming. The newest casualty...
The Bombing of Gaza
I generally stay off this issue, but as the bombing in Gaza continues to worsen and the Los Angeles...
Richard LoCicero – Part XII: An Appreciation
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Although I have made much of my living writing about murder...
Trigger-Happy Cops in Inglewood?
An LAPD command staff friend once told me the following about the elements necessary to...
Oh, Yeah, and There’s Arsenic In the Drinking Water
No, not your drinking water. The drinking water that is the only water allowed he inmates in one...
Merry Christmas to All….And to All, Wishes of Love and Light
May you give and receive much love during these holidays…. In the spirit of the season...
My Name is Richard. And I’m Homeless. The Last Chapter
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> I had been remiss. I hadn’t talked to Richard since...