Tonight I’ll be participating in a panel called “Race, Crime and Violence“...
Okay, Well at Least the LA Times Hasn’t Gone THAT Far
(Short take in posting today as I’m drowning in deadlines, but the stories below were...
Bummed Out: The Complicated Politics of Rear Views
Alright. Let’s begin at the beginning. The whole kerfuffle started on Tuesday when my pal...
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY
It is beyond heartbreaking that the LA Times, in its ever-diminishing wisdom, has decided to put...
Murder, Poetry and the Life and Death of Abel Garcia
Four days. Eleven homicides in LA County. No one seems sure why the sudden spike in murders has...
Sick Day….Back Soon
Feeling very fluish and down for the count. Back with stories later Tuesday.
SUNDAY/MONDAY MUST READS – UPDATED
I’m holed up at an intriguing conference on health care reform….(more on that later)...
FIRE WEATHER: November 15
9:30 a.m. Here we go again. In addition to Montecito, there’s now what is being called the...
Hillary for Sec. of State?
Okay, looking at yesterday afternoon’s auguries, the betting people among us are laying out...
50 Newspaper Editors Screwing (in a Lightbulb)
Yesterday, the American Press Institute hosted a “summit” at which 50 of the...
MAD MAX….and the Big Sky Health Care Plan
Yesterday a brave and no-doubt socialist radical Democratic senator introduced an 87-page health...
BAILOUT OVERSIGHT – The Marx (Brothers) Version
Oversight? We don’t need no stinking oversight! Today’s Washington Post...
THURSDAY MUST READS
FOUR IMPORTANT READS from the LA Times: 1. FINALLY SOMEBODY HAD THE GUTS TO SAY IT: DAVID...
Prop 8 Demonstrations Go Nationwide- UPDATED
This Saturday, November 15, the Prop 8 Protests are scheduled to go nationwide. The largest of the...
City Council to Voters: Audit Us? Uh….Nevermind.
The City Council was absolutely, positively in favor of letting the LA voters decide whether or not...
More Charter Schools Score Highest for Poor Kids
In an analysis of the California schools that serve the state’s poorest kids (meaning those...
To All Our Veterans…Thank You. We are Deeply Grateful.
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Although Liam Clancy is an Irishman, and these lyrics were...
The Supremes, the 10 Commandments….& the 7 Aphorisms
It sounds on the surface like just another quirky but frivolous lawsuit, in this case brought by a...