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...
C-Sun’s Esha Momeni is Released on Bail….For the Moment – UPDATED
Esha Momeni, that 28-year-old Cal State Northridge graduate student who was arrested in Teheran...
PROP 8 and Equal Protection
The fury and the hurt continues to grow in response to the passage of Proposition 8, and to the...
Dear Barack: Welcome to the Collective Presidency
After the networks called the presidential election at 8:01 PST on Tuesday night, before Barack...
In Praise of Michelle O…..and Her Fashion Choices
At the risk of giving the frightening impression that WitnessLA is turning into a social justice...
Obama and California Auto Emissions: Sanity’s On the Way
The Washington Post reports today that Barack Obama intends to reverse around 200 of the Bush...
“Gypsy Crimes,” You Say?
The good news is that we have a wonderful new barrier-smashing president. The bad news is that...
DAY THREE: Still Happy (And Not Crying Anywhere Near As Much)
But tired, very, very tired. (Who knew that joy and relief could be this...
The Suddenly Empty Lives of Obama Supporters
Obama Win Causes Obsessive Supporters To Realize How Empty Their Lives Are As the transition teams...
BARACK OBAMA’S WHITE HOUSE READING LIST – PART 1
There will be much to discuss about this election, both on the national and the local level, in the...
“For that is the true genius of America…that America can change.”
History is made. Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and...
Still Hoping For Prop. 8 to be Miraculously Gone by Morning
So tell me again why letting other people get married threatens your marriage?
ZERO HOUR: Live Blogging Election Night
(I’ll be doing it from my blackberry so let’s see how it goes.) Am just approaching...
ALERT: VOTING PROBLEMS
Some of my elections monitoring attorney friends are running across some serious voting problems...
VOTE.
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> The above video is from the final rally of the Obama campaign...