LA writer, columnist, blogger Jasmyne Cannick was feeling frustrated because she felt most of the...
FIRE WEATHER 1: Running to the Sea? – UPDATED
Okay, this is not good. In the latest on the Porter fire, one of the two big fires now burning in...
Paul Krugman Wins the Nobel in Economics
It is interesting to note that two of the American economics scholars who have been consistently...
A Reminder That an LA Death Mattered
The homeless man who was doused with gasoline last week and then burned to death, was named John...
The Blood Dimmed Tide: McCain’s Reckless Dance With the Beast
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Kevin Roderick, at LA Observed reported that, on Friday, the...
Sarah In Wonderland
Oh, the horror. Another bunch of those horrid and annoying, non-six-packy groups who “buy...
The Persistent Specter of Voter Fraud
“The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide...
Getting Off the Gang List….FINALLY
In May of 2007, WLA reported that Rocky Delgadillo’s office had announced that there was now...
The Shooting – one more update
The next episode of the series, The Shooting, is coming next week, I promise. A killer deadline...
Campaigning Against Intelligence
In the Vice Presidential debate, as in much of the rhetoric spouted at the Republican convention...
The Supremes & the California Whales
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court got involved with the battle over whether George Bush should be...
DEBATE #2: Barring a Force Majeure or Rovian Surprise, IT’S OVER
The bottom line is this: It was a rout. No question. Not even close. Very little new was...
The New Yorker Makes a Choice
In their October 13 issue, the New Yorker Magazine endorses Barack Obama for president but, because...
California Prison Health Care: The Bill Comes Due at a Bad Time
Yesterday U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson made it clear to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and...
UNAMERICAN: The Politics of Any Means to An End
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> “We are looking forward to turning a page on this...
THE GREAT CALIFORNIA BAILOUT? (Jerry Gets Bucks Back)
So far, the Bush Administration has mostly been giving gobs of money to those who had a significant...
SUNDAY/MONDAY MUST READ: It’s the Criminals, Stupid
At the top of the list of this weekend’s MUST READS, is a actually a MUST VIEW and a MUST...
Vicious Conspiracies and Rovian Plots
As a consequence of a nefarious and undoubtedly politically-motivated conspiracy (either that or a...