There was a big crowd in the Landmark Theater in West LA last night. One could assume that it was...
Blogging the SARAH & JOE SHOW…& Helen Gahagan Douglas
I’ll be watching and blogging the debate from the Landmark Theater in West Los Angeles, at an...
Understanding the Financial Crisis in 2 Easy Lessons
Okay, the Senate passed the damned thing. Are we happy or sad? (Lovely to know that the...
APOCALYPSE DAY 3: Truth and Truthiness
Okay, today the Senate has (incredibly) added tax cuts to the Bailout plan, raised the FDIC...
A New South LA “Education Corridor”
A successful charter school organization named ICEF Public Schools announced an intriguing plan...
The Cost of Revealing LAUSD’s Bloated Bureaucracy
With all the drama yesterday around the Wall Street bailout (or lack thereof), I didn’t post...
Okay, What Now?
These are scary days. Nobody liked the bailout bill. But a lot believed it was better than...
Yes, It’s Scary…But the NO Vote Was Probably Right. Here’s Why
Defeating the bailout package was a BIG gamble. But passing it was, I think, a bigger gamble. ...
The House Kills the Bailout Package – Dow Plummets 777 – UPDATED
Not even close: 207 to 228 Here’s the breakdown: 141 Democrats voting yes; 94 no; 66...
MONDAY MUST READS – 3 a.m. Bailouts and the Supremes
SO MANY MUST READS, SO LITTLE TIME…. The first, longest, most impenetrable and the most...
Blood Lust
Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began the process needed to put wolves back on the...
Rest In Peace, Paul. We Will Really, Really Miss You
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Thinking of Joanne Woodward today. By the way, the LA Times...
You Just Don’t Understand
I realize I said I’d live blog the debate (and I will the next one, the V.P. debate) but...
Planning to Bail? Let’s Make Some Alternate Plans
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Okay, they have a deal. They don’t have a deal. They...
Debate or not to Debate? Whatever. Live Blogging Tonight – UPDATED
I’ll be live blogging the debate but with a TiVo delay. (I teach in Irvine today so must...
The Gang Injunction: Upsides and Downsides
In this morning’s LA Times there is an interestingly nuanced article by Scott Gold about a...
The Shooting – an Update
The next installment of the new series begun here last week, titled The Shooting, about the death...
The Eviction: Was Bernard Parks Playing Politics With City Rentals?
As we remain glued to the dual drama of the bailout and the election (and the debate-or-no-debate...