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
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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...
LA Times Kitty – The Sequel
No, fortunately, to my knowledge there are no additional cats featured on the front page of the LA...
BAILOUT Part 2: GO MARCIE! (What She Said) – UPDATED
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THE BAIL OUT: NEW RULES
I long to get back to discussing Los Angeles issues, but right now I don’t think we have the...
UPDATE: Supreme Court Issues Stay for Troy Davis
3 p.m. Here’s what SCOTUS BLOG put up a few minutes ago: The Supreme Court blocked the...
The LA Times Has….um… Image Issues – UPDATED
Look, I like cute cat and dog photos as much as the next person. (Actually, to be honest, I...
Is Georgia About to Execute an Innocent Man? – UPDATED
Unless the US Supreme court intervenes today, Troy Anthony Davis will be executed at 7 p.m...
MORNING MUST READS: BAILING AND B.S. – UPADATED
While there are interesting things to read on other subjects, this morning it was a tad difficult...
James Crumley: 1939 – 2008 – The Outlaw Rides Away
“When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic...
Promotion, Alaskan Style?
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> When she-who-must-not-be-named made that teensy weensy...
Sandra On Fire – LIVE!
Sandra Tsing Loh has a new book out—Mother on Fire—about her adventures in the public...
The Shooting
NOTE: The story below is the beginning of a tale that will run as a...
“Bless Her Heart!”
Okay, not to be mean, but…. (which is what my East LA friend, Pam, always says right before...