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Death on Rails – UPDATED – The Text Message
UPDATE: CBS KCAL News has reported that the engineer was likely texting a teenager, but Metrolink...
NOW STARRING……Gunslinger Gidget – UPDATED
I get it. I really do. I understand the appeal of Repub VP candidate Sarah Palin: It’s...
PALIN & GIBSON PART 1: Cramming for the Test
I’ve been posting so much about election issues, of late, and so little about local issues...
California Budget Blues
Still no budget in our fair state….and real consequences are starting to result. For...
Americans, Elections and Service
Last night, McCain and Obama were each questioned for an hour on CNN about the importance of...
Three Questions for Sarah Palin
Tonight, Thursday night, ABC anchor Charlie Gibson is set to air the first of his interview...
September 11, 2001-2008
(New Yorker cover by Art Spiegelman [And just in case it’s not clear: the white scrawl is...
MUDFIGHT! Schwarzenegger v. the CCPOA
Okay, I promised myself I would NOT, repeat not blog any more until I got home, but this story...
Taking a River Break, But in the Meantime: LA GANGS & MLK-HARBOR
LA GANGS, PARKS….AND THE CRIME RATE: According to the LA Times, Antonio Villaraigosa says...
Sunday Must Reads: McCain/Palin v. Obama/Biden
This morning, there are a lot of local issues worth our attention, which I’ll get to shortly...
McCain’s Night: The Selling of the POW’s POV
6:25-ish Okay, suffice it to say that Tom Ridge was honorable with his speech, and told some good...
Sarah Palin Night at the Republican Convention – UPDATED X 2
UPDATE: Keep in mind as you think about the warm and fuzzy parts of the Palin speech that the good...
Sarah Palin, John McCain and the Politics of Privacy
Look: I’m a mother and among my primary role models as a parent is the female grizzly. (You...
Gone Fishing, Back Tonight
Watched George. (ineffectual and somewhat sad.) Watched Laura (pretty suit and excellent presence)...
Sarah Palin: The Vetting Issue – UPDATED
UPDATE NOTE: Thanks to all of you who soldiered on through the earlier version of this post with...
Gustav, Palin, the PTA….and Innovation in Education – UPDATED
Sunday, the newspapers and cable networks were full of Palin and Gustav. Barack and Joe were on...
Thinking of You, New Orleans
name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Katrina hit landfall on August 29, 2005. Here is the...