….be sure to read Rob Greene’s smart unsigned editorial in Sunday’s LA Times...
Changing the World……70 Blocks at a Time
While bad news is never difficult to find, I can tell you exactly where to go tonight for a dose of...
The LA Times: Dulling the Edge of our Fright – UPDATED X 2
The past ten days has produced a dank flurry of ever more disheartening LA Times/Sam Zell news. ...
My Name is Richard. And I’m Homeless…… Part V
NOTE: This is part of a continuing series on long-time WitnessLA commenter, Richard LoCicero...
MLK-Harbor Hospital—the Enabling Continues
Let us get one thing straight at the outset of this conversation: Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor is...
ON BEING BLUE: A Cop Talks About Cops – Part II
Deputy Chief Charles Beck is the head of LAPD’s Detective Bureau. That means when the story...
The LAPD and Delay Tactics (Mine, Actually.) – UPDATED
UPDATE: The Jerry Brown news conference this afternoon was to announce a large and, it appears...
Does School P.E. Matter? (Correct Answer: Yes, of Course.)
For years, LAUSD has not enforced state laws requiring an average of 20 minutes per day of physical...
Truth and Gitmo
If you believe the U.S. military is doing a dandy job figuring out exactly who is the enemy and who...
ON BEING BLUE: A Cop Talks About Cops – Part I
Whenever I post anything that’s marginally critical of the LAPD specifically, or law...
Searching for Justice In All the Wrong Places
(No. None of these photos have to do with the articles listed below. They’re from this past...
And crown thy good with brotherhood…
HAPPY 4th!!!! name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> PS: So what songs do you think we should be...
My Name is Richard. And I’m Homeless…… Part IV
My computer is having a psychotic break and I’m on my son’s laptop so I’ll make...
Killing the Witness
It is hardly new news to say that witnesses are commonly very reluctant to come forward to testify...
Clay Felker: 1925 – 2008 “Journalism Has Been My Life”
Clay Felker died today and the tributes are pouring in, as it is right and good and true that they...
Dying for the LA Times
(SAMIZDAT ˈsä-mÄ”z-ËŒdät noun: a system in the Union of...
Judging the Death Penalty
On Monday, the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice—the committee...
Innocent Until Proven…Yadda, Yadda, Yadda? Evidently Not.
A couple of alarming articles surfaced over the weekend that are must reads. First there was the...