PBS has produced an excellent documentary called Depression: Out of the Shadows. It takes a look...
Sidney Pollack: 1934 – 2008
name="wmode" value="transparent"> On could argue, I suppose, that Pollack directed better movies...
Stupid Management Tricks: Alan Mittelstaedt Fired
The idiocy going on at the management level in our local print media never fails to astonish. As...
Honoring the Losses of War: “The Sergeant Lost Within”
Commenter Reg, who blogs at Beautiful Horizons, reminded me that it is more than the war dead whom...
In Memoriam
In honor of all those who have given their lives in service to the United States, here is the list...
Obama: “After Today, You Have No Excuses. I Am Asking You…”
name="wmode" value="transparent"> Barack Obama spoke at Wesleyan University’s commencement...
Topanga Days (Wooooo-hooooo!!!!!!!!)
Today in the LA Times Opinion section Meghan Daum writes about her irritation with...
THE DEAL BREAKER – UPDATED
name="wmode" value="transparent"> UPDATE: Maureen Dowd has an interesting column on the issue in...
Texas to Appeals Court: Buzz Off. We’re Keeping the Kids.
It gets worse. Yesterday Texas Child Protective Services, was told by the 3rd circuit Court of...
Bloggers and Others on Radio
I’m going to be on Deadline LA again (KPFK 90.7 FM) on Saturday at noon, along with the...
Polygamy & Snatching Kids
Okay the women are very Stepford-y, the hairdos are aggressively retro, and five girls were...
PTSD and LA’s Inner City War Zones
Marlene Wong, LAUSD director of crisis counseling When we think of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder...
A Rash of Valley Gang Deaths & One Story Behind the Story
Tuesday night it was the Valley, not East or South LA, that was Los Angeles County’s most...
The Lion Deep in Winter
Tim Rutten has written well and wisely of Ted Kennedy in this morning’s LA Times. ...
The Saint of the Texas Death House
Terry Gross had a remarkable interview on her show, Fresh Air, on Monday. It was with Reverend...
Who Do You Have to Screw to Get Fired Around Here? – Part 2 – UPDATED
Okay, first we have the case of former Assistant Principal Steve Rooney. who was suspected of...
Jamiel Shaw and Rashomon – Los Angeles Style – UPDATED
The week that murdered high school football star Jamiel Shaw was buried, Los Angeles community...
John McCain, and the Psychology of War and Trauma
Saturday night, I was having dinner with my friend, the shrink, when the subject of the...