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...
Iraq and A Hard Place
Iraqi interpreter masking identity, photo by Ann Scott Tyson When the first phase of the war in...
Polar Bears (Oh, My!) and That Disingenuous Rat, Dirk Kempthorne
It’s endangered species day. (No, I don’t know why our lawmakers spend time declaring...
Equality Wins!
In a decision that hearkened back to the 1948 opinion overturning the prohibition against...
California Parks Rescued As Other Programs Are Trashed
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s newest budget cuts are huge blows. There are cuts to foster care...
Grief and Politics
Thursday, New York Times Bureau Chief Jennifer Steinhauer, wrote a good round up of the...
Obama, Crime, Republicans and Race
This morning’ Bloomberg has an article about how, if Obama does indeed get the Democratic...
Charter Schools Tell LAUSD to Fork Over the Seats – UPDATED
UPDATE: I HAVE NO IDEA HOW I MANAGED TO TURN OFF THE COMMENTS ON THIS POST, BUT THEY’RE BACK...
Locke High School & Green Dot: After the Explosion
Working. Back with more posting later this morning. In the meantime…. After Friday’s...
Jamiel Shaw and gangs
Here’s how it works: It isn’t always if you’re a member of a gang…. ...
Crusade of the 6th Graders
I’m at a death penalty conference. More on that later. But in the meantime…...
The Murderer, the Prosecutor, the Stripper…..and the Supremes
It is a dramatic legal story….but with a twist. And it’s a hell of a twist having to...
Helping Burma
Disaster aid for Burma isn’t easy because the government is not exactly outsider-friendly. ...
Web Gremlins
Apologies to all those who found the site down today. As it happens, I was working on something...