One of this morning’s must reads is the Alex Kotlowitz article in today’s New York...
May Day……A Year Later
I’m working on a deadline but will have more posting later today…. In the meantime:...
Community Gang Cops
A story in this morning’s LA Times gives an intelligent, nuanced glimpse of some South LA...
Wright and the Responsibility of the Media
Often Jon Stewart gets it right. Last night he got it very right. Unlike every other news outlet...
Killing Wolves
I’ve been monitoring this issue with a sinking heart. And now it appears that worst fears...
The Drug War’s War on Students
In 2001 Education Week told this story about the Bush Administration’s decision to be hard...
Sigmund Freud….. Meet Jeremiah Wright – UPDATED X 2
UPDATE 2: Barack Obama held a press conference this morning and came out forcefully and...
Calvin Trillin, The Wire & the AFL-CIO
Two Southern California events and one national contest that you might want to know about.. ...
Real World Questions, Please
In yesterday’s New York Times Elizabeth Edwards slapped the media upside the head for its...
High on Books – UPDATED
***************************************************************** UPDATE: For those of you who...
End Game
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El Lay Celebrates Books – And LA Writers Do Radio
OKAY, FIRST THE BOOKS: The LA Times Festival of Books takes over the UCLA campus this weekend. All...
The *Real* Wire: Life Imitates Art in Baltimore’s Shadow World
Another of the talented LA Weekly writers who’ve migrated elsewhere in the past year is...
The Economy and Hurting LA Kids
Yesterday, LA County health officials issued an annual report showing that the number of reported...
Prison Nation or Rogue State???
One more primary election down. Five thousand four hundred seventy eight to go. (Or at least...
LA & GANG Intervention: Finding What Works
When the LA Times snatched David Zahniser from the LA Weekly last summer, it was a very, very smart...
Should Cops Be La Migra? – UPDATE
If my schedule will cooperate, I’m going to try to sort through the various views of Special...
War’s Message Machine
This weekend’s Must Read Story Award goes to……. ….The piece on the cover of...