Can you vote in California if you’re in jail? Well, yes, of course—under certain...
Campaign Watch II – Red State Girls….and…um…Indonesia
CAMPAIGN NOTE 1: Well, the first returns are in and Barack Obama is ahead among…..ex patriot...
Jill Leovy’s Year of Murders
It’s late, but in the midst of all the primary election furor, I don’t want to let this...
Campaign Watch I – Michelle, Oprah, Maria, and Jesse….and Mickey Hart
I have several very nice social justice stories waiting in the wings, but I’ve resigned...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK!!!
Grrrreat upset! The Giants won the Superbowl!!! (Now it seems only fair that the Chicago guy...
Thoughts and a Video for a Rainy Sunday
I’d just read what commenter Richard Locicero wrote in the previous comment section about...
Hillary Clinton and Cement
I’m honestly trying not to be a Hillary basher. And if she’s the democratic nominee...
La Opinion and the Los Angeles Times Endorse Obama – UPDATED
La Opinion endorsed Obama Saturday morning, at one minute after midnight. The LA Times has...
Bill Richardson’s Choice – UPDATED
The self-consciously-kissy California Dem’s debate is over (and has been well covered...
Pre Dem Debate Red Carpet Events
The last Democratic debate before Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Tuesday starts at 5 pm at the...
In Work Overdrive…Back in a While.
In the meantime, read Patt Morrison’s column in this morning’s LA Times on the distinct...
Barack Obama and the Betrayal of All Women
It turns out that in our fair democracy in the year 2008, we women have come so brilliantly far in...
USC and the LAPD….Did the Cops Go Too Far?
Did the LAPD use excessive force at a USC block party this past Friday night? Or were officers...
The Young Show Up 4 Barack and Ted
My good friend and longtime Middle East expert Mark Bruzonsky attended the event today at American...
The Risk of Billary
Hillary Clinton has been saying repeatedly that she has been completely vetted, and that all the...
“Si Se Puede!”…or at least Barack Could & Did in South Carolina
Whatever the final outcome of this Perpetual Primary season, one of the most fascinating of its...
THE CHOICE: Hillary OR Barack – UPDATED
In this week’s New Yorker Magazine, George Packer writes insightfully and eloquently about...
Fixing the System: “So Whatcha Gonna Do About It?”
(NOTE: USC grad j student and IJJ research associate, Amanda Becker took excellent notes on this...