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...
David Simon and The Future of News
(The serious-looking guys above are Kevin Roderick, creator and editor of LA Observed, and Carlos...
CRIMINAL JUSTICE III: Catch and Release Prisons
JEANNE WOODFORD was the first female warden in the 148 year history of San Quentin State Prison...
The Will to Solve the Problem?
All day Tuesday some of the main players in the realm of LA criminal justice got together at the...
Repairing the Broken Conveyor Belt
All day today I’ll be at the Criminal Justice Conference sponsored and organized by the USC...
“An African American, a Woman….. and John”
“In a race that involves an African American, a woman and…..John….” began...
Life Imitates Art at the LA Times – UPDATED
“How come there’s cuts in the newsroom when the company’s still...
LA Times Editor Fired: Deja Vu All Over Again
I step away from the computer for a few hours to, like, have a life, and while I’m out the ...
Myrtle Beach Voting Machine Debacle
Okay, maybe sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. But, this sort of thing does not calm fears about...
Nevada Counting: And it’s…Hillary (and Robocalls and Mud)
I’m catching up on weird housekeeping tasks like….um….putting away the last of...