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December 31, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 3: the Myth of the Model Inmate

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

The Menendez Brothers, Part 2: How discipline plays an outsized role in CA parole decisions

December 30, 2025
Prison Policy

What the Menendez Brothers Parole hearings tell us about prison discipline, Part 1

December 29, 2025
#NoSafePlace

Is LA County’s women’s jail still an unsafe place for women to be? A new lawsuit says YES

December 28, 2025
#Oversight

LASD Oversight Part 3: LA County’s Inspector General has announced his retirement. But he has a lot more to tell us re: The struggle to provide genuine oversight for the nation’s largest sheriff’s department,

December 17, 2025
Elections '08 • National Politics • Presidential Race

Why I Heart (and fear) the Anti-Evolutionist—and you should too

November 29, 2007
25 Comments

(NOTE: This is cross posted at Huffington Post’s Off the Bus section.) Watching the...

American Artists • Media • Unions

Writer’s Strike: No Contract….But at Least a New Food Blog

November 29, 2007
21 Comments

The WGA and the studios have agreed to go back to the table to talk for at least one more day...

Education • LAUSD • Public Health

Couch Potato Kids & LA’s Lawbreaking School District

November 28, 2007
24 Comments

The Los Angeles Unified School District is breaking the law. Specifically, it does not comply with...

Criminal Justice • Fire • Los Angeles County

Our Firefighting Felons

November 27, 2007
2 Comments

The California prison system has been in such bad shape in so many ways for such a long time...

Fire • Los Angeles County • State Politics

The Fire This Time

November 26, 2007
6 Comments

As we’ve all heard by now, it was the third blaze in Malibu this year, and the worst Malibu...

Elections '08 • National Politics • Presidential Race

Weekend Short Takes: Experience v. Experience

November 24, 2007
19 Comments

In this morning’s LA Times, Michael Kinsley wades into the discussion about which Dem...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice

Weekend Short Takes: The Cost of Serving Justice?

November 24, 2007
2 Comments

This story is a interesting offshoot of the 60 Minutes bullet lead analysis story: A lawyer named...

Media • National Politics • Presidential Race

Weekend Short Takes: Hillary Hub

November 24, 2007
2 Comments

We all know that candidates and their minions do what they can to influence the news cycle, but if...

Life and Life Only

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone! – UPDATED

November 22, 2007
16 Comments

What are you grateful for this Thanksgiving? I’ll get the ball rolling with a few of the...

International Politics • Presidential Race

Pakistan, Indonesia…and the New Hillary/Barack Smackdown

November 21, 2007
21 Comments

I got a very nice note from Fatima Bhutto today telling me that the WitnessLA/Huff Post interview...

American Artists • Crime and Punishment • Gangs

Tookie Williams….and LA’s New War of Words

November 20, 2007
7 Comments

In this morning’s LA Times, you’ll find a review I wrote about a book called Blue Rage...

Fire • State Government

Fire Weather IX – Lies, Damned Lies, and AIR SUPPORT

November 19, 2007
24 Comments

Now that the weather forecasters are predicting a whole new set of Santa Ana winds to kick up this...

Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice

The FBI and the Bullets of Injustice

November 18, 2007
5 Comments

For 40 years the FBI has been providing what is called bullet lead analysis in order to aid...

Elections '08 • National Politics

HILLARY and the Winning XX Factor

November 16, 2007
58 Comments

Note: This is another one of those that’s also posted at Huff Post’s OFF THE BUS...

National Politics • Presidential Race

More posting later today….

November 16, 2007
12 Comments

Got to my computer at much too late an hour Thursday night. Back blogging in a little while. ...

ACLU • Civil Liberties • LAPD

The LAPD Cans the Muslim Mapping Plan

November 15, 2007
11 Comments

LAPD’s head terrorism guy, Deputy Chief Mike Downing, is a smart and decent fellow. And most...

International Politics • National Politics • Presidential Race • War

Fatima Bhutto: Pakistan’s Very Smart New Voice Explains It All

November 14, 2007
16 Comments

NOTE: This is cross-posted at Huffington Post’s OFF THE BUS section. Benazir Bhutto...

American Artists • Media • Unions

The Writers’ Strike – YouTube Explains It All – Part 2

November 14, 2007
15 Comments

This video is so good…. it may actually get you out on the picket lines in solidarity. ...

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