I got a very nice note from Fatima Bhutto today telling me that the WitnessLA/Huff Post interview...
Tookie Williams….and LA’s New War of Words
In this morning’s LA Times, you’ll find a review I wrote about a book called Blue Rage...
Fire Weather IX – Lies, Damned Lies, and AIR SUPPORT
Now that the weather forecasters are predicting a whole new set of Santa Ana winds to kick up this...
The FBI and the Bullets of Injustice
For 40 years the FBI has been providing what is called bullet lead analysis in order to aid...
HILLARY and the Winning XX Factor
Note: This is another one of those that’s also posted at Huff Post’s OFF THE BUS...
More posting later today….
Got to my computer at much too late an hour Thursday night. Back blogging in a little while. ...
The LAPD Cans the Muslim Mapping Plan
LAPD’s head terrorism guy, Deputy Chief Mike Downing, is a smart and decent fellow. And most...
Fatima Bhutto: Pakistan’s Very Smart New Voice Explains It All
NOTE: This is cross-posted at Huffington Post’s OFF THE BUS section. Benazir Bhutto...
The Writers’ Strike – YouTube Explains It All – Part 2
This video is so good…. it may actually get you out on the picket lines in solidarity. ...
Suicide, PTSD and War – The New Cost of Doing Business
On Tuesday night, CBS News announced the devastating results of a five-month investigation into...
Pakistan Update – Politics and Political Theater
As Benazir Bhutto continues to be on off-again-on-again house arrest, a restriction that...
Veterans: The Things They Carried
A day late….because I took Sunday off from blogging…. but heartfelt ...
Feds Cracking Open the Crack v. Powder Problem
The U.S. Sentencing commission is on the verge of righting the wrong created in the 1980’s...
MAILER: 1923 – 2007
In their obit today, the AP calls him “the macho prince of American letters.” ...
The Writers’ Strike: YouTube Explains It All
Okay, one can not possibly live and blog in Los Angeles and completely resist commenting on the WGA...
The Faith-Based Question
Faith-based prisons represent a new mini-trend in American Corrections policy. But do they work? ...
Keep Reading…..In Solidarity
The LA Times reports that eight hundred of Benazir Bhutto’s supporters were arrested outside...
Bernie V. Antonio – The COP Hiring Fight Heats Up
A showdown is brewing… On one side we have Antonio Villaraigosa, who made a promise last year...