I’m a thousand times more sympathetic than most to the need to keep a tight control on access...
Hillary and the 20,000 Felons
Why are so many progressives unhappy at the thought of Hillary Clinton becoming the Democratic...
David Brewer’s PR-gate
Okay, perhaps the situation doesn’t warrant a “gate.” Maybe...
Huckabee: the Sequel
name="wmode" value="transparent"> It’s definitely been a Huckabee week in the press. The...
Two Americas….Three Decades of Injustice
On Wednesday night, Mitt Romney made a point of taking potshots at John Edwards for Edwards’...
Why I Heart (and fear) the Anti-Evolutionist—and you should too
(NOTE: This is cross posted at Huffington Post’s Off the Bus section.) Watching the...
Writer’s Strike: No Contract….But at Least a New Food Blog
The WGA and the studios have agreed to go back to the table to talk for at least one more day...
Couch Potato Kids & LA’s Lawbreaking School District
The Los Angeles Unified School District is breaking the law. Specifically, it does not comply with...
Our Firefighting Felons
The California prison system has been in such bad shape in so many ways for such a long time...
The Fire This Time
As we’ve all heard by now, it was the third blaze in Malibu this year, and the worst Malibu...
Weekend Short Takes: Experience v. Experience
In this morning’s LA Times, Michael Kinsley wades into the discussion about which Dem...
Weekend Short Takes: The Cost of Serving Justice?
This story is a interesting offshoot of the 60 Minutes bullet lead analysis story: A lawyer named...
Weekend Short Takes: Hillary Hub
We all know that candidates and their minions do what they can to influence the news cycle, but if...
Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone! – UPDATED
What are you grateful for this Thanksgiving? I’ll get the ball rolling with a few of the...
Pakistan, Indonesia…and the New Hillary/Barack Smackdown
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...