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...
Bernie, Bernie, BERNIE!!!!
LA City Councilman, Bernard Parks has many good qualities. He’s very well liked by the...
Risking to Write
It’s been the week of journalism awards. Last Tuesday, the Courage in Journalism event...
Blogging Pakistan
As thousands of Pakistani journalists and opposition figures are jailed, demonstrating lawyers...
Can Obama’s “Soft Power” Still Play Hardball?
[NOTE: This piece is another of my Huff Post campaign meditations, written for their very cool...
“I kept expecting the government to come up with something, and it never did”
…said the juror. It was the nation’s biggest terrorism finance case ever—but...
The Not-So-Shocking Fall of “America’s Sheriff”
Everybody loves a good corruption scandal. And the federal indictment debacle breaking open in the...
WATERBOARDING – The Unholy American Bargain – UPDATED
UPDATE: The press releases started arriving in my email box at about 1:30 PM Friday stating that...
Club Disaster: It’s a Brave New Pay 4 Rescue World
Now no one begrudges the fact that, if you have more income, you get to buy more in the way of...
Fire Weather VIII – Rescue Me (and you)
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