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...
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...