Okay, I figure we all need a levity break today… as people deal with the fact that homes are...
Fire Weather IV – The Day of the Devils – UPDATED
My longtime close friend, writer John Leone, lives in the city of Del Mar, near San Diego. Tuesday...
Fire Weather – Day 3 – UPDATED X4
TUESDAY NIGHT UPDATE: 9:50 PM: We have been very lucky. Topanga is open again so that those who...
The Holy Land Five – Victims or Terrorists?
For fifteen years the U.S. government has claimed that the U.S. located Islamic charity, the Holy...
Fire Weather – Day 2 – UPDATED
MONDAY – UPDATED: The winds shift, evacuation orders come and go, and fires all over...
Fire Weather
When I got up this morning, Sunday, at 6:30 am to let the dog out, the air was as dry as paper and...
New Times and the Wrath of Crazy Joe Arpaio
As you go into the weekend, this is a wild ride of a story that is definitely worth reading. Most...
Rotten Prisons….and the Value of a Boy’s Life
This week TIME Magazine has an article worth reading about all that is rotten in Florida’s...
Hillary’s Macha Problem
NOTE: As we swing deeper into election season, I’ve agreed to do some semi-regular posting...
Should We Lock Certain Kids Away Forever?
The United States is unique in all the world in its attitude toward punishing its young. Right now...
Shielding the Press
Today, the House of Representatives will vote on the bill called The Free Flow of Information Act...
Into The Wild – UPDATED
I’m headed out into the John Muir Wilderness with my smart son, Will, and...
HE WON! (But Will He Run?)
The news came out at about 2 a.m. Pacific time. Everybody’s got some version of the story...
Al Gore…. Nobel Rumors Swirl…with Prez Run Chatter Heating Up – UPDATED
I’m still neck-deep in deadlines but when WLA commenter, Listener-on-the-Sidelines, pointed...
MS-13….The Armed and Dangerous “Children” of War
[NOTE: I’M IN THE MIDST OF A PESKY DEADLINE so this will be a short one. Back in stride...
MAY DAY: The LAPD Lays It All Out……Sort Of
As I posted yesterday, the “Final Report on the MacArthur Park Incident”-–also...
Homeboy Poets in the LA Times
Today’s excellent LA Times Column One story by Erika Hayasaki is about my friend, novelist...
May Day Revealed…..??? – UPDATED
It’s been five months since the Monster May Day Mess occurred in MacArthur Park, and the...