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...
Stopping the Spinning Doors
Every single year, 120,000 inmates —give or take—are released from California’s...
Peace Out, Man! …..Except If You’re Desmond Tutu
For four straight years, the well-regarded Justice and Peace Studies program at Saint Thomas...
“Silence is Unpatriotic”
If you didn’t see Bruce Springsteen on Sunday’s 60 Minutes…..Well, I’m just...
Been Taking the Weekend Off….
(NOTE: Above graphic shamelessly heisted from Ross Blog at NBC.com) I’ve been in a...