Here we are at the second anniversary of the devastation—natural and man-made—of the...
Locke Step….Forward!
Well, they voted….and the Steve Barr/Green Dot/Locke charter contingent won, at least this...
Locke High School: Return of the Jedi?
Tuesday (today, by the time most of you read this) is the day that the LAUSD board will decide...
Our Battle-weary Children
WitnessLA commenter, Poplock, said something interesting and unsettling in an earlier thread about...
Voices From the Road III
Curious horses on Interstate 90 past Gold Creek, MT, where I stopped because the dog was stir...
The Battle for Santee High School – The District Reacts – UPDATED
The LA Weekly version of the story I first reported here about the battle going on at Santee...
Voices From the Road – II
Finally, the next batch of voices. I spoke with the people below on the route between Cedar City...
More Voices Coming very Shortly – UPDATED
In just a while this morning I’ll have a post up—including more more voices from the...
The Newark Murders and the Myth of MS-13
In my utterly sleep-deprived, road-addled state, I was scheduled this morning to be interviewed for...
Voices From the Road – I
As most of you know, I’m on a road trip and so am using this as an excuse to gather snap...
See You From the Road!
(and, no, this is not meant to be me) I appreciate all the great questions commenters have put...
Who Would Jesus Deport?
Ah, we can all be so proud of ourselves now. Got her! We have arrested Elvira Arellano. She was...
San Quentin Inmates Saving Themselves (& Maybe Others)
Seventy percent of all of the 2 million inmates in American prisons are doing time for drug and...
Calling All WLA Commenters….Ideas and Suggestions Needed!
Logan Pass in Glacier Park, MT Next week I’m headed out on a road trip, eventually ending up...
Remaking the Schools (Let me! No, let me!)
Okay, we’ve got the mayor and his possible school cluster takeover and transformation. And we...
Fox + Henhouse = Tragedy
I am posting clips from this this Huffington Post article without much additional comment. The...
LIAM RECTOR: 1949-2007 – Always Be Closing
Late Wednesday night I heard that the poet, Liam Rector, killed himself earlier in the day. He...
MLK Redux
My full column for the LA Weekly on last Friday’s closure of Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor...