***UPDATED*** In the last few days there’ve been several supposedly important meetings on...
5 New Things (a sometimes daily feature)
(Why is the cat pictured? Because, the dog was busy) 1. An Inconvenient SCOTUS A really big...
Shaquanda 2: Finding the Truth
*UPDATED* This past Saturday afternoon, Shaquanda Cotton was released from a juvenile prison in...
Sprung 2! (A very brief respite from the frey)
No, no, for once I’m not nattering on about people who need to be sprung from lock-up. ...
Sprung!!!
One bright spot as you go into the weekend: It looks as if 15-year-old Shaquanda Cotton is going to...
Friday’s Paranoia Report
The US government has taken pains to assure us the information it gathers in the official census...
LAUSD’s Unholy Union Dues
Two days after the Los Angeles Unified School District got news that its high schools were doing...
With Liberty and Justice….Yadda, Yadda, Yadda
“The President’s Prison” is what the New York Times called Guantanamo in...
Still Failing After All These Years
As anyone with even a passing acquaintance with public education knows, these days even schools get...
This Week’s WORST SCANDAL Award
It’s still unfolding and it just keeps on getting worse and worse. And, no, it has zero to do...
Good Guys Win
The National Council on Crime and Delinquency gives yearly awards called the PASS Awards to folks...
If California Can’t Lead, Try Being a Good Follower
When it comes to prison numbers and prison policy, the only way that California seems to be ...
Homeboy Radio
Those making gang policy in the city of Los Angeles (and elsewhere, for that matter) would do well...
Sunday Weekend Shorts
LAPD CHIEF A SKELETON IN RUDY’S CLOSET? Republican presidential candidate, Rudy Giuliani...
The Mother of All Education Reports
The fact that California’s once-shining public educational system is pretty much in the...
Late in Posting Today. Back soon. In the meantime….Bears
It was not at all cheering to hear yesterday’s announcement that the Bush Administration is...
Un-Social Promotions
This week, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced a Nine-Point Anti-Dropout Plan for...
Pissed Off and Ready To Walk
After two years of trying to negotiate, California’s State University teachers voted...