Standing sentry beside the unblemished avenues of the upper-class fortresses which line
Beverly Hills and Bel-Air and all the other places where winners live and those who
Have not
Discovered the magic formula
May not reside,
The lilacs and myrtles and jacarandi
Burst forth
Insistently. Proudly. Defiantly.
Like hundreds of gravity-defying breasts, announcing to the world that
They shall live before they die.
Hope RekindledThis past week has given us more hope for our diseased republic than any other time in 50+ years of paying attention. Observing and participating in a long-overdue peaceful uprising, occupying the streets, feeling the righteous energy of people of all ages, colors, faiths, and wealth (or lack thereof), has…
If you have the stomach for in-depth reporting on corruption in Los Angeles — at City Hall, on the City Council, the police force, everywhere there’s money and power — the citizen journalist Michael Kohlhaas is a necessary read. Just like old-fashioned investigative reporters used to do before being co-opted by papers uninterested in offending...
