Monday
Aug302010
Letter to the LA Times
Monday, August 30, 2010 at 8:23PM I say, go Manny! Swing that bat where you are wanted.
Monday, August 30, 2010 at 8:23PM Monday
Aug302010
In Support of California’s Initiative to Legalize Marijuana
Monday, August 30, 2010 at 12:16PM I support the November ballot initiative because our country’s long drug war is a disaster and there is an alternative that is better for our health, safety and democratic process.
Friday
Aug272010
Letter to the LA Times: Manny Pt. 1
Friday, August 27, 2010 at 12:00PM I’m nothing but a recreational ballplayer and a retired state senator. I played in five Dodger fantasy camps and have watched every possible televised Dodger game for over 15 years; I have been boiling about two issues all season.
Friday
Aug272010
Feds Have Been Hiding Evidence From Wiretap Courts In Their War on Gangs
Friday, August 27, 2010 at 9:47AM Federal prosecutors have used top leaders of Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), known as the most violent gang in the US and Central America, as secret informants over a decade of murders, drug-trafficking and car-jackings across a dozen US states and several Central American countries. During that time period, prosecutors obtained more than 21 wiretap approvals, plus extensions, to investigate MS-13, failing to tell judges that the gang leaders were already in custody as informants—a possible violation of federal law.
Wednesday
Aug252010
The Mystic and the Machine: California's Young Governor
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 10:45AM It is quiet in Laurel Canyon where the modern houses are tucked away amidst trees and knolls. But things are whirling in his mind. Jerry Brown glances over at the shotgun in the corner, rises out of bed, and enters the shower. Sitting on the toilet he skims a page of Wittgenstein which had been left out on the sink.