Lane Garrison served a 22-month sentence for manslaughter resulting from the death of a passenger riding in a vehicle driven by the intoxicated actor. Read more
I’m scratching my head over the number of people in my age group who are acting out, suffering from debilitating self-doubt, or just consistently unable to face the consequences of their actions. Am I describing an ordinary midlife crisis? Read more
The parting shot in our first installment focused on the current rate of spending in California prisons and the fact that there’s no excuse for letting Federal Receiver J. Clark Kelso keep his job rather than hiring someone who will stand up for taxpayers. Read more
For folks who missed the point the first time around…
It’s one thing to personally outgrow a book or its themes, like when you go through a Bukowski phase or when the national security threats of a Tom Clancy novel start to seem quaint. Read more
An L.A. County worker lies dead, unnoticed in her cubicle, but let’s consider it through the eyes of the janitors we ignore everyday.
Is it really that surprising a dead woman went unnoticed or ignored at her desk when cleanup crews and janitors aren’t given any reason to bring attention to themselves? Read more
Remember the ”extreme prejudice” scene in Apocalypse Now? The one where Martin Sheen’s Captain Willard character is ordered to head north to find and kill the rogue Colonel Kurtz? Read more
Forget the cop who faked gettin’ shot, how ‘bout those “eye witnesses”?
During the afternoon of January 19, unbridled zeal for this story poured forth from L.A.’s TV network affiliates: ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX-LA. Read more
You can’t throw a wadded $100 bill in this country without hitting a lavishly paid corporate pickpocket, and who is it that is getting cuffed and vilified these days? Read more
Americans get wimpier with each new victim classification.
Hearing men repeatedly proclaim their innocence in prison is one of the first endless streams of noise that you learn to drown out in order to get some sleep. Read more
