Day April 14, 2005

Upcoming L.A. events

Al-Awda: Third International Convention in Los AngelesEmpowering the Palestine Right to Return MovementFri-Sun, April 15-17UCLA Campus, Los Angeles Confirmed and invited speakers include a representative from Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon, representatives from Addameer Prisoner Solidarity Group in Ramallah,…

Pedophile priests

It happened too much and in too many places for it to be mere isolated instances of rogue priests.In my view, it’s systemic. Something is rotten to the core.  Sex-abuse scandals have taken their toll on the Catholic Church from…

‘Johnnie B. Goode’ passes

Johnnie Johnson, the pianist who gave Chuck Berry his first break and who Berry wrote ‘Johnnie B. Goode’ about, has died at age 80. One of Berry’s best-known songs, “Johnny B. Goode,” was written as a salute to Johnson, whose…