Tomorrow. Global day of coordinated actions

There will be demonstrations and protests across the US and world tomorrow on the 2nd anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. In L.A., we will assemble at Hollywood and Vine at noon and march to Hollywood and Highland. There will be…

Outsourcing innovation…and everything else

America’s Has-Been Economy This extraordinary article is not by a malcontent leftie but rather by Paul Craig Roberts, who “was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and…

LA Police attempt to deny ANSWER march permit fails

Last week ANSWER LA received a permit for the upcoming March 19 protest from the Police Commission. On Tuesday, they denied us the already granted permit, something they’d never done before, because business interests in the area said, heck, this…

Social Security Reform. Red, blue and rainbow

Under Social Security privatization, same-sex partners “could receive survivor benefits or dependent benefits.” If gays “are to make the best of the situation, they should support private accounts, forming alliances with Republicans who support limited government.” Gay activists have little…

Velvel on National Affairs

“This blog sets forth the personal views of the Dean of the Massachusetts School of Law on national events. Occasionally, the responses to his views or other interesting articles are also posted.” Literate, intelligent, with currents threads on Larry Summers,…

"The L.A. D.A. always blows the big cases"

Robert Blake not guilty Blake may have done it, but from what I saw of the trial, the prosecution didn’t come close to proving it. All of which reminds me of what an experienced L.A. public defender once told me, “The…

iPodder v 2.0 released.

The iPodder Lemon team has released iPodder Version 2.0. The application has evolved from its basic beginnings as the world’s first podcasting software to a mature, fully featured application.