Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

When Antonio Villaraigosa became mayor of Los Angeles in mid 2003, he promised to focus on quality-of-life issues the way Rudy Giuliani had so successfully in New York.  To Angelenos, the number one quality-of-life issue is transit.  Pretty much everything else pales in comparison (as...

I talked to my mother last night, a long-time Democrat who voted for Obama this November. She said that she had tuned out the State of the Union address to pour a class of wine, because it was more of the "same, nasty rhetoric" she heard...

Do not care what he has to say.  It's the same old, same old straw men and class warfare. "Some say that government should do nothing while grandma dies and children starve as owners of corporate jets eat jumbo shrimp at 38,000 feet in the air, but I say we the...

Reports breaking that Christopher Dorner, killer and rising hero in some left-wing circles, may have been located. We'll update as hard news is available. Fugitive former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner exchanges gunfire with authorities in Big Bear area, sources tell @latimes and @ap— Breaking News...

Gabriel Gomez looks like an interesting Republican candidate for the John Kerry seat. Via MassLive: According to a biography on his campaign website, Gomez was born in Los Angeles to Colombian immigrants. An introductory video features Gomez first introducing himself in Spanish, before switching to...

The House will consider the reauthorization of the Violence against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) today, the same day the Senate voted 78-22 to approve the renewal. In expressing optimism that similar legislation would pass in the House, Senator Leahy pointed to a letter sent from...

South Korea thinks so, via AP: North Korea is believed to have conducted a widely anticipated nuclear test Tuesday, following an earthquake that monitoring agencies around the globe said appeared to be unnatural. The South Korean Defense Ministry, which raised its military alert level after the quake,...