No sooner than the mourning for Christina-Tayloir Green had been put behind Tucson than we in Los Angeles were jolted by another incomparable episode of gun madness. The scene occurred on the grounds of Gardena High School, southwest of the central city. Police helicopters flew overhead. Detectives swarmed onto the school grounds, Several kids were [...]
On Guns, MLK and Tucson
January 20th, 2011 No Comments
Tags: Gabrielle Giffords · guns · Jared Loughner · lausd · Los Angeles · Martin Luther King · tucson · vietnam
The Last Great Convention
August 27th, 2008 No Comments
Tears of nostalgia filled my eyes Monday evening, watching Caroline and Ted Kennedy open the Democratic National Convention in Denver. It reminded me of a reporting assignment I had at the so-called Kennedy Convention that was convened in Los Angeles 48 years ago. The setting was concentrated in the city’s Sports Arena that seated no [...]
Tags: 2008 election · barack obama · Caroline Kennedy · Democratic Convention · dnc · John F. Kennedy · Los Angeles · Lyndon Johnson · Robert F. Kennedy · Ted Kennedy
