Email Author Marc Cooper

Awards

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published May 4, 2007

  "East Versus West"

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

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2005 Stories by Marc Cooper

• Back From the Fallout Shelter

  published May 26, 2005

  I confess to a certain disappointment that the Senate didn’t get all the way to DEFCON 1 this week and let loose that damned nuclea... More >>

• Back to Iraq

  published May 19, 2005

  Just at a time when coverage of the war is declining, Iraq is on the brink. Any hope generated by the January election and the... More >>

• Wake Up, Antonio

  published May 19, 2005

  Let’s hope that Antonio Villaraigosa’s victory party — the biggest anyone can remember, with 5,000 or more celebrating in the downt... More >>

• Miguel’s Legacy

  published May 12, 2005

  Death takes a little piece from all of us. And in the case of Los Angeles labor leader Miguel Contreras, who died suddenly at age 52 last... More >>

• A Bad Vintage

  published May 5, 2005

  There’s nothing to feel smug about in the sudden fall of Arnold Schwarzenegger. And I do mean fall. Arnold went as low as you can get last week... More >>

• Foul Territory

  published April 21, 2005

  By the second inning of last Friday’s Dodger shutout against the Padres, my neck and back were starting to turn numb. Certainly not out o... More >>

• Stalino-Papism

  published April 21, 2005

  This just in from the Vatican Politburo, ending two days of closed-door meetings. The red-velvet curtains of the secret lodge open onto St.... More >>

• Tale of Two Ambassadors

  published April 14, 2005

  John O’Leary and John Negroponte. Two ex-U.S. ambassadors. The former passed away last week at age 58 of Lou Gehrig’s disease. The latt... More >>

• Lawn-Chair Militias

  published April 7, 2005

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• Border Vigilantes Mobilize for April

  published March 24, 2005

  Photo by Michael Hyatt (top): Gateway to hell (bottom): A final warning ... More >>

• Last Exit to Tombstone

  published March 24, 2005

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• Where Angels Fear To Tread

  published March 24, 2005

  “Is it safe? Is it safe?” as Laurence Olivier asked in the great movie Marathon Man. H... More >>

• Down to Size

  published March 10, 2005

  Bob Hertzberg sure picked the right venue for his election-night party. The obscure AirTel Plaza Hotel, with its... More >>

• Calm Down, Sgrena

  published March 10, 2005

  I find it difficult to be at all critical of the unfortunate and brave Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena. After... More >>

• A Bobzilla-Tony Runoff?

  published March 3, 2005

  Quite a city we live in. At the last minute, Channel 2 decided to pre-empt the live broadcast of its own... More >>

• Gonzo Gets Gone

  published February 24, 2005

  "We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. So now, less than five years later, you... More >>

• Code Blue

  published February 17, 2005

  We know what the Bush second-term domestic agenda looks like: privatizing, and cutting the benefits of,... More >>

• Huggy Hertzberg

  published February 10, 2005

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• Iraq’s Triumph

  published February 3, 2005

  The Iraqi elections were surreal: The country was in lockdown, the borders sealed off, the candidates’ names still unknown, the reporter... More >>

• Governor Girlie-man

  published January 27, 2005

  Governor Schwarzenegger's act is no longer very amusing. I freely admit to chuckling over the way he booted the miserable... More >>

• Democrats Move to Plan B

  published January 20, 2005

  Ordinary Democrats, defeated and disillusioned by last November’s whuppin’ by George W. Bush, may still be trying to figure out ju... More >>

• Nuts and dolts

  published January 6, 2005

  Sorry to snicker over such a dire topic. But I had to laugh out loud this week reading an L.A. Times front-pager reminding us... More >>