Diplomacy

Q & A With Mary Sue Milliken: The Diplomatic Culinary Partnership, Prop 37 a New Chef at Border Grill

Mary Sue Milliken, as always, is in the midst of a zillion things. The food activist, TV personality and chef-owner with Susan Feniger of Border Grill has been a vocal advocate of passing Proposition 37, the ballot initiative that would make the labeling of GMO products law in California. Milliken ... More >>

The State Department Unveils the Diplomatic Culinary Partnership

We thought we were going to a small reception at the State Department. It was day 3 of the Association of Food Journalists annual conference, this year held in Washington D.C. As we stood in line to undergo the rigorous security clearances needed to enter the building (we had been asked to provide d ... More >>

Marijuana Dispensaries Could See New Law Enforcement 'Bureau' Under Proposed California Initiative

Mikey Wally​Updated at the bottom with the exact language of the proposal. First posted at 7:05 a.m. today Some of the staunchest advocates of the retail marijuana trade want to create a new statewide police department strictly to keep an eye on pot shops -- and they want you to vote yes on i ... More >>

Hosea Nova, Who's Your Daddy? and More New Theater Reviews

​High praise this week for "Robert Reimer's nutcase of a play," Hosea Nova: A Jealous and Violent Man (this week's Pick of the Week) at Zombie Joe's Underground in North Hollywood, and for writer-performer Johnny O'Callaghan's Who's Your Daddy, at the Victory Theatre Center, in Burbank. ​For all ... More >>

Debra Bowen Concedes, Refuses to Endorse Janice Hahn

Debra Bowen concedes​Secretary of State Debra Bowen conceded today in the Congressional primary, after updated election returns showed her falling 750 votes behind Republican Craig Huey for the second spot in the July 12 runoff.In a statement, Bowen said she would not endorse her Democratic oppone ... More >>

Councilwoman Janice Hahn Gets Labor Fed Endorsement In Congressional Race

Janice Hahn​As predicted, L.A. Councilwoman Janice Hahn picked up the endorsement today of the L.A. County Federation of Labor, a big boost for her congressional campaign.Hahn is running against Secretary of State Debra Bowen, anti-war activist Marcy Winograd, and three Republicans in the May 17 s ... More >>

Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace the World

Debra Bowen Will Run For Congress

Debra Bowen​Updated at 3 p.m. with interview of Bowen.Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced today that she is running for Congress to fill the seat held by retiring Rep. Jane Harman.Bowen will face off against L.A. Councilwoman Janice Hahn, who launched her campaign last week. In an interview t ... More >>

From The Dept. of Big Surprises: Food Marketed as Healthful When it's Not

We'd like to file this under stories The Onion might as well have written. As the San Francisco Chronicle reported Sunday, a group of nutrition policy advocates called The Strategic Alliance released a report last week claiming that 84% of labels on packaged foods aimed at the mouths of children ... More >>

Dana Rohrabacher, Freelance Diplomat, To Investigate Obama State Department

Dana Rohrabacher​With Republicans sweeping to power in the House of Representatives, local counter-revolutionary hero Dana Rohrabacher has been put in charge of investigating President Obama's foreign policy. Should be fun.Thanks to Wikileaks, we also learned this week about Rohrabacher's freelanc ... More >>

Steve Cooley Not Done Yet: Over 1 Million Ballots Uncounted In Attorney General's Race

Steve Cooley and Kamala Harris are still too close to call​With all precinct votes counted, San Francisco D.A. Kamala Harris is hanging on to a lead of 15,000 votes in the race for attorney general. That's a margin of two-tenths of a percent over L.A. District Attorney Steve Cooley.But there are 4 ... More >>

Pot Legalization Initiative Has Same Number as One From 1972

Bolerium BooksA groovy 1972 pot legalization poster​It's an important day for the manufacturers of political buttons and bumper stickers, as the Secretary of State's office has given numbers to each of the November ballot measures.The most buzzed-about initiative will be Proposition 19, the measur ... More >>

Mexico A No-No For Spring Break?

Acapulco.​After two Americans connected to the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez were gunned down, the U.S. State Department issued a warning regarding travel to Mexico, particularly its northern cities and states -- including Tijuana. The attack in the city opposite El Paso, Texas, included on ... More >>

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vs. North Korean Schoolgirls: You Decide

You go to talk about nuclear disarmament and end up being called a schoolgirl. Then, like, the whole world gossips about it. Don't you hate when that happens? I'm not certain how advisable it is to get into a (yet another) war of words with North Korea, but Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton ... More >>

Hillary's Emoluments Problem

One of the many learning perks of the recent election cycle was watching how political arguments would form in the blogosphere, whirl around a bit and then burst into the mainstream media. Like tropical depressions forming off the coast of Africa before they rolled into the Caribbean as hurricanes, ... More >>

Five for the Road: The California Touring Project

Five dance troupes from around the state join together

Five for the Road

The California Touring Project draws together troupes from around the state

Election '08: Remembering Kissinger and the Original September 11th

BY MARC COOPER I'll leave the exploitation of 9/11 to the professional pols. The date -- and its surrounding commemoration -- has become about as meaningless as Thanksgiving, except you don't get a day off from school or work. We all know we are not an iota safer than we were seven years ago. Quit ... More >>

Wounded Knee: America's Killing Fields

HBO movie depicts the slow, brutal death of a once-proud race

Peace Treaty in Harbor Gateway

Derek Thomas, living with racial hatred in Harbor Gateway.

Streets of Intervention

William “Blinky” Rodriguez

Filtered

War and Peace in Watts

A gang treaty implodes and the killing resumes

War and Peace in Watts, Part Two

Jolt for Bolton

Leaving Bush Behind

Companies make peace with Kyoto Protocol

Accommodating Al

The canine fidelity of the president’s house consigliere

Who’s on First?

The Baghdad Hand (Over) Job

The Killing Years

Death in El Salvador, bloody hands in Washington

Ending the Silence

Finally, 9/11 detainees get their day in court

Poet Against the War

Neocons Run Amok!

Republicans not with them are now the enemy, too

Made in the USA, Part III: US Government Agency Listings

Waiting for the Anti-Saddam Revolt

Where is it?

Soldiers of Fortune 500

Made in the USA (Part II)

More on the connection between the U.S., American corporations and Iraq’s weapons programs

Borderline Logic

Immigration lessons from the first U.S. war with Iraq

Hold the Missiles — Please

L.A.’s Iraqi community opposes Bush war march

A Baghdad Diary

Journey into the abyss

Waiting for the World

Back to the future with the World Federalists

Why Johannesburg Matters

Two emerging world governing systems -- one corporate, one basically democratic -- fight for control of your world

A Rich Defection

Harman sides with Bush on free trade

Lost Rights

Judge rejects case filed on behalf of al Qaeda prisoners

Frozen in Guantánamo

The L.A. case for al Qaeda

Herr Reich

Should Otto make us laugh or cry?

America's Most Unwanted

Top 6 Science Blunders of the Bush Administration

— so far

The World’s Worst

How the international justice system works

Beating Home a Message

A violent setback for worker rights in Mexico

Viva Pinochet!

L.A. Chileans are pulling for their ailing dictator