Pat Robertson

Ann Lee, Texas Republican Octogenarian, Endorses Marijuana at L.A. Pot Confab

The marijuana movement has seen some strange bedfellows, including such decriminalization backers as Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and the conservative Rev. Pat Robertson. The state NORML convention wrapped up over the weekend in L.A., but not without the appearance of Texas Republican octoge ... More >>

Gay Happiness, the New Frontier

Are mental and physical health problems really a reaction to bigotry?

Victoria Stanzione's Marijuana Internship Denied by Pepperdine University

The weed-decriminalization group Marijuana Policy Project says Victoria Stanzione, a Pepperdine University sophomore, has been denied the ability to intern at its Washington headquarters for school credit. The group suggested that Pepperdine, a Christian school, is not being very Christian-like in ... More >>

Henry Rollins: The Column! Zombie Attack

[Look for your weekly fix from the one and only Henry Rollins right here on West Coast Sound every Thursday, and come back tomorrow for the awesomely annotated playlist for his Saturday KCRW broadcast.] Have you heard? Real live flesh-eating zombie freaks are on the attack! In Florida, a man name ... More >>

Marijuana, Hard Drug Decriminalization Supported by ... Red Cross?

We've seen some strange bedfellows get under the sheets with the marijuana decriminalization movement, including preacher Pat Robertson and a group of law enforcement officials. Now it appears that the International Federation of Red Cross is on that bandwagon. In a recent statement to the United ... More >>

Andrew Breitbart, R.I. ... P?

Toy Stories

Jesus Statue Struck By Lightning; God Is Mad At Us

AP Photo/The Dayton Daily NewsTouchdown Jesus.​First a swarm of temblors rocked the California desert Monday night, prompting the Los Angeles Fire Department to go into "earthquake mode." Now there's news that a beloved Jesus statue (known by locals as "Touchdown Jesus," no less) was struck by ... More >>

Musician Tweets from Destruction in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Musician Tweets from Destruction in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Queer Town: The Torie Osborn Speech

Torie Osborn in downtown Los AngelesIn a recent speech given by Torie Osborn at a grassroots training seminar called Camp Courage, the longtime gay rights activist and former executive director of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center called for a new way of doing things within the gay establishm ... More >>

Hillary Agonistes

Theater Reviews: Hillary Agonistes, Of Mice and Men, Flora the Red Menace

Also Indecent Acts, I'd Rather Be Right and more

Theater Reviews

Including this week's pick, Bush is Bad

Fletcher's Last Ball

Dirty Lungs, Dirtier Politics

AQMD’s Bill Burke gets another favor

Blogorrhea

2005 in Words

How Gay Will Oscar Go?

Handicapping who’ll win, who’ll lose, and who’ll just jerk off

Night Vision

Jim Shaw's "The Dream That Was No More a Dream"

Blogorrhea

2005 in Words

Must-Scare TV

Sleeper Cell raises the unthinkable; Homecoming raises the dead

Preacher Pat Misfires

Mr. Bush and Mr. Roberts

The Prez goes for the big suck-out

Night Vision

Jim Shaw’s "The Dream That Was No More a Dream"

War Party

John Kerry gets his marching orders in New York

Tempest From a Teapot

For MoveOn’s Wes Boyd and Joan Blades, politics begins and ends at home

Clearing the Air

Power broker William Burke leaves the state Air Resources Board

Tricky Deck

Lord of the Race

Serving on two powerful air-quality boards., L.A. Marathon founder William Burke sets a fast pace. But it just might be when he crosses the finish line, the public — and clean air — are the big losers.

George Bush and the Treacherous Country

Dating the Anti-Gay Backlash

Oval Office embraces homophobia

Disorder in the Court

Letters

The Scalpel Squad

The people, forces and money behind the latest plan to cut up L.A.

Deeper Rivers

A Kucinich candidacy would tread where others can’t reach

Family Feud

The left eats its own at KPFK

Letters

J. Edgar Dreamin'

Planet of the Apes: A Space Odyssey

This Week: Special guest star Jerry Falwell!

The Sun Unplugged

Beats, blood and Infesticons

When Jesus Walked

A tour of Trinity Christian Center International

Play Raffi for Me

Mike White & Chris Weitz on Chuck & Buck

To Protect and to Serve Political Art

Letters

Bore and Gush

America’s nominees

Primary Considerations

On John McCain, Bill Bradley and Wally Knox

Count the Days

Eugen Weber's Apocalypses and Juan Goytisolo's The Marx Family Saga

Talking Back to Mom

Re-reading the Feminine Mystique

Seeking the Heterosexual Within

many ex-gays find themselves back in the closet