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Marijuana Legalization Proposed By SoCal Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher

We're in the midst of strange days: An Orange County Republican wants the Democratic administration in the White House to stop cracking down on marijuana in states where it's legal (!!!). U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher introduced legislation over the weekend that would require federal authorities to re ... More >>

November Review: David Mamet Skewers the Presidency at the Mark Taper Forum

November

Food News Roundup: 11 Things You Didn't Know About Wheaties, Paul Ryan's Vegan Speechwriter Homemade French Fries

Smithsonian: The 11 Things You Didn't Know About Wheaties. LA Observed: Paul Ryan's new speechwriter is, among other things, a vegan. Bon Appetit: How to make the best homemade french fries ever. Grub Street LA: Jon Shook and Michael Voltaggio head to Baja. The Huffington Post: Nancy Pelosi's ob ... More >>

Michelle Obama's White House Kitchen Garden Book Out Today

Michelle Obama's first book, American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America, hits the bookstores today. Just in time for summertime gardening, for your kids' summer vacation projects (Cook your own dinner! Build your own compost bin!), and even for a season of ... More >>

'April Fools,' Says L.A. Weekly

If you visited L.A. Weekly's home page yesterday, you might have noticed a few stories that seemed a little off -- our contribution to April Fool's Day. For those of you who want to relive the moment, click on the image above to see it bigger, and links to all the stories are here:

Food News Roundup: Michelle Obama's Book Delayed, 800 Degrees Super Bowl Beer

​Obama Foodorama: Publication of First Lady Michelle Obama's book about the White House kitchen garden, American Grown, delayed a month, to May 2012. Tasting Table: More fun with pizza at the new 800 Degrees. Daily Dish: Five questions for the Tasting Kitchen's Casey Lane. Eatocracy: Beers ... More >>

Marijuana Stories That Burned The Hottest in 2011: LA Weekly's Top 5

Smokin' hot, right off the digital presses, here are our Top 5 marijuana stories of 2011. You've got an L.A. City Council that's probably going to consider putting all of our pot shops out of business, a federal government that's cracking down on medical marijuana in California, and a new renaissan ... More >>

Illegal Immigrant Deportations to Slow Way Down as Presidential Election Approches: L.A. Immigrants' Rights Group Cheers

Kenn Wilson​This has the smell of a presidential campaign move if you ask us. President Obama hasn't really thrown too many bones to Latino voters during his first term as America's CEO, but he certainly needs a reprise of their support if has a shot at keeping the gig in 2012. A key issue fo ... More >>

Geeky on the Radio

Top 10 Songs About Presidents (in Honor of Presidents Day)

Remember Clinton and the sax?​ Monarchs, political authority figures, and presidents have been inspiring pissed-off punk rock anthems or passionate, pleased glorification--whether subtle or direct--since human beings could pick up an instrument and pluck or pound out a feeling. And given our ... More >>

Plate Spinning: Listings From the Past Week

Some food for thought from local, national and international news sources from this past week: -- Marion Nestle's overview of the White House Obesity Report. [The Atlantic Food Channel] -- People dropping cakes: the video. [The Amateur Gourmet via Daily Dish] -- The cheesesteak pretzel. Stop t ... More >>

L.A. Federal Building Standoff Continues

Update: The Daily Breeze identifies the suspect as Joe Moshe, 56, of Westchester. Moshe's mother and neighbors are quoted in the story as saying he is depressed, unemployed and does not take needed medication, which is not specified.The L.A. Times' Andrew Blankstein reports that the LAPD tried to en ... More >>

On the President's List: Obama Does Southern California

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Sheriff to Close Jails? Going far beyond the early release of county inmates, Sheriff Lee Baca may also close a jail or two to cope with a massive budget shortfall that his department faces. L.A. TimesCandidate Boycotts Own Press Conference L.A. City Councilman and City Attorney candidate Jack Weiss ... More >>

SEIU's Brush With Blagogate & Other Sorrows

It seems like only yesterday that Andy Stern, who heads the giant Service Employees International Union (nearly two-million members), shocked the labor movement when, in July, 2004, he told the Washington Post's David Broder that both organized labor and the Democratic Party might be better off with ... More >>

Theater Reviews: 9 to 5: The Musical, 43 Plays for 43 Presidents

Also, Asleep on a Bicycle, Speech & Debate, Pugilist Specialist and more

Theater Reviews: Assassins, The Comedy of Errors

Also, Looped, Of Equal Measure, and more

How the Dems Could Blow It Again

Born to lose

Li'l Dickens

Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make Love to the Vice President

Rocky, Did You Bump Your Head?

Bush's Big Bluff

The end of Internet gambling

Bring Me the Head of Karl Rove

Time's up for the White House’s master demon

Truths and Consequences

Bashing Hillary from the right — and the left

Newsfreak

6 Bush Scandals To Come

Does Mr. Middle-of-the-Road Lean Left?

Jay Leno talks about the tragedy and comedy of politics

Cheney and Reality

Never the twain shall meet

Dave the Brave

Stupid President Tricks can only be seen on Letterman

Swallow This, Deep Throat

A case for silencing anonymous sources

Waiting for Karen

George’s pals are doing him wrong, but can Hughes save him?

No Gloating, Please

Bush’s lies aside, the fiends are still out there trying to do us in

The Lost President

Can Karl Rove help this man find his way?

The 9/11 Cover-up

What did Bush know about the al Qaeda threat?

Unfair Game

Joseph Wilson on the cost of telling the truth in Washington

The Novak Affair

How I broke the CIA-leak story, and why nobody noticed

Occupational Hazards

The peace movement returns

Time for Damage Control

The Bush lies are the least of our worries in Iraq

Bush’s Shining Starrs

You Gotta Fight for Your Rights

Waiting for Bastards

Matrix Politics

Attack of the teeny-weenies

The History of America: Abridged

John Henry Redwood plays the butler to four presidents

Dreaming About Big Cars and Tax Cuts

Bush’s economic plan for Lamborghini owners

Anyone Seen an Economic Policy?

The GOP has a new team and the same old bad ideas. The Democrats are still pondering.

Dirty Johnny

The attorney general loses more credibility with Padilla case

Why Do You Think They Call It “Propaganda”?

Behind Bush

Those “wag the dog” Democrats

Borderline Thinking

W., Vicente Fox and the amnesty-vs.-guest-worker debate

All the President's Wonks

Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing