Marc Cooper

W., about to board Air Force One for a short stay at his Nebraska bunker, reflected on what the U.S. might do in response to the horrific terror attacks on the World Trade Center: “Make no mistake, the United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly......

Something odd -- and refreshing -- occurred in town this week: a political demonstration with real workers in it. Gathering in the harbor area‘s Banning Park, a small sea of unionized pipe fitters, carpenters, janitors, warehousers, teachers, a delegation of low riders, even members of the Library Guild, celebrated Labor......

As Jimmy Hahn was sworn in as mayor last month, he mumbled something, in Spanish no less, about wanting to represent all of the people of the city. He struck such a friendly note. Then one of his high-level appointees moved into her new City Hall office right after setting......

As I was driving down Rodeo Drive the other morning, rolling past the fetching shop windows of Ermenegildo Zegna, Hugo Boss and Salvatore Ferragamo, that little tax-rebate check sent to me by George W. Bush was beginning to generate quite a consumerist itch in my back pocket. But it wasn’t......

I began to fret this past week when the FBI turned the Chandra Levy mystery over to its Cold Case Unit. Not just because I hope they find the poor girl, but because I am gripped by a gnawing fear that the media may also start to pull out on......

Photo by Robert Yager This memo mysteriously appeared in my mailbox: Confidential: For your eyes only July 9, 2001 To: Dick Riordan From: Bill Wardlaw Re: Your Gubernatorial Campaign I thought hard about the message you left me last Friday, about coming back to put together your gubernatorial campaign. I......

I have to wince when activists start talking about ”taking back the Democratic Party.“ A couple of years ago, there was a big conference here in L.A. with that goal. And now there’s a similar one this Sunday -- organized by the Southern California Americans for Democratic Action and sponsored......

If the Tahoes, Suburbans, Excursions, Expeditions, the Escalades, the Land Cruisers, Range Rovers and the BMW X5s are the lethal battle-cruisers of L.A.‘s urban sea, then, oblivious Westsiders and others, be advised: What I drive is the equivalent of a Yankee-class attack submarine. Yes, it’s true, you SUV drivers are......

Photo by Khue Bui, AP/Wide World WASHINGTON — “Brothers and sisters! We’ve already won the Battle of Washington,” said Lori Wallach, head of Ralph Nader’s Global Trade Watch, to a teach-in of 1,500 people last Friday night — two days before the street skirmishes began. “Now, all that is left......

It‘s an early Saturday morning in the gritty Mission District of San Francisco, but as 27-year-old Juliette Beck blows into her office, the fact that it’s a weekend is irrelevant. She has no time for relaxation. Over the previous week, she organized a demonstration against Al Gore and Bill Bradley......