L.A. Times Letter (2005)Mr. Steve Lopez Los Angeles Times Dear Steve, As one of those characterized in today's column about Stanley Williams' execution as “the...
The Rest of Their Lives, Life without Parole for Juvenile Offenders (2005)Life without parole sentences for California's youth offenders are yet another of our state's misguided juvenile justice policies. 180...
Decency (2005)There's a lot of huffing and puffing about "indecency" from Congress these days. Our representatives appear determined to protect us from...
Donald Beardslee (2005)I didn't expect it to hurt so much. I'd never met Donald Beardslee, only heard about him from his lawyers and family, read about him in...
Limbaugh Has No Place on the Front Line (2004)“Do the right thing.” These were Secretary of State Colin Powell's words of advice to the Wake Forest University class of 2004 in his May...
Governor Ryan (2002)Much has been said and written lately about the possibility that Governor George Ryan may be giving consideration to commuting the...