Sure Monday kicks off the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, but the real heat comes on day two when Senators get a potential 9+ hours to question the judge. From her history of allegedly “racialist” and “gender-biased” comments to the background politics haunting the old Democrat vs. Republican rivalry, we look ahead to day 2 and the grilling of Sotomayor.
Activists in California have started collecting the 488,000 voter signatures necessary to qualify a 2010 ballot initiative targeting illegal immigrants and their children. The measure would eliminate public benefits for illegal residents, challenge the citizenship of their US-born children, and establish new birth certificate requirements. Is such legislation viable? We check in for details on this latest development in the immigration wars.
The original Los Angeles farmers market turns 75 this week! Patt talks with authors of the new book “Los Angeles’s Original Farmers Market” about the history and evolution of the southland staple.
Did you know, past U.S. anti-drug campaigns actually encouraged drug use? Or that the meth epidemic—the one that seems to be finding its way into news headlines and popular culture everywhere you look, actually peaked long, long ago? Journalist Ryan Grim is here with these truths and more, about our country on drugs.
Is there an innovative, eco-friendly and practical way to re-imagine suburbia? The gauntlet has been thrown down by Dwell magazine and Inhabitat.com. What would you do with the vacant car-dealership in your neighborhood? Wouldn’t those display windows make for a great greenhouse? We talk design, suburban planning and forward thinking with the men and woman that make it happen.
Patt Morrison is known for its innovative discussions of local politics and culture, as well as its presentation of the effects of national and world news on Southern California.
