March 2012 Archives
Where We Are:
The Dodgers are back. The AEG and the NFL aren't talking. And the fans are waiting.
Commentary:
The case of Trayvon Martin may be outraging the nation, but in my Inglewood classroom he's just another one of us.
Arts & Culture:
The future still looks to the past for inspiration - this week Abigail Child recalls early cinematic techniques for contemporary visual exploration and the Academy recalls the early days of projection...
Movie Miento:
Jenni, along with others of her generation who reject traditional roles, have captured the frustration of first generation Mexican-Americans.
Commentary:
For the past year I have written about Asian Americans, and with each piece I tried to speak about what it is to be Asian American in Los Angeles. I now see that there are no defining walls that separate me from them, us from you.
LA as Subject:
Although its tracks, signals, and power lines are all new, the Expo Line will trace a historic route through the city when it opens on April 28.
Commentary:
A team of engineers developed a process in which the manure and other organic waste is heated in the absence of oxygen, creating a gas that can be burned as fuel. An engine burns that fuel and charges a set of batteries, which then provide power through an electric motor.
Where We Are:
Will corruption turn Los Angeles into another Detroit in a decade?
Commentary:
In an era in which it is so easy to spend large sums to support candidates, and so difficult for charities to get the funding that they need, we must live with the less-than-ideal decision that behested contributions must be allowed.
Where We Are:
The spirit of entrepreneurship is boosting business creation, but not all of the signs are good.
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