Bill Boyarsky on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/bill_boyarsky Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2013 2013-05-22T20:22:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Does Anything Change in Los Angeles With Election of New Mayor? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/BillBoyarsky/~3/4ULIlEGwkog/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/does_anything_change_in_los_angeles_with_election_of_new_mayor_20130522/ election results, eric garcetti, homelessness, los angeles, los angeles mayor's race, los angeles mayoral race, marijuana dispensaries, medical marijuana, politics, social issues, wendy greuel, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

The Los Angeles election Tuesday again revealed a city unlike most of the country—more liberal, more deeply Democratic, yet also more interested in medical marijuana than the troubles of the poor.

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]]> 2013-05-22T20:22:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/does_anything_change_in_los_angeles_with_election_of_new_mayor_20130522/ Jerry Brown: California’s Mystery Man http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/BillBoyarsky/~3/v7SvP0QvBAE/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/jerry_brown_californias_mystery_man_20130515/ bill boyarsky, book, california, campaign, government, jerry brown, politics, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

In a time when America’s politicians strive to be everywoman and everyman, Brown goes his own way.

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]]> 2013-05-16T01:42:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/jerry_brown_californias_mystery_man_20130515/ Cowardly Court: Where’s Our Gay Marriage ‘Masterwork’? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/BillBoyarsky/~3/yAYE59nb9pM/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/cowardly_court_wheres_our_gay_marriage_masterwork_20130408/ bill boyarsky, gay marriage, gay rights, gays, history, interracial marriage, law, lgbt, loving v virginia, marriage, prop 8, same-sex marriage, sonia sotomayor, supreme court, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

Gutless action has no place in the high court’s deliberations on marriage.

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]]> 2013-04-09T04:49:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/cowardly_court_wheres_our_gay_marriage_masterwork_20130408/ I’ll Take Romance http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/BillBoyarsky/~3/amvJMgpESkU/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/ill_take_romance_20130308/ bill boyarsky, david boies, gay marriage, gay rights, gays, government, law, lgbt, marriage, prop. 8, same-sex marriage, supreme court, theodore olson, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

The opponents of same-sex marriage are certainly an unromantic bunch. That grim vision hit me as I read the arguments submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court for and against Proposition 8.

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]]> 2013-03-08T20:56:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/ill_take_romance_20130308/ Christopher Dorner and the Lines That Divide Us http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/BillBoyarsky/~3/NVCaPLKWqMA/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/christopher_dorner_and_the_lines_that_divide_us_20130214/ bill boyarsky, christopher dorner, christopher dorner manhunt, fault lines, history, journalism, lapd, law, police, race, riots, robert maynard, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

Issues of race and the LAPD have been raised once again in the case of Christopher Dorner, a dismissed African-American cop accused of killing four people before apparently losing his life in a gunfight with police and subsequent fire.

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]]> 2013-02-14T08:03:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/christopher_dorner_and_the_lines_that_divide_us_20130214/ In Los Angeles, a Different Kind of Political Race http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/BillBoyarsky/~3/IR0cKXPuJ_s/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_race_to_become_las_next_mayor_20130207/ antonio villaraigosa, diversity, eric garcetti, jan perry, l.a., los angeles, los angeles mayor's race, los angeles mayoral race, mayor's race, politics, wendy greuel, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

L.A. is having an election for mayor, a slogging, nuts-and-bolts sort of contest that doesn’t resemble the popular image of this challenging city.

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Once-proud newspapers have given way to Internet news sweatshops, but clicks don’t bring respect from the public.

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]]> 2013-01-08T07:21:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/communities_need_newspapers_20130108/ Don’t Be Afraid of NRA Bullies http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Truthdig/BillBoyarsky/~3/CnTG0YbnA7M/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/dont_be_afraid_of_nra_bullies_20121219/ 2012, barack obama, bill boyarsky, campaign, congress, debate, democrats, dianne feinstein, election, election 2012, gun control, guns, house, mitt romney, nra, politics, republicans, sandy hook elementary school, sandy hook massacre, sandy hook school shooting, senate, Bill Boyarsky's Columns

Politicians are still terrified of the NRA, even though analysis shows that the organization’s power is greatly exaggerated.

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