My Article on Obama’s Rhetoric on NBC
My article analyzing the words President Obama used during his speech at USC was picked up by NBC Los Angeles.
Locked Up in Iran
An editorial published in the Washington Post while I was working for Physicians for Human Rights in Washington: Roxana Saberi’s detention and trial ["U.S. Journalist Held in Iran Faces Charges of Spying," news story, April 9] are a tragic example of human rights violations that have become the norm in Iran. In a similar case, the...
Lost in an Online Fantasy World – WashingtonPost.com
[Read it on the Washington Post Web site here] By Olga Khazan Special to washingtonpost.com Friday, August 18, 2006 3:52 PM They are war heroes, leading legions into battle through intricately designed realms. They can be sorcerers or space pilots, their identities woven into a world so captivating, it is too incredible to ever leave....
Dear iPhone, Where Did Our Love Go?
I don't blame myself for falling in love with the iPhone. It was inevitable, really.
Neon Tommy unveils Swine Flu project
Today Neon Tommy launched the first installment of our investigative special project on H1N1. After repeated requests, LA county officials released the death certificates of all LA county Swine Flu victims to Neon Tommy reporters a few weeks ago. Since then, we’ve been calling LA county officials, talking to doctors and meeting with the victims’...
Tegan and Sara review
The night was a Tegan and Sara concert squeezed into Tegan and Sara’s Def Comedy Jam. They poked fun at each other, the audience, our song suggestions and even America – sometimes all in one go.
“We’ll play “Here I Am” when you all have healthcare in your country,” they said after someone called out a...
Needed: A public option you can believe in – robust or otherwise
Just when everyone seemed ready to put the public option on the funeral pyre, it looks like it was brought back to life, or at least a vegetative coma.
It’s true, Democrats in both houses want and need the entire party on board before they take their bills to the floor. But in crafting legislation, the...
Killers Review – Hollywood Bowl – LA Record
A Killers concert is like a night at a European dance club: every song is an upper, strobe lights hit you from all sides, and the lyrics seem deep, though somewhat nonsensical. Are we human? Are we dancer? And who is Mr. Brightside? It doesn’t matter, because each song is a three-minute shot of Red...
get ur govt hands off my medicr, @barackobama
In the Twitterverse, as in the blogosphere, shorter wins. Populated by fewer characters, tiny urls, and abbreviated words, the Twitterverse operates on one law: less is more. Except when it comes to health coverage. When President Obama told Americans to offer up suggestions for healthcare reform, Twitterers obliged. Journalists, parents, doctors and wonks gathered under...
‘Extract’ review for Neon Tommy
It seems like no one is happy with a two-car garage and spacious sequestered bath these days. From the bitter breakdowns in “American Beauty” to the angst of “Revolutionary Road,” suburbia gets a bad rap in the movie industry. In the dark comedy “Extract,” director Mike Judge puts his own sardonic spin on the gated-community...
‘The Informant!’ Reviewed