This is a link to another piece in the Daily News. Cheers.
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Give ME $200 and I’ll leave you alone!
Here’s a link to my article in Newsday about cell phone contracts and cancellation fees. Enjoy!
Here Comes the Neighborhood
This was the piece in the Daily News… You used to be able to live in Los Angeles on the cheap. For struggling artists like me – it was ideal. You only needed one wardrobe (no winter coat necessary). Your heating costs were minimal. My horrible restaurant job provided health care. You could drive a… Continue reading
A Sunday Kind of Reading…
Here’s a link to my article in today’s paper. Cheers!
Mayor Babe
This is the piece that ran in the LA Daily News… The Washington Post ran a story about our mayor! Our mayor! Us. Here in little old LA. We have made national headlines and the LAPD hasn’t even beaten anyone up” well nothing that’s made YouTube recently. This is exciting! I am of the opinion… Continue reading
In the LA Daily News
I have a piece in today’s paper about Villaraigosa. Enjoy!
Oh Yeah?
‘Fair and Balanced’ is a red-headed gymnast…
Out of My Cold Dead Hands
It takes nothing more than a large-scale massacre to get gun advocates “up in arms.” The police hadn’t even finished counting the bodies at Virginia Tech before pro-gun talking points were issued. And the message was, “Let’s not exploit this tragedy to bring up gun control.” Look, if 32 people all on the same campus,… Continue reading
A Highlight of My Career!
What do eight US presidents and I have in common? We’re all taller than Helen Thomas. She was the keynote speaker at Iowa State.
First Amendment Day, Iowa State
This was the line-up of political comedians for the event. Pictured (left to right) is Barry Crimmins, myself and Baratunde Thurston. Barry is a political satire LEGEND. You may know his work from when he wrote for Randi Rhodes on Air America. Buy his book. He’s amazing. He said something so stellar about me that… Continue reading
I Report, You Decide
This was in the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport. Well, they’ve always been good at selling crap…
Don of Mass Hysteria
Don Imus says that he’s not a racist. Perhaps he’s not. Perhaps he just did it for a paycheck. Perhaps he’s just the ”˜gay for pay’ of bigots. Which is the equivalent of saying, “I’m not a slut ”” I’m a hooker!” Michael Richards, after squawking that his hecklers were ”˜n-gg-rs’ that should be hanged… Continue reading
Shake it!
I forgot to post this piece. This is the post-marathon article that was in the Daily News. Los Angeles holds a special place in modern marathon history. The 1984 Olympics was the first time women officially allowed to compete as marathon runners. Joan Benoit of the United States won the gold with a time of… Continue reading
Good-Bye Richard
I got the news last night. I was holding out, hoping that it was a hoax. Elaine Boosler wrote a piece about Richard Jeni. Damn.