Photos from “Letters to Newtown” on Tumblr. In the months since the tragic massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, Newtown, CT has been inundated with mail. Gifts and letters from around the world flooded in, filling warehouses. Memorials cropped up all over town, in front of churches and on people’s lawns, and though many of the [...]
A cargo ship stands on Long Beach harbour, California. If the SCIG rail yard project is approved, cargo will be transferred onto freight trains closer to the port. Credit: JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images The Los Angeles Harbor Commission yesterday approved the Southern California International Gateway (SCIG), a $500 million rail yard project. This project still needs [...]
The “Journey To OZ Balloon” arriving in Central Park for Disney’s “Oz The Great And Powerful” on March 5, 2013 in New York City. Credit: Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Walt Disney Stu Larry is joined by KPCC film critics Andy Klein, Henry Sheehan, and Charles Soloman to review the week’s new film releases including Oz [...]
Author Dan Baum joins Larry to talk about his new book, “Gun Guys: A Road Trip,” where Baum journeys through America to find out what people really think about guns. Credit: Gun Guys: A Road Trip cover Author Dan Baum is a self-professed Democrat and gun lover. While that combo seems like oil and water [...]
Dr. Meg Jay, psychologist that works primarily with clients in their 20s, spoke at TED 2013 about 30 not being the new 20 and how to make the most out of being 20-something. Credit: Jen Fariello During TED 2013, clinical psychologist Dr. Meg Jay determined to inspire young adults to realize one thing—make your twenties [...]
Governor Jerry Brown wants to use funds from Prop 30 mostly for inner-city schools. Some taxpayers are upset because they did not know of Brown’s redistribution plan when they voted for Prop 30. Credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Governor Jerry Brown recently put out a new proposal on how to fund schools should across the state. [...]
HIV particles, yellow, infect an immune cell, blue. Credit: /NIAID_Flickr An infant born in rural Mississipi has been “functionally cured” of H.I.V. after aggressive antiretroviral treatment only 30 hours after birth. The success of the treatment is considered to be a major breakthrough for HIV/AIDS treatment because it is the first to cure an individual [...]
Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki addresses a mass service to mark the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI at the St. Hedwig’s Cathedral in Berlin on February 28, 2013. Credit: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images With Pope Benedict XVI now officially retired, the Catholic church is without a full-fledged world leader. How will this impact the status quo? This [...]
Anthony Slide’s “Hollywood Unknwons” You may not notice them, but they’re there. Background actors are one of the many aspects of filmmaking that makes a movie seem realistic. Even though everyone in the audience is there to see the famous actor in the foreground, it is the extras, bit players and stand-ins who take a [...]
“Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present” written by Max Boot Credit: Liveright Publishing Corporation Policy advisor and historian Max Boot has written “the” history book to guerilla warfare. His 750-page narrative (including a 66-page bibliography and 41-page index) details guerilla warfare going back to the year 66 [...]
