AltWeeklies Wire
"American Babylon": 1, 2, 3new
AltWeeklies Award - Column-Political
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Inside the Anti-Tax Psychosisnew
Thirty years later, Prop. 13 remains politically untouchable.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
01-25-2008 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Mexican Court's Atrocities are a Warning for U.S. Justicenew
Anyone wondering what a truly rotten Supreme Court looks like could do worse than glance south of the border to Mexico, where the 10 most powerful justices in the land have just issued a travesty of a ruling in the case of a crusading journalist called Lydia Cacho.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
12-14-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Extinguishing Some Myths of Fire Weeknew
Many different interest groups distorted what was happening to suit their own purposes: The media wanted to make the fires as sensational as possible, politicians wanted to project an image of supreme competence, small-government conservatives accused the authorities of being underprepared, while liberal democrats wanted to see the fires as a symptom of the advance of global warming.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
11-02-2007 |
Disasters
Reclaiming the California Coastnew
How the Coastal Commission allowed a nuclear power company to fence off public land, and how the public got some of it back.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
10-19-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Ms. Morgan's $5 Billion Ridenew
Where's your outrage over our blasted space program?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
08-24-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: NASA, public policy issues
Good News and Bad 'News'new
The meltdown of the Santa Barbara News-Press is a cautionary tale about billionaires buying newspapers.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
05-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
A Test Island for Global Warming Gas Reductionnew
The island of Catalina is embarking on an experiment to try to reduce its carbon emissions to zero -- or as close to zero as it can manage without actually requiring its annual 1.3 million visitors to swim the 20-plus miles from the mainland.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
04-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Will Dov Charney's Sex Drive Steer American Apparel Off Course?new
Can a company this sexually charged really hit the big time -- in America? A quarter of a billion bucks is riding on the gamble that it will.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
03-23-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Year Iraq Came Home to Roostnew
The Iraq War destroyed the Bush administration, and took Tony Blair down with it.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
01-05-2007 |
War
The Rise of Citizen Videonew
YouTube and other video streaming sites have democratized the news.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
12-01-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Walking Away from Warnew
Increasing numbers of soldiers are refusing to serve in Iraq, but conscientious objectors face obstacles tougher than the battlefield.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
10-06-2006 |
War
Bully Pulpitnew
An IRS investigation of All Saints Church has gone in waves that -- coincidence or not -- almost exactly map the electoral calendar.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
09-25-2006 |
Religion
Tags: religion
More Israeli than Israelnew
U.S. news reporting has badly skewed facts of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
08-25-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
A Tale of Two Citiesnew
The "Gran Marcha" proved that immigration is a national battleground issue, but can the resulting debate bridge the gulf separating two distinctly different ideas of America?
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andrew Gumbel |
04-07-2006 |
Immigration
