Left Coast Journal

This week's playlist interweaves classics from Marlena Shaw and Santana with new material from Kraak & Smaak, the Beastie Boys, and ...

Sebastião Salgado's photo essay in today's New York Times Magazine is absolutely stunning. The photos, taken during his journey a...

It's been my contention since it was passed by congress in 2009 that the economic stimulus was far too small. As a result, the economy ...

Hilarious take on the emails of Rep. Anthony Weiner. Jane Lynch is brilliant!

A great video project from Ty Cullen. With his camcorder rolling, he walks up to New Yorkers wearing headphones and asks..."What are y...

I was slammed at work all week, and the coming week promises to be more of the same. Excuse the lack of posts. I'll log on when I can.

Quote of the Day: That was the last question I heard shouted by the press over the media din as Anthony Weiner copped to, er, sextweeting? ...

Ryan Lizza : Once in office, [then-Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney] saw that health care was on of the biggest data-driven problems that...

And, after last week's jobs report, don't think for a minute that she can't win. Be afraid. Be very afraid : Pundits speak of...

Quote of the Day:  With Tea Party conservatives and many Republicans balking at raising the  debt ceiling , let me offer them an example o...

A highly qualified, Nobel Prize winning candidate for the Federal Reserve Board has had his nomination blocked by the Republicans for no re...