Is Judy Miller a Free Woman?

Hold those letters and cakes with files baked in ‘em! Los Angeles Times summer reporter Steven Bodzin writes in to report an irregularity in New York Times editor Bill Keller’s instructions for reaching the jailed Judith Miller: According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons online directory, the inmate number supplied by Keller for Read More

How Urban Should Your City Be?

As the Mayor’s race begins to heat up, perhaps it’s a good

time to prompt some discussion about not only crime, schools and jobs, but

something both more conceptual and more concrete, such as what kind of city we

want to be.

The words “urban” and

“suburban” are irritatingly vague, and used as both Read More