Blame the mother? Must we ?

When a woman is paid significantly less than a man is, and the man in her family is not in the home but she has children to feed : a boyfriend is as much an economical tool as he is an emotional partner. If men are paid more, then a man is needed to pay […]

#JeSuisCharlie , Mental Illness, drawing Muhammad and Hyper Religiosity

This picture is more of a sin than killing people. What I’ve done by drawing this is to create a graven image and made an idol out if Jesus and even worse, out of Muhammad. In Muslim culture it is frowned upon to draw or create the human form. Working with the severely mentally ill […]

Do you care that they are dead, because they were homeless

one less person who will be holding up a sign at a freeway off ramp

Homeless Henchmen for Hire

Can someone tell Foodnetwork Juan-Carlos Cruz that not having a home does not equate to not having morals or common sense. He attempted to hire three men who are homeless in Santa Monica to kill his wife. His method of payment was a $100 bill that was torn in half. Apparently he would give the other half […]

Double Murder – a year later

What happened Easter morning in 2009 at The Lamp Lodge in LA’s Skid Row and what does it say about the safety and services for residents there . . . Read the City Journal’s story on the Truth about Policing and Skid Row for an animated accounting of the murder and reasons behind it. Basically […]

CSI covers Homeless Insurance murders

CSI NY show retells the Skid Row life insurance murders.

Skid Row Murder update

Shanana Flores, Lamont Ward, and, Richard Luna. These are the names of the people who caused the Lamp Lodge Murder at 660 S Stanford Avenue on Easter Sunday. Ryan Vaillancourt wrote a wonderful story on this in the Los Angeles Downtown News. But, they are not the only people responsible. That portion of Skid Row […]

homeless hate crimes

from the AFP – Five homeless shot dead in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Five homeless people — three men and two women — were found shot dead on Sunday in Los Angeles area, a police spokesman said. The five bodies were found under two major highways north of Long Beach, 50 kilometers […]