Egypt

Free Syrian Army: How to Not Help

An OC refugee thought he had found a way to end his country's civil war. Then the FBI found his laptop computer

Physician, Heal Thyself

The bracing 'Yossi' lays bare the soul of a closeted doc

The Irvine International Film Festival Shows Off Its Good Eye

The rambunctious lineup includes nine Oscar nominees

OC's Scariest People 2012!

Child molesters, Shaheen Sadeghi, serial killers, Dana Rohrabacher and so many more!

[UPDATED with Defense Move to Dismiss Criminal Case:] Christopher Ryan Smith's Family Sues Alleged Killer, His Accomplice, Employees and Family

See the update at the end of this post about the accused killer's defense filing a writ in the Court of Appeals to dismiss the criminal case.ORIGINAL POST, OCT. 17, 3:29 P.M.: The family of the late Christopher Ryan Smith, whose body has never been found, is suing his accused murderer and business p ... More >>

Libyan Americans Mourn "Friend" Ambassador Christopher Stevens in Tustin Tonight

Local Libyan Americans welcome others to join them tonight at a candlelight vigil in Tustin to mourn the loss of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other members of the American diplomatic corps in Libya."The Libyan American Association of Southern California condemns the cowardly and ... More >>

Composers Naser Musa and Yuval Ron Dream of Peace

Their collaboration at the Hawks and Doves In the Garden of Peace event in Laguna Beach promotes a vision of peace in Palestine

Hazem Chehabi Is Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's Man in OC

The Newport Beach doctor is a UC Irvine philanthropist, Syria's honorary consul general—and the target of activists who call him an apologist for a brutal regime

Niveen Ismail Seemed Prison-Bound for Plot to Kidnap Son Until Jurors Heard Her on Tape

​Niveen Ismail headed into a Santa Ana courtroom last week facing the possibility of a three-year prison sentence for allegedly asking a private investigator to kidnap her 7-year-old son from his foster parents. But, after three hours of deliberations, the jury found the Newport Beach 45-year-old ... More >>

New Artists Just Added to SXSW's 2012 Lineup

Mary Bell/OC WeeklyDelta Spirit at BuskerFest in Long Beach in 2010​South By Southwest revealed a whole slew of new acts confirmed to play at official showcases during the annual music and film conference in Austin. This is the third list of musicians to be released. The venues and dates they ... More >>

Omaima Aree Nelson: NSFW Shot of Nude Party Girl-Turned-Cannibal Wife

​From the bizarre--PETA seeking a vegan diet be a condition of cannibal wife Omaima Nelson's parole--we move now to the sublime:LIVE NUDE OMAIMA!OK, so she's not exactly live, and the NSFW photo after the jump could very well have been photoshopped. But it is definitely nude . . .

Dan Mangan: On History Lessons, Canada vs. America and Selling Out

Jonathan Taggart​Dan Mangan, a Vancouver folk singer, is on the beginning stretch of his US tour, bringing with him a new album, Oh Fortune, and his now-permanent band members. Together, all three elements are moving Mangan's sound toward something larger, what he calls, "a very important step." Y ... More >>

Linkin Park to Play Secret Show in LA for Tsunami Relief

Linkin Park​ Foreign tragedies have a way of hitting close to home when you're world famous and have embarked on several world tours. For Southern California's Linkin Park, the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan affected them on a personal level. "We have family ties to Japan," Chester Ben ... More >>

Tommy Davidson talks Obama, 'In Living Color' and Spanglish

Still makes a strong impression​ Tommy Davidson, he's a funny dude. (He told me to say that.) Tommy has been entertaining the masses for more than 25 years and has had parts in hit TV shows and movies like In Living Color, Proud Family, Woo, Juwanna Man, and most recently Black Dynamite (which has ... More >>

Continental Drift

Europe then and now, according to Jean-Luc Godard, in 'Film Socialisme'

Sal Duenas Is a Handball Wizard

The Santa Ana native is king of Orange County's handball courts—but can he go further and bring the sport some much-needed respect?

Rick Warren Saddlebacks George W. Bush

Courtesy of Saddleback Church​As released WikiLeaks proved George W. Bush lied, told half-truths and lived in a world far from reality--at least as chronicled in his recently released memoir, Decision Points--the former president was receiving a reportedly "rousing reception" at Sad ... More >>

White House Dribbles Out Obama's Iraq Speech Tonight, Anti-War ANSWER Coalition Answers

​The Washington Post is reporting that in his speech tonight to announce the end of major combat operations in Iraq, President Barack Obama will say it is time to "turn the page." "Ending this war is not only in Iraq's interest-it is in our own. The United States has paid a huge price to put t ... More >>

Allan Mansoor Dinged for Hating Himself!

​It was tough being Arab American when Sami Bishara Mashney immigrated to the United States at age 23, during the height of the Iran-hostage crisis. He actually had to go Greek for awhile for his own safety. Of course, it's no picnic being Arab American now, which is why Mashney holds so much res ... More >>

Woman Barred From Flying Out of Long Beach Among Those Suing For Being on "No-Fly List"

ACLUHalime Sat​A woman who was barred from flying out of the Long Beach Airport is among 10 U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents the American Civil Liberties Union is representing in its constitutional challenge of the government's "no-fly list."Halime Sat joins a disabled veteran of the U ... More >>

Obama, Economy, War, Swine Flu, Iran Election Crack Alamanac's Top 10 News Topics of 2009

Here are The World Almanac and Book of Facts Top Ten News Topics of 2009:​1. Obama Presidency Begins. With the U.S. at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and facing its worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, Barack Obama swearing in as the nation's 44th president Jan. 20 in Washington, DC.her ... More >>

Chinese-American Protesters Seeing Red at Nixon Library

The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace (now Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum) opened in 1990 and for nearly that long there has been a permanent Hall of World Leaders exhibit featuring life-size statues of such history-shapers as Winston Churchill, Charles deGaulle and Mao Ts ... More >>

"Slave Hunter" Co-Authors Chime in on Technology, Internet

CORRECTED VERSION...You'll find separate interviews on this site with Aaron Cohen and Christine Buckley, the co-authors of Slave Hunter: One's Man's Global Quest to Free Victims of Human Trafficking (Simon & Schuster). One thing you won't read in those Q&As is their shared beliefs that techn ... More >>

Swing Shift: Meet the OC Entrepreneurs Who Help Nice, Professional Couples Have Sex With One Another

Against the Wall

Praying, eating and bowling with the most hated student group at UC Irvine

From Hunter to Hunted

In his quest to free slaves around the world, Aaron Cohen thought hed seen it all. Then he went to Myanmar

So I Married a Terrorist . . .

Saraah Olsons strange trip through the U.S. war on terror

Dana and the Porn King

OC Christian politician takes money from pornographer

Godsmack

Orange County authors try to bring unity to people of different religious faiths. For this they will face the wrath of believers. Again.

Eight Is Enough

One man has four girlfriends and eight children, all of whom live in separate houses within four miles of each other. In Utah? No, Irvine

Best of OC, Nos. 26 to 50

From the Bowers patio to Merry's

More Drudgery

Alex, of course, is right (see his post here) about the drudges at The Drudge Report– among the many kinds of bastards they are, warmongering bastards ranks pretty high since Bush the Younger took office. But I do think he missed the importance of another, much older Encourager of war and slau ... More >>

New Reviews

Curious George, Final Destination 3, The Pink Panther

Art

This Inauguration Doesnt Auger Well

But Hugh Hewitt hews to the red state hues

Prince among Men

Will Oldham sees darkness in our celebrity-mad world

Both Sides Now

Control Room director observed different perceptions of same Iraq war

Our Man In Baghdad

After Saddam

Well win the war, but how about the peace?

Daddy Warbucks

Slick Talk

After Saddam

Well win the war, but how about the peace?

I Hear America Sinking

Bushwa

Does the Times have the courage to call the president a hypocrite?

This is Where We Pray

As earthmovers move in, local Indians move to save their sacred land

Dr. Frankenbacher

Huntington Beach Congressman Dana Rohrabacher helped arm the terrorists accused of attacking New York and Washington, D.C. Now hes got a new plan to save the world

This Could Be the Year Register Reporter Robin Hinch Gets to Know You

The Terrorist Next Door

The U.S. says a former Anaheim resident is trying to kill us all

All the President Meant

We help Nixon apologists explain away the president's apparent narrow-mindedness

Newport City Haul

The latest scandal in the city conservatives built