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Mahatma Gandhi

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2012

    The Five Stupidest Things Nativo Lopez Ever Said

    All of Orange County engaged in a simultaneous shrug of indifference when longtime Aztlanista Nativo Lopez announced earlier this week he was retiring from public life and becoming a mere private citizen...where he would continue to agitate for the hot Mexican cause of the month. Huh? It was a fitti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2012

    Best of the LA Times Book Fest: New California and Old, and Bruce, too!

    Mr. Bib caught up with friends, and met new ones, at last weekend's Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at USC. I'd like nothing better than to do that every weekend. Imagine: a world where the value of literacy, poetry, science, the arts, civic participation is assume, despite or in opposition to t ... More >>

  • News

    September 22, 2011

    Who's Gagging Whom In the Irvine 11 Case?

    The First Amendment, academic freedom and Islamophobia collide in an OC courtroom

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2011

    Irvine 11 Trial: Defense Compares Protest to Comedy Club Heckling--'Rude, Not Illegal'

    Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​"Of course it was planned," said defense attorney Jacqueline Goodman in her opening arguments today, addressing the charge that the so-called Irvine 11 (now 10) conspired to disrupt a public speech.     "They conspired to obey the law, which is the opp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2011

    Nativo Lopez Comes out In Favor of LA Dodgers Owner Frank McCourt

    ​Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt is perhaps the most-loathed owner in professional sports right now, what with his acrimonious divorce with ex-wife Jamie, their use of the franchise as their personal piggy back, his approval of bonehead personnel decisions, the gouging of fans at Dodgers S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Scott Adams, Dilbert Creator, Compares Himself to Marilyn Davenport

    ​Narcissists facing major widespread scorn often compare themselves to historical firebrands. Libya's embattled Col. Moammar Gadhafi last month compared himself to Queen Elizabeth. Rod Blagojevich compared himself to Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. But no one can beat Glenn Beck, who has famously compa ... More >>

  • News

    March 10, 2011

    Soka University of America Is a School On a Hill

    The Aliso Viejo college was founded by a Buddhist sect that preaches peace—so why are so many former professors alleging the opposite?

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    Egyptian Rebellion Inspires Hip-Hop Solidarity Song

    ​ Tens of thousands of Egyptian workers left work on strike today, bolstering the 16th day of protests against the regime of Hosni Mubarak and pressing for the president's immediate resignation. North American hip-hop artists, inspired by the persistence of the people in Cairo's Tahrir Square, hav ... More >>

  • Music

    December 30, 2010

    Rebelution of the Mind

    House of Blues New Year's Eve bash features the stoner reggae-rock faves

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Nativo Lopez Slammed by Court For Calling Frozen Food Company "Racist"

    Nativo Lopez​Nativo Lopez, Orange County's most controversial political activist, helped organize a 2009 protest against a Southern California frozen food company and distributed leaflets branding the business a "racist employer" because it fired almost 300 warehouse workers who'd provided fake So ... More >>

  • Food

    October 14, 2010

    Kush Bowl Is a Stoned Groove

    [Hole In the Wall] Yes, they have dish called the Wake 'n' Bake. But it's actually good!

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Our Shortlist of Superintendents for Capistrano Unified

    Illustration by Evan YarboroughFormer CUSD Supt. Woodrow Carter, presumably resting in retirement.​The beleaguered Capistrano Unified School District has been through about, oh, 732 different superintendents in the past, say, four years. Following the firing of facial-loving supe Woodrow Carter la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Irvine Valley College Celebrates Black History Month with Gandhi, Graffiti Wall, Double Obamas!

    ​Oh, the racialist merriment of the South Orange County Community College District never end! We've previously written about Saddleback College's gaucho-masquerading-as-bandito, and now Irvine Valley College has gotten into the simplistic-approach-to-race game so endemic in Orange County. IVC spok ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Lawyer for Jailed Brotherhood Figure Demands Dismissal of Case

    Brenice Lee Smith: Welcome Home, Now go to Jail.​Wow, that was fast.Yesterday I blogged that a judge denied a request by Gerardo Gutierrez, the lawyer for Brenice Lee Smith, the onetime member of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love who has spent the past three decades living in a Nepalese monastery, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Nativo Lopez Compares Himself to Gandhi

    Gandhi: The Nativo Lopez of India?​As an Aztlanista, I always wince when reconquistadores go over the top with illogical arguments justifying amnesty for illegals. I'll never forget when the usually genteel, always sharp Larry Mantle of Airtalk on KPCC-FM 89.3 once ripped into a Chicana activist b ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 12, 2009

    The Skate-Punk Sensibility of 'Spare Change' at the Hibbleton Offers Some Real Political Capital

    Gandhi: The Nativo Lopez of India?​As an Aztlanista, I always wince when reconquistadores go over the top with illogical arguments justifying amnesty for illegals. I'll never forget when the usually genteel, always sharp Larry Mantle of Airtalk on KPCC-FM 89.3 once ripped into a Chicana activist b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Artwork Depicting Martyred Peace Advocates Spun Into Film

    You may recall Laguna Beach's Tim Leedom from his books about the evils of organized religion. Or his TV and film production work. Or his carrers as a college-football player and NFL scouting facilitator. Or his time in Hawaii's offices of power. Or his publishing companies. Leedom's lates ... More >>

  • News

    October 23, 2008

    [Election 2008] Ron Kovic's War on War

    You may recall Laguna Beach's Tim Leedom from his books about the evils of organized religion. Or his TV and film production work. Or his carrers as a college-football player and NFL scouting facilitator. Or his time in Hawaii's offices of power. Or his publishing companies. Leedom's lates ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 31, 2008

    [Game On] Viva La 'Revolution': Get In Touch With Your Inner Despot

    You may recall Laguna Beach's Tim Leedom from his books about the evils of organized religion. Or his TV and film production work. Or his carrers as a college-football player and NFL scouting facilitator. Or his time in Hawaii's offices of power. Or his publishing companies. Leedom's lates ... More >>

  • News

    March 1, 2007

    Godsmack

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

  • Film

    February 22, 2007

    Chicks Flick

    OnDVD: Shut Up & Sing

  • Film

    January 11, 2007

    Special Screenings

    Movie of the Week: The U.S. vs. John Lennon

  • Culture

    December 21, 2006

    It's More Fun When You Help

    Millard Sheets helps us remember why we love where we live

  • Film

    September 28, 2006

    Proverbial Bovine Caca

    OnDVD: Penn & Teller: Bullshit!

  • Film

    June 22, 2006

    DIY, Then R.I.P.

    Dick Rude documents Joe Strummers last shows in Lets Rock Again!

  • Food

    May 4, 2006

    Mama Needs a Sugar Daddy

    To take her to Aire every night of the week

  • Film

    May 4, 2006

    Troubled Water

    Deepa Mehta completes her trilogy amid outrage from Hindu fundamentalists

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Aliso Viejo

    Deepa Mehta completes her trilogy amid outrage from Hindu fundamentalists

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Laguna Woods

    Deepa Mehta completes her trilogy amid outrage from Hindu fundamentalists

  • Music

    January 27, 2005

    Men At Work

    Helmet straps it on again

  • Food

    December 2, 2004

    Hopelessly New Age-Y But Its Great!

    Screw Native Foods milieu and enjoy their vegan bounty

  • Features

    December 2, 2004

    Dire Prognosis

    Buyer of four Tenet Hospitals leaves doctors fearful for Countys health-care future

  • Columns

    November 25, 2004

    Diary of A Mad County

    Buyer of four Tenet Hospitals leaves doctors fearful for Countys health-care future

  • Columns

    November 11, 2004

    Letters

    Buyer of four Tenet Hospitals leaves doctors fearful for Countys health-care future

  • Columns

    July 15, 2004

    Diary of a Mad County

    Buyer of four Tenet Hospitals leaves doctors fearful for Countys health-care future

  • News

    February 26, 2004

    Deja You

    Agran and Kucinich could be twins . . . very wee twins

  • Culture

    September 11, 2003

    More Tampons, Please!

    Sometimes, whimsy is its own reason for being

  • Music

    August 7, 2003

    Letfreedomring

    Sometimes, whimsy is its own reason for being

  • Columns

    May 22, 2003

    Letters

    Sometimes, whimsy is its own reason for being

  • Features

    October 24, 2002

    L

    Sometimes, whimsy is its own reason for being

  • News

    July 11, 2002

    What Gives?

    Bye, Tim Carpenter

  • Music

    May 16, 2002

    A Good Thing for Us All

    John Samson sat down with a guitar, and Weakerthans came out

  • Unknown

    May 2, 2002

    False Advertising

    Patient: My Big Fat Greek Wedding

  • Culture

    December 27, 2001

    University of Cheney

    Lynne rails against peace

  • Unknown

    October 11, 2001

    Jesus Christ on a Bike

    Lynne rails against peace

  • Columns

    September 27, 2001

    What Would Jesus Do?

    Its what George dont

  • Film

    June 21, 2001

    Paradise Lost, Paradise Found

    Sexy Beast, Atlantis and the perils of adventure capitalism

  • Food

    March 1, 2001

    Instant Ritz

    Saratoga Grill feels like its been here forever

  • Columns

    January 27, 2000

    This weeks featured AFC and NFC championship games:

    Tennessee Titans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars; Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Los Angeles Rams

  • News

    December 16, 1999

    An Open Letter to the Residents of Buena Park

    Tennessee Titans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars; Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Los Angeles Rams

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