The great tragedy of our local conservative yakmouth-gone-big Hugh Hewitt is that there is intellect in him. Yeah, he always seems to walk lockstep with wackos (see: Nixon, Romney, Palin), but the guy is well-read, fund-raises often for good non-political causes and isn't ultimately noxious. Silly, sí, but not noxious--especially when compared with his talk-show brethren.Yesterday was further proof of that. On his blog, Hewitt characterized President Barack Obama's speech as "a fine beginning"
BY NATE JACKSONLast Night: Crystal Antlers, Ancestors, Slang Chickens and Magic Lantern at The Smell, Los Angeles.Better Than: Missing Obama's inaugural address because you were stuck at your crappy job. Good thing there's TiVo.If you could choose one place to celebrate the inauguration of the 44th (well it's actually the 43rd but we won't go there) president of the United States, where would it be? Did anyone say "a dark, rat-infested LA alleyway?" No? How strange. Well, if you knew the unabash