The LA Times reports today that dockworkers from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach (along with thousands of others from the West Coast’s 29 ports) took the day off to protest the Iraq War, a move that effectively shut down all port operations for the day. In related news, Bill O’Reilly says we [...]

Eighty-five years ago, author Upton Sinclair led a free speech fight in San Pedro. Today, it’s remembered as the birth of the Southern California ACLU

ILLUSTRATION by JOE MCGARRY
It was out of the darkness that Upton Sinclair trudged up San Pedro’s Liberty Hill, a tiring climb past an assembly of cheering dockworkers and a squad of [...]

‘There Will Be Blood’ is a near masterpiece

For the first 15 or so minutes of There Will Be Blood, the only dialogue heard is a whispered “there she is . . . there she is.” The “she” in question is a hint of silver discovered at the bottom of a dubiously constructed well; the speaker [...]