L.A. Times - Rosa Brooks

Bail out journalism

Thu, 9 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Other democracies pay for accurate reporting, so why shouldn't the U.S.?

This will be my last column for the L.A. Times. After four years, I'll soon be starting a stint at the Pentagon as an advisor to the undersecretary of Defense for policy.

Bush's big lies

Thu, 5 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Behind the sordid memos that purported to give legal justification for the war on terror.

How did they ever get away with it?

How Mom sent a guy to Gitmo

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

She thought her article was satire, but U.S. officials didn't get the joke.

My mother is a terrorist!

We need a bailout too

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

U.S. corporations and banks keep putting their hands out for more bailout money from Congress. Does giving them more do the rest of us any good?

Brother, can you spare $22 billion?

Wall Street's crybabies

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

For some, the economic crisis means they can't buy groceries. For those who can't learn to live on $500,000 a year, it's just too bad.

You "can never be too rich or too thin," said the Duchess of Windsor, who was wrong on both counts.

'Finish the job' in Afghanistan? Where do we begin?

Thu, 5 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Obama faces a complex, perilous situation in which it's no longer clear what the 'job' is, or what it will take to 'finish' it.

Is it finally time to "finish the job" in Afghanistan?

Obama's bold first week

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

President Obama succeeded in eliminating four of Bush's 'wars' in his first days in office.

Barack Obama ended four wars during his first week as president. With just a few words and strokes of his pen, the president ended the war on terror, the war on Islam, the war on science and the war on women.

Critics of Obama's speech missed his point -- inclusiveness

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The president didn't talk about black or white people, he just talked about all of 'us.'

Keep quiet, please.

Bush was a uniter after all

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The country came together in its near-universal dislike of him and his administration.

Admit it -- you're gonna miss him.

The Gaza blame game

Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Some common mistakes by Israelis, Hamas and the Bush administration.