One of the first big stories I broke as a young reporter was a clergy sex abuse scandal at Saint Anthony’s Seminary in Santa Barbara (which is a all-boys Catholic boarding school, not a university for priests). That was in 1992. What was more shocking than the crimes, which were horrifying, was the open and … More Why is the Catholic Church STILL covering up predator priests?

From AP 50 minutes ago: “Roman Polanski’s attorneys have filed an appeal asking that a special counsel investigate alleged judicial misconduct in the director’s 32-year-old sex case.” I think Polanski’s lawyers are doing a great job. My experience in numerous high-profile criminal trials is that defense attorney’s rarely want to be seen as trying their … More Polanski’s Lawyers Open Up Even More Misconduct Allegations

Thanks to Kevin at LAObserved for catching this piece. LA County Sheriff Baca, who is about as widely respected of a law-enforcement officer as you’ll ever find, was testifying in front of the Homeland Security Committee when he was attacked by Rep. Mark Souder of Indiana for attending fundraisers for CAIR, the Council on American … More Los Angeles County Sheriff too "Radical" for Republican Congressman

After weeks of letting themselves be flogged in public, Toyota finally fights back by questioning the account of one of the “Runaway Prius” driver. It’ll be interesting to see how it plays, because it’s always dicey calling a customer a liar, but at this point Toyota really needs to show that it’s going to confront … More Toyota, takes off the glove, finally!

I’m fascinated with this. Is she gaming him? Is he gaming us through her?

Tiger Woods has hired Ari Fleisher to rehabilitate. It’s hard to imagine a billionaire celebrity handling a PR crisis any worse that Tiger Woods has. It’s been 4 months since his bimbo explosion went nuclear and he basically took the ostrich approach with the result that the tabloids and a dozen paramours have been allowed … More Tiger, shanks it again.