Back on the Beast Coast

Home from L.A. --only 30 degrees colder in NY.   Snow on the tround.  Favorite L.A. store name spotted on trip: "World of Leggings."  Light posting continues for a bit, though, as I have story due this afternoon.  My new Nation piece on Chris Hedges ten years ago predicting pretty much what would go wrong in Iraq--in the streets and with the media.