Ralph Bailey
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RALPH BAILEY: The problem is death row is a life term
A recent Los Angeles Times article detailed how a gang member openly opted for the death penalty instead of a life sentence, implying death row is cushier than general stir. Since one of Kern County's most famous killers hangs his hat on San Quentin's death row, I wanted to see what life was like for 47-year-old mass murderer and former educator Vincent Brothers.
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Ralph Bailey: Our kids deserve innovative charter schools
Charter schools are the tsunami of the future and while some believe this new wave could wipe out formal public education, charters will be the new road to a sea of success for disenfranchised children.
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Ralph Bailey: Afghanistan rules of engagement are all wrong
I often use the greatest motion picture to help me understand things and when contemplating Afghanistan, I recall "The Godfather" and Michael Corleone's dilemma. Forced to cut a deal with hoodlums who tried to kill his father, Michael opts finally to solve the situation: Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out!
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Ralph Bailey: Just sayin' we should pay attention to grammar
I recently read with great joy a columnist in this paper explaining the difference between it's and its. I felt like a freed slave! (As if my suburban self knows anything about hard labor.)
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Ralph Bailey: Lessons blacks and whites could stand to learn
After vowing to heal old racial wounds, the Obama administration called Americans "cowards," disparaged a Cambridge, Mass., law enforcement officer and all but poured salt in sores that continue to plague a young nation. Now the president thinks beer will douse a fiery situation he helped create.
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Ralph Bailey: It'd be 'insane' to cut JV sports
It was the summer of 1976, ninth grade. I had my palms flat up against the walls of an "Orange Julius" in Sherman Oaks as if the LAPD was searching me like a suspect.
