Decoding The Violence Problem In LA Public Transport (5-9-24)

01:00 Column: They want to ride buses and trains, but they’re afraid. For riders old and young, Metro must be safer, https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-05-09/they-want-to-ride-buses-and-trains-but-theyre-afraid-for-riders-old-and-young-metro-must-be-safer 29:00 WSJ: Rising Crime Rates Are a Policy Choice: Progressives can’t solve the problem because they won’t abandon the practices that cause it. https://www.wsj.com/articles/safe-streets-are-a-policy-choice-incapacitation-incarceration-state-federal-prison-violent-crime-1990s-reagan-bush-barr-obama-sentencing-bail-11666785403 34:00 TNR: Can We Become a Country of “Joiners”? A new documentary explores Robert Putnam’s life and work., https://newrepublic.com/article/180516/robert-putnam-documentary-country-joiners 42:00 Elliott Blatt joins 48:00 What's going to turn around our back direction on crime? 1:05:30 Robert Putnam on Immigration and Diversity 1:10:00 Political Scientist: Does Diversity Really Work?, https://www.npr.org/2007/08/15/12802663/political-scientist-does-diversity-really-work New Yorker: Work Sucks. What Could Salvage It? https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/work-sucks-what-could-salvage-it NYT: Your Neighbors Are Retiring in Their 30s. Why Can’t You? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/magazine/retire-early-saving.html The Scent of Luke, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=96311 Where does culture come from? https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n08/terry-eagleton/where-does-culture-come-from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Eagleton My analysis: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=154961 https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/since-when-does-criminal-law-not-apply-to-college-campus-protests/ https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/03/us/ucla-protests-encampment-violence.html https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/walter-kirn/678187/