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Brian Doherty

Brian Doherty is a senior editor at Reason magazine and Reason.com. He is author of three books This is Burning Man (2004, Little, Brown; paperback BenBella, 2006) and Radicals for Capitalism: A History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement (PublicAffairs, 2007), and Gun Control on Trial (Cato Institute, 2008).

Doherty's reporting and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, Spin, National Review, The Weekly Standard, San Francisco Chronicle and dozens of other publications, and he has been a commentator on hundreds of radio and TV shows, including Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor and CNN Headline News' Glenn Beck Show.

He ran a small indie record label, Cherry Smash Records, from 1993-2001, and has lived in Los Angeles since July 1994.

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L.A. Teacher Walkout Shut Down by Courts
A planned one-day walkout by L.A. teachers to protest thousands of planned layoffs has been squashed by an L.A. Superior Court judge.
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The War Against Supergraphics
Your personal opinion on "supergraphics"--giant, sometimes building-sized, advertising images--might vary, but Los Angeles' City Council is against them. However, the city's war against these mega-billboards is running into some snags.
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L.A. Crime Is Improving...So We Need More Cops
The debate over the real meaning of L.A.'s recent crime rates heats up, with Police Chief Bratton reporting significant year-to-year drops in the most serious of crimes--and insisting this means budget woes can't be an excuse to stop hiring new cops.
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How's Los Angeles's Crime Rate?
Antonio Villaraigosa and Bill Bratton have been crowing about rates that make L.A. as safe as it was in 1956. But does their rosy picture hang straight?
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Firing Teachers in California
Amid all its money problems, the L.A. school system also has a problem with getting rid of crummy teachers.
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May Day in L.A.
It's May Day in Los Angeles, the international workers celebration that has come to stand for immigrant workers' rights in Southern California. That means lots of marches are rallies, but the varied interests of different immigrant rights coalitions ha...
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Water Taxes and Fees Make a Splash
Water, and how and how much we'll pay for it, is back on the city's agenda, with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's plan to quadruple a storm water runoff tax on property owners in abeyance.
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Swine Flu: Spreading, But Not a Death Sentence
Southern California is the unfortunate focus of this latest pandemic scare.
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More L.A. City Attorney Race Heat
There seems to be only one thing that dueling candidates in the upcoming May runoff election for L.A. city attorney can agree on--the other guy would be an ethically challenged disaster for the city.
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L.A. County Budget Tries to Account for Property Tax Shortfall
L.A. County has unveiled a new budget filled with cuts and adjustments--but it doesn't account for many other very likely looming cash shortfalls.
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The New L.A. City Budget
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa delivered his proposed budget for xxx. And he's asking for sacrifices from every department, unions, and of course citizens.
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Mayor Villaraigosa on the "State of the City"
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa gave his "state of the city" speech this week, and made some promises that the city's budget problems might make hard to keep.
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