http://www.scpr.org/about/people/staff/patt-morrison/Stories by KPCC's Patt Morrison.en-usFri, 12 Aug 2011 12:00:00 -0700http://www.scpr.org/programs/patt-morrison/2011/08/12/20270/rep-karen-bass-previews-health-care-reform-town-haA conservative federal appeals panel struck down President Barack Obama's health care overhaul Friday. Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) warned on KPCC's Patt Morrison's program that the conservative federal appeals panel that struck down the health care overhaul is "part of the ongoing effort to make sure that health care reform does not get implemented in this country." Fri, 12 Aug 2011 12:00:00 -0700http://www.scpr.org/programs/patt-morrison/2011/08/12/20270/rep-karen-bass-previews-health-care-reform-town-hahttp://www.scpr.org/programs/patt-morrison/2011/08/09/20217/fullerton-beating-tentativeA new investigation into the death of Kelly Thomas, a homeless man who was beaten by Fullerton police and later died, is being proposed. The Orange County district attorney announced Monday that there's no sign officers intended to kill Kelly, but his father is calling for a broad look into the conduct, hiring practices, and training at the city's police department. Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:00:00 -0700http://www.scpr.org/programs/patt-morrison/2011/08/09/20217/fullerton-beating-tentativehttp://www.scpr.org/news/2011/06/02/27081/lapd-chief-beck-early-leak-giants-fan-beating-susp/Los Angeles Police Department Chief Charlie Beck spoke with KPCC's Patt Morrison about the suspect in the beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium, as well as the continuing investigation.Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:42:43 -0700http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/06/02/27081/lapd-chief-beck-early-leak-giants-fan-beating-susp/http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/05/25/26915/global-warming-not-culprit-tornado/Global warming may be the culprit for many natural disasters, but it is not necessarily to blame for the vast destruction being faced by residents of Joplin, Mo.Wed, 25 May 2011 17:40:19 -0700http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/05/25/26915/global-warming-not-culprit-tornado/http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/05/04/26445/osama-bin-ladens-death-revives-torture-debate/Osama bin Laden’s death has revived the debate over waterboarding and other interrogation methods the US and allies used on al-Qaida operatives. Some supporters of the Bush administration argue that those so-called “enhanced” interrogation methods helped lead CIA agents to bin Laden’s courier, and eventually to bin Laden. Wed, 04 May 2011 17:44:52 -0700http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/05/04/26445/osama-bin-ladens-death-revives-torture-debate/http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/05/02/26363/operation-took-out-bin-laden-unprecedented-recent-/Colonel Joe Felter spoke about what went into the operation that took out Osama bin Laden.Mon, 02 May 2011 14:02:16 -0700http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/05/02/26363/operation-took-out-bin-laden-unprecedented-recent-/http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/05/02/26362/pakistanis-question-how-much-their-government-knew/The United States remains "deeply unpopular" in Pakistan, according to Cyril Almeida, a columnist/editor at Dawn, a Pakistani newspaper. Local Pakistani television, says Almeida, was questioning whether the Pakistani military knew about the attack on bin Laden's compound ahead of time, and if they knew why they didn't do anything to stop it.Mon, 02 May 2011 13:42:41 -0700http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/05/02/26362/pakistanis-question-how-much-their-government-knew/http://www.scpr.org/blogs/patt-morrison/2011/03/15/2774/it-can-blow-up-things-so-some-respect-nuclear/Not to be schoolmarmish about this, but just as E does not equal mc to the third power, neither is the power that this equation helped to harness [or unleash] to be trifled with -- or mispronounced. In our segment today about whether Japan's domino-effect disasters of quake, tsunami and nuclear breakdowns could derail nuclear energy projects, the word came up a lot. So, repeat after me: Nuclear: NEW - klee - your. ''Klee'' rhymes with ''glee,'' as in the popular TV show. Easy mnemonic device. Nuclear family. Nucleic acids. Nuclear Rabbit [the band, not a radiated hare]. A whole host of fabulous uses await you. And now you know my ears' particular fingernails-on-a-chalkboard susceptibility. In our next what-peeves-Patt installment: the ghastly attempts to modify the word ''unique.''      Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:33:47 -0700http://www.scpr.org/blogs/patt-morrison/2011/03/15/2774/it-can-blow-up-things-so-some-respect-nuclear/http://www.scpr.org/blogs/patt-morrison/2011/02/08/2661/--/Stephen Hawking, the theoretical physicist and monumental thinker whose mind still takes him to places that his body -- and our bodies -- can never go, into the depths and abstractions of space, was at Caltech a couple...Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:42:40 -0800http://www.scpr.org/blogs/patt-morrison/2011/02/08/2661/--/http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/01/26/23403/patt-morrison-why-la-still-homeless-capital-nation/Nearly 4,000 people live on the streets in a 50-square-block area of downtown Los Angeles. Most are black, male, poor, troubled by drugs, drink, and a criminal past – sometimes all three. It has just about the most intractably persistent homeless population in any American city.Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:25:45 -0800http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/01/26/23403/patt-morrison-why-la-still-homeless-capital-nation/http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/12/31/22427/governor-schwarzenegger-sits-down-exit-interview-p/California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is down to his final days in office. Governor-elect Jerry Brown will be sworn in on Monday. The outgoing governor sat down with Los Angeles Times columnist and KPCC host Patt Morrison.Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:17:12 -0800http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/12/31/22427/governor-schwarzenegger-sits-down-exit-interview-p/http://www.scpr.org/blogs/patt-morrison/2010/11/09/2247/lewis-black-justice-ginsburg-and-you/As we launch into the loving-your-public-radio-station-means-never-having-to-buy-a-tote-bag season, I thought a little reminder was in order. It’s a reminder of the kind of programs and the caliber of guests that my...Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:22:45 -0800http://www.scpr.org/blogs/patt-morrison/2010/11/09/2247/lewis-black-justice-ginsburg-and-you/http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/10/14/20178/watchdogs-wary-foreign-money-funding-electionering/Calls for disclosure and transparency are being weighed and debated on the heels of a recent report that alleges the U.S. Chamber of Commerce funds its political campaign ads out of its general account, which solicits foreign funding. Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:17:12 -0700http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/10/14/20178/watchdogs-wary-foreign-money-funding-electionering/http://www.scpr.org/blogs/patt-morrison/2010/10/14/2076/bell-dude-gets-charmin-treatment-and-help-phone-bi/After the authorities swooped in early one morning recently and arrested that bunch of Bell city officials, I had to wonder whether some of them might find jail a teeny bit less stressful than the prospect of showing their...Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:45:59 -0700http://www.scpr.org/blogs/patt-morrison/2010/10/14/2076/bell-dude-gets-charmin-treatment-and-help-phone-bi/http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/10/12/20080/whitman-brown-hold-last-debate-tonight-moderated-t/Tonight is the last gubernatorial debate between Democrat Jerry Brown and Republican Meg Whitman. Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw is the moderator of tonight's debate and spoke with KPCC's Patt Morrison.Tue, 12 Oct 2010 14:20:55 -0700http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/10/12/20080/whitman-brown-hold-last-debate-tonight-moderated-t/http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/10/08/19997/kcet-drops-pbs-risks-viewer-loyalty-avoid-68-milli/KCET, one of the largest public television stations in the nation, officially announced its decision to cease broadcasting PBS programming. Fri, 08 Oct 2010 16:26:40 -0700http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/10/08/19997/kcet-drops-pbs-risks-viewer-loyalty-avoid-68-milli/http://www.scpr.org/blogs/patt-morrison/2010/10/06/2009/richard-dawkins-science-star-and-atheist-poster-ph/Love him or hate him -- and millions of people do just that -- Richard Dawkins is a brilliant evolutionary biologist and a compelling polemicist for atheism. In this very religious country, where atheist billboards generate...Wed, 06 Oct 2010 16:11:11 -0700http://www.scpr.org/blogs/patt-morrison/2010/10/06/2009/richard-dawkins-science-star-and-atheist-poster-ph/http://www.scpr.org/blogs/patt-morrison/2010/09/24/1930/your-turn-play-me/We're hoping to be able to mix in some questions for the candidates from you, in your very own dulcet tones. Think of a policy question you'd like to put to the candidates and call our Patt Morrison message line at 626 583...Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:20:58 -0700http://www.scpr.org/blogs/patt-morrison/2010/09/24/1930/your-turn-play-me/http://www.scpr.org/blogs/patt-morrison/2010/09/14/1884/why-vaccinate-your-kids-and-some-everyday-irritati/Far and away the most calls today, and the most dispiriting calls, were about childhood vaccinations – how students entering public kindergarten are supposed to have them but how often, very often, parents exercise...Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:54:55 -0700http://www.scpr.org/blogs/patt-morrison/2010/09/14/1884/why-vaccinate-your-kids-and-some-everyday-irritati/http://www.scpr.org/blogs/patt-morrison/2010/09/10/1860/are-taxes-same-charitable-donations/Some pretty startling content to Thursday’s program – and I’m not talking about just the news that the military is refusing to award Purple Hearts to some veterans who have concussion trauma from explosives...Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:30:23 -0700http://www.scpr.org/blogs/patt-morrison/2010/09/10/1860/are-taxes-same-charitable-donations/