Author Archives: Luke Ford

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been covered in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and on 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).

Tablet: The Obama Factor: A Q&A with historian David Garrow

Posted on August 6, 2023 by Luke Ford

David Samuels begins with an anecdote from David Garrow’s Obama biography Rising Star, the only book I’ve read about the former president: At the time that Obama and Sheila visited the Spertus Institute, Chicago politics was being roiled by a … Continue reading →

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Decoding Decoding The Gurus, Part Two (8-2-23)

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Luke Ford

01:00 Decoding Decoding The Gurus, Part Two, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14954510:20 The Valley Exposed: Luke Ford, the outsider, https://www.dailynews.com/2007/06/06/the-valley-exposed-luke-ford-the-outsider/16:00 Column: A Democratic and Republican battled for Congress. They became unlikely friends, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=14961319:00 Chris Mooney Discusses “The Republican Brain” with Jonathan Haidt and Chris … Continue reading →

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Column: A Democratic and Republican battled for Congress. They became unlikely friends

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Luke Ford

I was good friends with Republican political consultant Rob Stutzman at Placer High School. This article captures the bloke I knew. Rob was always civil. He played hard but he played by the rules. He valued our institutions. He valued … Continue reading →

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SMH: Let’s draw a line through a bill of rights

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Luke Ford

James Allan is Garrick Professor of Law at Queensland University. He writes in the Sydney Morning Herald Sep. 6, 2005: Compare the constitutional structures of Canada and Australia. Both are federal systems. Both share the English common law tradition, the … Continue reading →

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Conservative Anti-Fascism

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Luke Ford

June 6, 2017, Dennis Prager wrote: One would think that Jonah Goldberg, of all people, would understand this. He is the author of what I consider to be a modern classic, Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, … Continue reading →

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