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Category Archives: Dennis McDougal
The Dennis McDougal Hero System
He Gathered People First: Dennis McDougal and Janet Malcolm Janet Malcolm opens The Journalist and the Murderer with the hardest sentence ever written about the trade. The journalist, she says, is a kind of confidence man who preys on the … Continue reading
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Dennis McDougal: Dynasties, Monopolies, and Murder
Dennis McDougal (1947-2025) belonged to a generation of Southern California reporters who treated Los Angeles as a machinery of power rather than a fantasy capital. He read the city through its newspapers, studios, police departments, political dynasties, organized crime, labor … Continue reading
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Dennis McDougal’s First Novel Is About The Vietnam War — The Candlestickmaker
Here are my previous interviews with the author of ten books. Here’s what Amazon.com has to say about Dennis and his new book: Aboard the spy ship U.S.S. Argosy in the war-tossed waters off the coast of Vietnam, three young … Continue reading
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Was Jack Nicholson’s Father Jewish?
I interviewed Dennis McDougal last week. He mentioned that Jack Nicholson’s father was Jewish. Khunrum emails: "Reminds me of that story when Groucho Marx’s daughter was not allowed to use the Beverly Hills Tennis Club pool. Groucho phoned up and … Continue reading
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