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Category Archives: Los Angeles
Police, Power, and the Production of Racial Boundaries in La Cienega Heights
Criminology professor Ana Munoz produced this 2015 ethno-graphic history of La Cienega Heights. From Amazon: “Police, Power, and the Production of Racial Boundaries…explores the history of the area to explain how Cadillac-Corning became viewed by outsiders as a “violent neighborhood” … Continue reading
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The News Is What Bureaucracies Report
If you can’t base your news on a bureaucratic report, you’re swimming outside the normal news business (because you can’t normally get sued for reporting what a bureaucracy reports). I’m reading Paul Pringle’s 2022 book (Bad City: Peril and Power … Continue reading
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Back In The USA
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Should I Stay Or Should I Go Now?
I’m thinking about moving to Sydney. If my growth in Orthodox Judaism is my number one priority, then there is no question I should stay in LA. The Los Angeles Orthodox Jewish community is about 30 times the size of … Continue reading
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‘Tears: Man’s, G-d’s & The Angel’s’
“All professions strive to maximize the range of their legitimate authority.” (Allan V. Horwitz) “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” (Unknown) Rabbi Holland grew up in Lakewood and moved to … Continue reading
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Everything Now: Lessons From the City-State of Los Angeles
Here are some highlights from this 2021 book: * In 1921, John Steven McGroarty, a poet who later became a congressman, wrote, “Los Angeles is the most celebrated of all incubators of new creeds, codes of ethics, philosophies—no day passes … Continue reading
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What Do We Do About the Homeless?
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The Place That You Love (1-17-21)
Find the Place You Love. Then Move There. https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/01/what-moving-house-can-do-your-happiness/617667/ The German Historicist Tradition: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=136517 The Other God That Failed: Hans Freyer and the Deradicalization of German Conservation,
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Sunrise, Sunset
Stunning Sunrise over Los Angeles from the LA God of Helicopter Reporting https://t.co/G1DWnXttSj — Ken Smith (@KenSmithTV) December 7, 2020 Good Morning Friends !Los Angeles Mega City lights making 4:00AM look like a Sunrise !It is going to be 75 … Continue reading
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This Morning’s Spectacular Sunrise
Thanks for the sunrise, Los Angeles.#LosAngeles #sunrisers #LosAngelesLockdown #SoCal #SaturdayMorning #sunrise pic.twitter.com/RdMwvuOKRx — Afonso Salcedo (@fonziewonzie) December 5, 2020 We've been having some outrageously stunning sunrises lately. This was this morning 12/5/20. Have a great day! #LA #sunrise #California #nature … Continue reading
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