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- Peter Moskos: The Cop Who Talks to People
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- Emily Oster: The Economist in the Delivery Room
- The Most Ridiculous Story Ever Told
- Tanner Greer
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- Richard Reeves: A Life in Institutions
- Jake Adelstein: The Reporter Who Became His Story
- Jim Goad (1961-2026)
- Moira Greyland
- Robert Oscar Lopez: The Inconvenient Witness
- Two Ledgers: Decoding the Gurus and the Price of Talk
- The Pervert’s Progress: Costin Vlad Alamariu and the Making of Bronze Age Pervert
- Curtis Yarvin: A Life Against Democracy
- Mark Helprin: Against the Current
- Mark Brandt: The Man Who Asked Who Else Is Prejudiced
- John T. Jost: The Psychologist of Acquiescence
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- * The Enlightenment Wasn’t Enlightened (6-23-26)
* Mr. Burge Draws The Line (6-23-26)
* 'Improving on Democracy' (6-17-26)
* People Leak To People Who Are Fun (6-11-26)
* Why Does Australia Produce So Many Great Journalists? (6-11-26)
* Steve Wynn and the Press: Power, Litigation, and the Contest Over Las Vegas (6-3-26)
* Sheldon Adelson and the Journalists (6-3-26)
* The Vigilant Animal: Thinkers Who Reject the Myth of Human Gullibility (6-2-26)
* The Cost of Refusing the Misunderstanding Myth (6-2-26)
* Show Me How It Travels (6-2-26)
* The Norm Explainers (6-2-26)
* Centering Marginalized Voices (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Washington Post put its reader first? (6-1-26)
* What would it look like if the Financial Times put its reader first? (6-1-26)
* What It Would Mean for the Los Angeles Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
* What It Would Mean for The New York Times to Put the Reader First? (6-1-26)
* Why Wembanyama Lives on the Perimeter (5-31-26)
* The Emotional Palettes Of San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco & Sacramento (5-27-26)
* The Administrative Capital: Sacramento Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* San Diego - The Quiet Republic (5-27-26)
* The Quiet Bar: San Diego Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* SF v LA Legal Culture (5-27-26)
* Why Talent Travels Poorly Between San Francisco and Los Angeles (5-27-26)
* San Francisco and Los Angeles as Rival Models of Urban Access (5-27-26)
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Category Archives: Articles
Love Story
What can you say about a love that died? That she was beautiful and brilliant? That she loved Mozart and Bach, the Beatles, and me? Jane* was in my dorm (UCLA’s Rieber Hall). It was 1988. She was the hottest … Continue reading
Cathy Seipp For Surgeon General
Lewis Fein IMs: "I voted for change. In fact, I was so excited that, seconds after casting my ballot for America’s next president (campaign slogan: I’m not the only First Spouse with a pearl necklace), I ripped the pink voting … Continue reading
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I’ve Been Named One Of Orthodoxy’s Ten Most Eligible Bachelors
Here’s my photo from the forthcoming issue of Jewish Action (please note my growing beard and the reverential way I toss my tzitzit): Click here for more pictures of me in my underwear.
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Ted.com – My Website Of The Day
Ted.com has a ton of great lectures and videos on diverse topics. Quote of the Day: "We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies." … Continue reading
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Literary Gumshoe Dennis McDougal – Author Of New Jack Nicholson Biography
I call my friend Dennis McDougal Feb. 6. Audio Audio His latest book came out in October: Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times. Luke: "What are your thoughts on Sam Zell taking … Continue reading
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La Brea Murder-Suicide Victims ID’d
From CBS: LOS ANGELES (CBS) ? On Monday, authorities identified a husband and wife who died in an apparent murder-suicide in the Park La Brea area of Los Angeles. Bruce and Terri Nadler, both 61, died on Saturday of gunshot wounds that … Continue reading
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She’s Doing It Again! (Crying And Even More Of Those Wonderfully New Age Code Words)
From the Macho Response: "Sen. Hillary Clinton teared up this morning at an event at the Yale Child Study Center, where she worked while in law school in the early 1970s. Penn Rhodeen, who was introducing Clinton, began to choke … Continue reading
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Murder/Suicide On LA’s ‘Holiest Street’
The LAT reports: "Park La Brea: A white man and a white woman, approximately in their 60s, were found dead inside their home at 200 S. Detroit St. in the Park La Brea area at about 11:23 a.m. Saturday, Feb. … Continue reading
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Christina DeRosa Make An Old Jew Very Happy
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If People Tell You Their Problem, Don’t Listen To That
Because if they truly knew what their problem was, they’d have solved it by now. They have a deeper problem and they don’t know what it is. (From a marketing tape by Rick Schefren)
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