Monthly Archives: August 2007

Hard Luck

Posted on August 3, 2007 by Luke Ford

An old friend calls. "My mom didn’t read the whole thing. She just read a little and called me." Luke: "’Oh son, to think that we had that man in our house. Let’s burn the sheets. You’re not to play … Continue reading →

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TGIF – Telemundo Style

Posted on August 3, 2007 by Luke Ford

Eric Longabardi reports for ERSNews.com: ERSNews has learned that despite the official press releases and well planned PR posturing, Telemundo News Director Al Corral has been at work all day today (8/3/07). Although the nature of his presence at the … Continue reading →

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‘L.A. Mayor Responds To Girlfriend’s Suspension’

Posted on August 3, 2007 by Luke Ford

A classic KRLA newstease Friday afternoon.

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The Protocols of Noah Feldman

Posted on August 3, 2007 by Luke Ford

Robert J. Avrech writes: Noah Feldman’s recent attack on Modern Orthodox Judaism was built on a platform of half-truths, and cherry-picked scholarship designed to place halacha, Jewish law, in the worst light possible. As we pointed out, the motivation for … Continue reading →

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The Secret Lives of Australians

Posted on August 3, 2007 by Luke Ford

From Slate.com: "They were too extravagant," a character thinks in a story in this volume, "for the web of quiet incident and subtle shifts of power that were the usual stuff of his fiction." He is Colin Lattimer, an "almost … Continue reading →

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