Daily Archives: October 15, 2007

‘I Want To Spend The Night With You In A Sleazy Motel’

My life is a series of failures. Saturday night I drive 45 minutes to a bar in Silver Lake to celebrate Matt Welch’s new book only to realize that the party is Oct. 20. Sunday I afternoon I wander the … Continue reading

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Parents Allege Their Children Were Experimented On Without Permission At A Long Beach Hospital – One Died

Miller Children’s Hospital in Long Beach is part of the MemorialCare hospital group. It has been named one of the top children’s hospitals in the country by Leapfrog, a hospital rating organization. State health investigators are looking into whether the … Continue reading

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Chief Rabbi On Torah And Science

Rabbi Gil Student blogs: Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks spoke at yesterday’s conference on medical ethics and the indefatiguable Chana was there taking her copious notes (link). He opened by discussing this blog’s endlessly recurring topic, the Torah-science controversy (these are … Continue reading

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Reflections On Rosh Hashanah From A Black Guy

From the Macho Response: I just spent some time working for a jewish synagogue, during their "High Holy Days" celebrations, and here are some random thoughts: It was intoxicating to be around so many beautiful women, and not one of … Continue reading

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Patriots Beat Cowboys

Sunday afternoon, I ran down Wilshire Blvd. looking for a sports bar (NFL rules required KCBS TV to show the Chargers-Raiders game, so I needed a bar with NFL ticket). I couldn’t find one. By 2 p.m., I arrived at … Continue reading

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