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latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - 3 hours ago
Oh, stop teasing me. I've heard this so, so many times before: "Don't worry, baby, this time I'll get it right, I swear -- no screw-ups this time.'' And then you go and break my heart again. I'm talking about LAX …
Also tagged: los angeles, politicians
latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - 5 hours ago
This doggerel no doubt would make her blush; I should therefore zip up my lip and hush And not resort to fortune-cookie verse To praise a friend whose work’s both lush and terse. Okay, I’ll better stop right there and …
Also tagged: art, california
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Raise that Sinister Hand in Triumph!latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Nov 17, 2008 Ladies and gentlemen, southpaws and you lesser folk, the next president of the United States is ... left-handed. I could have said that before November 4 too. Both Barack Obama and John McCain are lefties. This … |
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Fire, Againlatimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Nov 17, 2008 It compounds geography with tragedy that, when you come down to it, our only unifying experiences as Southern Californians are disasters: miserable traffic, earthquakes and, now, once again, fires. Wherever you live … Also tagged: california, disaster |
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Where Are They Now, These Patriotic Corporate Volunteers?latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Nov 13, 2008 As the United States stepped from the miseries of the Depression to the exigencies of World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt had the benefit of a corporate ''brain trust.'' They were business executives who would help to … Also tagged: economy, congress, taxing and spending |
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All Votes Are Final -- Palin's Wardrobe, Maybe Notlatimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Nov 7, 2008 The McCain-Palin ticket promised to do something to boost the economy, and even thought it lost, it kinda sorta did. The Times reported that the luxury store Neiman Marcus got whomped with a 26.8% decline in sales … Also tagged: sarah palin |
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Alternative-Universe Bradley Effect?latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Nov 7, 2008 UPDATE: This post has been updated to correct an error in previously reported numbers. When Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley lost the governor's race back in 1982 after polling way, way ahead of his Republican rival, the … Also tagged: barack obama, gay marriage, race |
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Poets and Tigers and Presidents, Oh My!latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Nov 6, 2008 ... and Barack Obama makes three. When Obama takes office, that will make three U.S. presidents who've received undergraduate education in California. The first was Herbert Hoover, a member of Stanford University's … Also tagged: barack obama, california |
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Alternative-Universe Bradley Effect?latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Nov 6, 2008 When Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley lost the governor's race back in 1982 after polling way, way ahead of his Republican rival, the ''Bradley Effect'' was born -- the conclusion that voters were simply lying to … Also tagged: barack obama, gay marriage, race |
latimes.com » L.A. Times - Opinion Blog - Nov 5, 2008
In his speech in Grant Park in Chicago last night, Barack Obama reminded listeners around the world that ''while we breathe, we hope.'' It's an old line, rendered in centuries past in Latin as ''dum spiro spero,'' …
Also tagged: barack obama