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On Writer Action, a computer chat-board for Writers Guild members, anything goes. Well, not anything. That's where I come in.
Until recently, the Los Angeles Times was a perfectly good name for a great metropolitan newspaper of record. These days, not so much. It's time for us to come up with something new.
Scott Ritter warns we're on the verge of nuclear war. History says we ignore him at our peril.
Our correspondent does battle with a robot at BMG Music — and appears to win in the end. Or does he?
I hate telemarketers. No matter how many you tell Do Not Call, there’s always another one to interrupt your work,...
My daughter ran into the house the other night screaming that there was a tarantula on an outside window near...
The first time I tried to surf I was 12 and had recently moved to South Florida from one of the fly-over states. It all came back recently during family day at Malibu Makos surf camp.
First of all, let me apologize to the Dodgers and their fans. The team rarely wins when I’m in the...
We’ve traveled a lot this summer, or at least it seems that way. First up was Israel, which my Florida...
Two years ago, in the summer of 2004, my friends Kerry and Deana hosted a party centered around a MoveOn.org...
Let me say at the outset that I have mixed feelings at best about so-called “reality TV.” I was putting...
Native Intelligence
Sara Catania | A few questions for Barack Obama and John McCain
Denise Hamilton | It was 59 years ago today that brunette starlet Jean Spangler vanished, leaving behind a young daughter, gangster pals, movie...
Veronique de Turenne | Remember when retailers had the decency to wait until Thanksgiving to start the big Christmas push? That's when the symbols...
Bill Boyarsky
Some USC journalism professors are raising questions about a proposal for the Annenberg School for Communication to sign a $3 million contract to help American University in Dubai create a journalism and communication school.
Jenny Burman
Coots are odd ducks.
Here in Malibu
Fretful sleep last night as big winds rocked the house, drove the wildfire scent indoors. This morning, a plume of...
Run On
What do Pheidippides, Jim Fixx and Ryan Shay have in common? All were marathoners, and all died either while running or shortly after.
SoCal Sports Observed
Phil Wallace | After 22 years of loyalty, Baylor is unceremoniously shown the door.
LA Observed Script Project
Script consultant Diane Wright is dealing with the challenge of blending a free/promotional assignment into a busy work schedule -- something we at the Script Project are quite familiar with. Watch this space for notes on our first draft.
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