October 2012 Archives
Commentary:
Physical altercations are, to be charitable, counterproductive and feed into the dislike and distrust of politicians.
Where We Are:
Waking up to a passing electrical storm leads to an encounter with ephemeral nature and persistent memory.
LA as Subject:
In an era when labor tensions gripped Los Angeles, Pasadena businessman J. Sidney Torrance envisioned his new settlement as a model industrial town.
Commentary:
We are not over racism but we are eager to leave off addressing it via public policy of any kind.
Government:
Mary Bono Mack's campaign's attempt to cast Democratic challenger Raul Ruiz as a wild-eyed leftist seems to be fizzling.
West Is Eden:
Should you visit Piedras Blancas beach, I advise you visit in the evening's last light. There is something bizarrely ethereal and comforting about the gloaming that drapes itself on this stretch of sand seven miles north of San Simeon.
Where We Are:
Sheriff John is dead. So is Engineer Bill. What lasts is the imaginative life cultivated by afterschool TV.
Commentary:
It seems to me that this was a missed opportunity for two individuals with comparable goals to use a terribly imperfect process to achieve a common aim.
Where We Are:
Mobility's future in a denser city means more walking, but LA's streets, by some measures, are among the most dangerous in the nation for pedestrians.
LA as Subject:
What could Jedi knight Luke Skywalker, novelist Ayn Rand, and Malibu rancher May Rindge possibly have in common? The answer: their stories are all documented in Southern California's archives.
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