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Festival of Books: Comedian and author Julie Klausner
Jacket CopyAs a preview for the L.A. Times Festival of Books, coming April 24-25, Jacket Copy is talking to some of the authors you can see there. Comedian and author Julie Klausner -- seen on TV on "Best Week Ever," on...... -
California's calamity in waiting
Kevin Starr is University Professor and professor of history at USC. His latest book is "California: A History."THINKING catastrophically should come naturally in this year of disaster. Instead, most California policymakers have distracted themselves with relatively minor matters, as with the recent special election. Meanwhile, this state remains vulnerable to...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Political Systems, University of Southern California, Water Restrictions
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As Dynasty Evolved, So Did Power in L.A.
Times Staff WritersIn the days after he paddled into the Pacific to help scatter his father's ashes, 52-year-old Harry Chandler returned to his Hancock Park home and began rummaging through old family papers and photographs. He was looking, in a sense, for his legacy,...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Marketing, Wages and Pensions, Family, Activism
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Chelsea's rant control
Maybe you were privy to an e-mail that was circulated, perhaps, by Chelsea Clinton this week. According to a post Tuesday by Emily Bazelon of the online magazine Slate, the e-mail's subject heading was "a must read ... send to every woman you know." The...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Sport Shooting, Chelsea Clinton, Civil Rights, Culture
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The last true conservative
By common consent, William F. Buckley Jr., who died Wednesday, was the father of modern conservatism. But he also ended up as one of the Bush administration's most trenchant critics. His death not only represents the loss of one of America's leading...Tags: Politics, Bars and Clubs, George W. Bush, Sociology, Death
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Cliche and cataclysm
Whenever California burns or shakes or collapses in mudslides, a cavalcade of familiar noir-isms comes along for the ride. Social critics wax nihilistic about impermanence as a permanent state of mind. Inevitably, Joan Didion quotes blow in like the Santa...Tags: T Coraghessan Boyle, Thomas Pynchon, Forests, Environmental Issues, Forestry and Timber
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Our true heartthrob
DEARLY beloved, repeat these words: "I, Los Angeles, take thee, the internal combustion engine for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health ." What a long, blissful marriage it's been. We're still as much in love as we were...Tags: Walt Disney, Transportation, Gaming, Vehicles, Death
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'The Year of Magical Thinking' by Joan Didion
The back cover of "Slouching Towards Bethlehem," Joan Didion's first collection of essays and the book that established her as one of a handful of major contemporary writers, advises that her pieces "all reflect, in one way or another, the notion that...Tags: Christianity, Human Interest, Hospitals and Clinics, Arts and Culture, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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Joan Didion Re-Enters Her Life
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDistinguished American writer Joan Didion has always seemed delicate, but now she looks frail. Her shoulders are thin and stooped as she speaks haltingly about the loss of her daughter a few weeks ago, as she was still grappling with the sudden death of...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, The Sound of Music (movie), Franklin Pierce, Julie Andrews, Heart Attack
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California, Golden State of constant crisis
California, the media like to tell us, faces an unprecedented fiscal crisis. The budget deficit is $40 billion and growing. The state is so short of cash that, within days, it may issue IOUs, rather than checks, to pay its bills. The Legislature, bitterly...Tags: Republican Party, Career and Workplace, Regional Authority, Philosophy, Prisons
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'Losing Mum and Pup' by Christopher Buckley
Some years ago, when they still lived in Malibu, the late John Gregory Dunne and his wife, Joan Didion, entertained a prominent magazine journalist and author at dinner. It was December and, afterward, they invited their guest to accompany them to their...Tags: Children, Book, U.S. Army, Family, Death
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They conquered the 'Net in two original minutes
Times Staff WriterLINING the Strip, billboards the size of aircraft carriers herald the faces of headliners like the battle flags of nations: Elton John, Celine Dion, Toni Braxton. But on one weekend in November, a star whom some would describe as the biggest in all of...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Gaming, Toni Braxton, The Home Depot, Entertainment
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