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The Petraeus affair: unscripted and simply scandalous
It's "Homeland" meets "The Real Housewives" — and it's hands down the best serialized show on TV. It's "Dallas" in military drag, in which a ridiculously retro social order (who knew that "socialites" and "hostesses" even existed anymore, never...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Homeland (tv program), Revenge (tv program), Joan Collins, Romance (genre)
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McManus: Petraeus, the comeback general
Gen. David H. Petraeus, long the most famous overachiever in the U.S. Army, is already on his way to a new career distinction: breaking the land speed record for rehabilitation from a scandal. It was only two weeks ago that Petraeus resigned from his...
Tags: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Afghanistan, Police Investigations, Dianne Feinstein, World War II (1939-1945)
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Even the best and brightest can be knuckleheads
It seemed at first like a welcome break from political overload. There's nothing like a juicy sex scandal to relieve election fatigue. But this one, it turns out, brims with suggestions of military misconduct and questions of national security that have...
Tags: West Point, U.S. Secret Service, Mark J. Sullivan, James Allen, Dining and Drinking
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Titillation of Petraeus affair comes at a high cost for America
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was lucky there was no such thing as email during the Second World War. His romantic relationship with his lovely Irish driver, Kay Summersby, did not come to light for decades and did not keep him from leading the D-Day...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Police Investigations, Crime, Law and Justice, Dwight D. Eisenhower, World War II (1939-1945)
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Can writing be taught? David Ulin and Carolyn Kellogg discuss
In the video chat below, L.A. Times book critic David L. Ulin and books staff writer Carolyn Kellogg try to decide if creative writing can be taught. As hundreds of thousands tackle NaNoWriMo, we wonder what it takes to make a writer a writer. Is it...
Tags: Social Media, Carolyn Kellogg, David Ulin, Authors
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Oliver Sacks discusses 'Hallucinations', Chekhov and more
Los Angeles Times Book CriticEarlier this fall, I visited Oliver Sacks in his Manhattan apartment to talk about his new book “Hallucinations.” Blending case studies, personal experience and clinical observation, “Hallucinations” is, like much of Sacks’...Tags: General Practitioners, Arts and Culture, Suicide, Medical Research
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General Allen was leader at Naval Academy
When Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen overheard a platoon of first-year midshipmen at the Naval Academy shout "kill" during training one summer day a decade ago, he ordered the word expunged from their vocabulary. The then-commandant explained that...
Tags: Democratic Party, Central Intelligence Agency, Afghanistan, Europe, World War II (1939-1945)
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Pat Robertson excuses General Petraeus affair with Paula Broadwell: 'He's a man'
Pop2it"The man's off in a foreign land and he's lonely and here's a good looking lady throwing herself at him. I mean, he's a man."... -
Mondays with Johnny
Change of SubjectMondays With Johnny 11-12-12 (WGN-AM audio) Today we discussed geese and (randy old) goats. I tend to discount the idea that Gen. David Petraeus fell for Paula Broadwell simply because she was younger and prettier than his wife. My guess...... -
‘Saturday Night Live’ ridicules Florida in Petraeus scandal
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelNBC's “Saturday Night Live” this weekend repeatedly lampooned the David Petraeus scandal. Paula Broadwell (Cecily Strong) read racy reminiscences about her Petraeus affair in a C-SPAN sketch, causing listeners to flee the room and the cable... -
Tumblr Thursday round-up
RedEyeTumblr Thursday has been coming to you in the paper for awhile now, so it seemed like about time that this list make its way to the Internet, for your convenience, of course. Some of these are a little old hat now, but they're all important to remember....Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Weddings, Kanye West, Coca-Cola Co., Lollapalooza
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Rep. Highlife, a 'Lotto' disappointment and tat boy wonder
Another Chicago politician has been indicted, this one for bank fraud after he allegedly burned through hundreds of thousands of dollars that weren't his on casino gambling, car loans and other high-rolling pursuits. Illinois state Rep. LaShawn Ford,...
Tags: Punishment, Rahm Emanuel, Joseph Berrios, Elections, Lotto
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