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Taking liberties
Remember this? "There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper....Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Education, George W. Bush, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Drugs and Medicines
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Kim Jong-il to North Koreans in Libya: Don't bother coming home
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SYRIA: The economic consequences of social unrest [Video]
Babylon & BeyondEditor’s note: This post is from analyst Lahcen Achy, below left, with the Carnegie Middle East Center. Neither the Los Angeles Times nor Babylon & Beyond endorses the positions of Carnegie analysts, nor does Carnegie endorse the positions of The...... -
Arizona forges ahead with bill against “anchor babies”
Hispanosphere - Orlando SentinelGuest writer: Raul Ramos y Sánchez Ramos y Sánchez is a marketing executive, editor of MyImmigrationStory.com, and the award-winning author of the novels «America Libre» and «House Divided». You can visit his website at www.RaulRamos.com. Arizona ….... -
YEMEN: Economic roots of social unrest in Yemen
Babylon & BeyondEditor's note: Analysts at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace are included among contributors to Babylon & Beyond. Carnegie is renowned for its political, economic and social analysis of the Middle East. The views represented are the author'... -
Puerto Rico at the verge of social unrest over ideology
Hispanosphere - Orlando SentinelGuest Writer: Wilda RodrÃguez The author is a writer and journalist. Rodriguez is a writer and entrepreneur who worked for 15 years at El Nuevo DÃÂa, Puerto Rico's main newspaper. She'sÃÂ former president of Puerto Rico's Journali... -
Michael Hiltzik: Banking on water
Money & CompanyThat the natural scarcity of water in the West will inevitably lead to economic conflicts and, quite possibly, to political conflicts, there can be no doubt. How do we know? It's already happening. The case of the Kern Water Bank...... -
Professor advises underwater homeowners to walk away from mortgages
Go ahead. Break the chains. Stop paying on your mortgage if you owe more than the house is worth. And most important: Don't feel guilty about it. Don't think you're doing something morally wrong.
That's the incendiary core message of a new academic paper...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Foreclosures, Fannie Mae, Financial and Business Services, Mortgages
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Michael Kinsley: You can't cut that
A block from the Lincoln Memorial and right across the street from the State Department, a gorgeous new building is just being completed. Designed by the famous Canadian architect Moshe Safdie, it is the new headquarters of the United States Institute...Tags: George H.W. Bush, Budgets and Budgeting, Health Care Reform (2009), Manufacturing and Engineering, Colin Powell
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Book review: 'The Cloud Corporation' by Timothy Donnelly
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe Cloud Corporation Timothy Donnelly Wave Books: 154 pp., $16 paper Like a favorite late-night DJ surfacing from the AM static one particularly desolate evening, Timothy Donnelly's "The Cloud Corporation," his first collection of poetry in seven...Tags: Poetry, Civil Unrest, Columbia University, Ecosystems, Education
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World View: Eurasian rumble comes to Newport
NEWPORT BEACH — Can you say, "Nagorno-Karabakh"? Mumbling that double-barreled name to my boss' face triggered a moment of rare discomfort between us. The keen eyes of my editor narrowed and squinted at me through his glasses. His face formed a...Tags: Local Elections, Energy Resources, Russia, U.S. Secret Service, Bars and Clubs
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China feels the heat of its Olympic ambitions
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBeijing In the shadow of the $440-million "bird's nest" Olympic stadium, migrant workers toil for a few dollars a day. A few miles away, bulldozers destroy a neighborhood where petitioners gather to seek justice from the government. Farther afield,...Tags: Health Organizations, Parties and Movements, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Awards and Prizes
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