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Blog: Two immigrant children have died in U.S. custody. This cruelty has to stop
But leave it to the Los Angeles Times to blow this story out of proportion by plastering it on its Dec. 25 front page. Other than to tug at human emotion, why is it necessary to include in the headline that it happened on Christmas Eve? Does the day of one’s death decrease or increase […]
Blog: Trump makes unannounced visit to troops in Iraq
There are dire implications in particular for neighboring Iraq. The Iraqi government now has control of all the country’s cities, towns and villages after fighting its last urban battles against IS in December 2017. But its political, military and economic situation remains uncertain, and the country continues to experience sporadic bombings, kidnappings and assassinations, which […]
Blog: Candace Bushnell’s next book asks, ‘Is There Still Sex in the City?’
She followed up “Sex and the City” with a series of books, including the novels “Trading Up,” “Lipstick Jungle” and “One Fifth Avenue.” She also wrote two young-adult novels, “The Carrie Diaries” and “Summer and the City,” which served as prequels to “Sex and the City, following protagonist Carrie Bradshaw as a teenager. Her most […]
Blog: On interest rates, maybe Trump is right and the Fed is wrong
DeLong argues that there’s no evidence that interest rates, although low, have been unsustainably low, and no plausible model for how raising rates now so they can be cut in the future makes economic sense. The argument, he says, resembles the argument that “you should let the others run a lap before you start running […]
Blog: Big Wood-Fired Kosher Cooking Comes to LA’s Beverly Grove
The Mid-City West and Beverly Grove neighborhoods surrounding Beverly Boulevard have long been a Jewish-American stronghold, but has often lacked a higher-end Kosher restaurant to meet their cultural needs. Now there is Charcoal Grill & Bar, a full-service restaurant that took over the short-lived Fleishik’s place three months ago. Their impressive wood grill, full bar, […]