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The Nixon Enemies List and One Deadly Tostada
“The Nixon enemies list?” she said, eyes wide. “We’ve been married all these years and you’re only now telling me you were on the Nixon enemies list?”
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Blonde on the Run
From the Bible Belt to the boardroom, a girl who grew up living in 48 homes before she turned 16 reinvents herself as a high-powered real estate star …
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Gavin Newson and the Art of Being the Right Kind of Democrat
The California governor is the best kind of bridge between America’s ideals and its realities. Newsom possesses a mix of both likability and depth…
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The Story That Destroyed Antonio Villaraigosa's Political Dreams
The former mayor would never recover from this LA Daily News damning expose in 2006, and the New Yorker and LA magazine revelations would soon follow.
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July 2025

Los Catorce: Are America’s Ruling Families Just as Hated?
After making a life for himself and his family in the U.S., my friend Eduardo tells me he is planning on returning to El Salvador. "I would rather deal…
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It's a Black Sabbath and Heads in Heaven or Hell Aren't Safe from Ozzy Osbourne
“Ozzy Osbourne, Carnival King of Metal, Bows Out—But the Freak Show Goes On”
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Why We Must Believe in Monsters
I GREW UP BELIEVING in monsters.
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More Human Than Human: A Drive Through L.A.’s Sleeping Soul
Downtown Los Angeles. Deserted. Deserted like a city evacuated, like something left behind when the last train out of Blade Runner pulled away from the…
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Political Pick Up Lines and Romancing California
Gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa used to gush when called the 'Latino Tony Blair' with a childlike neurotic compulsion to be loved by…
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June 2025

Facebook Marketplace and Other Places Dreams Go to Die
“All sales are final — especially the ones that save your marriage"... “In this house, we sit on art and irony.”
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When Grace With a Whisper Wears a Mitre
A breathtaking reflection on the election of the first American pope — and why the moral compass we’ve been missing might just be living in Rome.
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Answered Prayers and Zohran Mamdani
The rising political star outsider who shocked the New York City mayoral primary followed nearly the same Barack Obama playbook—but three decades later…
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