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67We Swing from Liberal to Conservative
I was tempted to call this hub "Camelot or the Reagan Revolution: Nothing ever stays the same." Whether you are liberal or conservative, left or right leaning, if you live long enough you will see both the...
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64Voting Clerk: The most Uncool Job in California
Voting clerks are ancient, palsied, and deaf. I learned that when I was six years old and evidence to the contrary has not been overwhelming. Except that I started serving as a voting clerk a year ago. I'm...
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61Green Vacationing in California
Traveling green is the new trend, and California is nothing if not trendy. Tourist destinations like Santa Barbara and San Francisco are all planning special promotions to please ecologically-minded...
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58Useful Websites (and Freebies) for Freelancers
Freelancers need all the help and gimmicks they can get. When you freelance, all expenses come out of your own pocket. If clients don't pay, or delay paying, it's your bank account that suffers. If you can...
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68Most Romantic Weekend: OC, California
Laguna Beach, in Orange County, California, is a romantic and lovely spot. Pricey, too. Laguna boasts a combination of luxury hotels and resorts, art museums and trendy shops, a thriving art community, and...
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86Supreme Court: How Many Justices?
Some things never change. The Supreme Court of the US has nine justices. When one dies or resigns, the President picks another who must be approved by Congress. It's always been that way, right? No. Actually,...
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79Ben Franklin's Inventions: Famous and Not
Ben Franklin had a knack. That's how Orson Scott Card described him in his alt-history series, The Tales of Alvin Maker. In those books, Franklin was acknowledged a true wizard. In real history. . . he's...
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73Mary Pickford's Oscars
Three Oscars: two awarded to Mary Pickford and one to her last husband, Buddy Rogers, are in the news. Rogers' heirs want to sell the Oscars at auction, which horrifies most film buffs. The folks who give out...
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83LAX Theme Building
You recognize the structure at right as the iconic Theme Building of LAX--Los Angeles International Airport. But it looks different these days. Because of falling concrete, the space-age struts are being...
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66Movies and History: Where is the Line?
Should filmmakers distort the truth when making a movie about someone's life, or a real event? Movies are entertainment--but does that give them license to rewrite the past whatever way they like? Most of us...
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