AltWeeklies Wire
Connecting the Harbor to LAnew

Road Diets, Stop Signs, Traffic Solutions.
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James Preston Allen |
09-08-2014 |
Commentary
Gaza from the Perspective of a Proud Diaspora Jewnew

I have been doing my best not to think too much about Gaza, not only publicly but for myself.
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Lionel Rolfe |
08-14-2014 |
Commentary
Bucket of Bloodnew

Remembering Liberty Hill and the Irony of it all
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James Preston Allen |
07-12-2014 |
Commentary
How Meeting Susan Anspach Completed The Circlenew

Goodnight moon.
Goodnight room.
Goodnight Lionel in the room.
—Susan Anspach
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Lionel Rolfe |
07-06-2014 |
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Court House Closed for Businessnew

Los Angeles County has First Right of Refusal
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James Preston Allen |
06-13-2014 |
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A Scary Apparition From the Desertnew

The other night on MSNBC, Rachael Maddow talked about Col. William P. Gale, the man who created the Posse Comitatus, Christian Identity and Aryan Nation movements.
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Lionel Rolfe |
05-27-2014 |
Commentary
Getting Older, Not Always Gracefullynew

Getting older was supposed to be easier than this–more like a wonderful long vacation. But of course, it hasn’t been that way. My wife left me just before I turned 70 and I’m still not getting along with it too well a couple of years later. I don’t have enough on Social Security to survive, so I’m still working part time at my old high-stress journalism job. And becoming something of a lonely and grumpy old man in the process.
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Lionel Rolfe |
05-27-2014 |
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Night Train To Shanghainew

Night Train to Shanghai And Other Memories Of China.
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Lionel Rolfe |
05-27-2014 |
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Talking Unionnew

There’s a curious thing about talking union. It’s not cool. Unions ain’t cool. They’re so not cool you’ll notice almost nobody writes about them. They ain’t trendy. But they’re the coming thing.
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Lionel Rolfe |
05-27-2014 |
Commentary
Tags: Labor unions
A Scary Apparition From the Desertnew

The other night on MSNBC, Rachael Maddow talked about Col. William P. Gale, the man who created the Posse Comitatus, Christian Identity and Aryan Nation movements.
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Lionel Rolfe |
05-06-2014 |
Commentary
Los Angeles Police Commission Comes to Town

A few things that I didn't get to say in two minutes
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James Preston Allen |
04-16-2014 |
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Getting Older, Not Always Gracefullynew
Getting older was supposed to be easier than this--more like a wonderful long vacation. But of course, it hasn't been that way. My wife left me just before I turned 70 and I’m still not getting along with it too well a couple of years later. I don’t have enough on Social Security to survive, so I'm still working part time at my old high-stress journalism job. And becoming something of a lonely and grumpy old man in the process.
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Lionel Rolfe |
03-24-2014 |
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The Future Governor From Newhall, Calif.new
The obituary notice of a four-term California assemblyman who died at 86 the other day brought back memories of an odd and jarring time in my youth when he hired me to write a philosophy because he was then an aspiring politician.
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Lionel Rolfe |
03-06-2014 |
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Tags: Jim Keysor
Talking Unionnew
There's a curious thing about talking union. It's not cool. Unions ain't cool. They're so not cool you'll notice almost nobody writes about them. They ain't trendy. But they're the coming thing.
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Lionel Rolfe |
02-19-2014 |
Commentary
What’s Wrong With Today’s Journalism?

Journalism now and then...
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By Lionel Rolfe |
01-15-2014 |
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