Politically Indirect: Too Big To Fail
Comments (0) | @opinion, @podcast, Opinion, Podcast
Hillel Aron, Richie Duchon
Senior Editors
Richie and Hillel discuss the recently exposed Wall Street shenanigans and the death of ex-police chief, Darryl Gates.

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They Were Crooks After All
Comments (0) | @opinion, Commentary, Opinion
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

Old CW: bankers are incompetent. New CW: bankers are evil. Cue up financial reform.

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Pavement Obliterates Pomona In First U.S. Reunion Show
Comments (0) | @music, Music, Music
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

The night before Coachella, Pavement played their first U.S. show in more than 10 years. And it was unreal.

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Politically Indirect: One Toke Over The Line
Comments (0) | Opinion, opinion, Podcast
Hillel Aron, Olga Khazan, Richie Duchon
Senior Editors
Olga, Richie, and Hillel discuss the LA budget crisis, California's proposition to legalize marijuana, and hipsters.

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Texts From Last Night, The Morning After
Comments (2) | @artsandculture, Art and Design, Lifestyle
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

The hilariously offensive Web site Texts From Last Night is now a book, and it may soon be a TV show.

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Citizen Kaye
Comments (6) | @losangelesandregion, Los Angeles, Los Angeles and Region
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

Can you be a revolutionary if you own a house in the suburbs? Ron Kaye proves you can.

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Politically Indirect: Collateral Journalism
Comments (1) | Commentary, Opinion, opinion, Podcast
Hillel Aron, Olga Khazan, Richie Duchon
Senior Editors
We discuss the shocking Wikileaks video, The Entryway, and the true cost of coal.

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Politically Indirect: Parade Of Horribles
Comments (0) | @opinion, @podcast, Opinion, Podcast
Hillel Aron, Olga Khazan, Richie Duchon
Senior Editors
Olga, Richie, and Hillel discuss the recent terror attacks in Moscow, new revelations of sexual abuse within the clergy, and the politics behind the DWP rate hikes.

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Politically Indirect: Big Fucking Deal
Comments (0) | @opinion, @podcast, Opinion, Podcast
Hillel Aron, Olga Khazan, Richie Duchon
Senior Editors
LISTEN: We discuss the dawn of a new American socialism, the California governor's race re-heating up, and crappy jobs.

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The West Side (Rentals) Story
Comments (7) | @losangelesandregion, Los Angeles, Los Angeles and Region
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

Sometimes, a PR stunt is just a personality trait. The man behind the largest rental service in L.A. explains where the dancing, rapping Rental Man came from.

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Victory Twice As Sweet
Comments (0) | @opinion, Commentary, Opinion
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

The bill's not perfect, but it's an important first step. It's also proof that government can get things done- if you have a little patience.

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Politically Indirect: Naked As A Jaybird
Comments (0) | Opinion, opinion, Podcast
Hillel Aron, Olga Khazan
Senior Editors
LISTEN: Hillel and Olga discuss the Oscars (sort of), the education debate, and Congressman Eric Massa's fascinating flame-out.

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LA Galaxy Tryout Draws Hundreds of Hopefuls
Comments (2) | Sports, Sports
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

VIDEO: Every year, soccer players from all over the world come to Los Angeles to compete for one open roster spot on the Galaxy.

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Politically Indirect: EduCrisis, Longhorns, Chasing Recession Shadows
Comments (1) | Opinion, Podcast
Hillel Aron, Olga Khazan, Richie Duchon
Senior Editors
LISTEN: The team is back together again to talk about the day of action to defend education, Texas politics, and how the Great Recession is changing our generation.

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Politically Indirect: Summit Like It's Hot
Comments (1) | Opinion, opinion, Podcast
Hillel Aron, Olga Khazan, Marc Cooper
Senior Editors
Hillel and Olga are joined by special guest Marc Cooper to discuss the historic historic health care summit, the dreaded filibuster, and Ron Paul's surprise victory at CPAC.

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Joe Stack And The Semantics Of Terrorism
Comments (1) | @opinion, Commentary, Opinion
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

Joe Stack crashed his plane into an Austin federal building. Why isn't that terrorism?

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Politically Indirect: The Anti-Palin
Comments (0) | Opinion, opinion, Podcast
Hillel Aron, Madeleine Scinto, Richie Duchon
Senior Editors
The stimulus package turns one, Evan Bayh blows off the Senate Democrats, and the race for the worst job in America, Governor of California , heats up.

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Politically Indirect: Tighten Your Belts!
Comments (0) | Opinion, opinion, Podcast
Hillel Aron, Olga Khazan
Senior Editors
LISTEN: The Tea Party, Republican obstructionism, the mind of the voter, the nanny state, and why it's hard for college chicks to get dates.

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Anti-Obama Blogger Blames Obama
Comments (6) | Commentary, Opinion, opinion
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

Mr. Courrielche was kind enough to respond to my article on Yosi Sergant, so I thought I'd return the favor.

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Yosi Sergant And The Art Of Right Wing Hysteria
Comments (47) | @nationandworld, Nation and World, National Politics
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

How an Echo Park publicist changed political art, and how the politics of art changed him.

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Cigarettes And 'Lost': Exquisitely Unsatisfying
Comments (0) | @filmandtv, Film and TV, Television Review
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

Too many characters have died, too many have been resurrected, and too many have traveled through time and space. And of course, too many mysteries have been conjured. But I can't quit Lost.

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Politically Indirect: Gay Demon Sheep Running For Congress
Comments (0) | Opinion, opinion, Podcast
Hillel Aron, Olga Khazan, Richie Duchon
Senior Editors
LISTEN: The president's $3.6 trillion budget, a pair of politically charged Super Bowl ads, and the eventual (if not imminent) change in the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy

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Politically Indirect: State Of The iUnion
Comments (0) | Opinion, opinion, Podcast
Hillel Aron, Olga Khazan
Senior Editors
LISTEN: Richie is busy doing his hair, so it's just Olga and Hillel chatting about Obama's big speech: the wacky spending freeze, health care getting the shaft, and why the middle class get all the love.

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State Of The Union: It's A Long Story...
Comments (1) | @opinion, Commentary, Opinion
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

In his first State of the Union address, Obama was surprisingly confident. At least someone is.

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Behold, A Giant iPhone
Comments (2) | science, Science Commentary, Technology
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

Ten hours of video on one charge, but why buy a device that doesn't replace anything?



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Politically Indirect: Crappy Anniversary
Comments (0) | Opinion, opinion, Podcast
Hillel Aron, Olga Khazan, Richie Duchon
Senior Editors
LISTEN: The new Republican Senator with hot daughters, the big bummer that is Haiti, and that wacky Supreme Court will destroy all life forms... or will it?

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Let's Invade Haiti
Comments (2) | @opinion, Commentary, Opinion
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

Haiti needs more than just our money. Haiti needs our guns.

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News Roundup: Haiti In Crisis
Comments (0) | Nation and World
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor
"We have already collected around 50,000 dead bodies. We anticipate there will be between 100,000 and 200,000 dead in total, although we will never know the exact number," says Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aime. Six of the dead were Americans. Read on for links to more news, video footage and photos of the evolving story.

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Politically Indirect
Comments (0) | Opinion, Podcast
Hillel Aron, Olga Khazan, Richie Duchon
Senior Editors
LISTEN: The Prop 8 trial, why you will not see it on TV; Game Change, good political reporting or a small step above Perez Hilton; Harry Reid, monster or innocent old senator?

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Some 'Hope' For Artist In AP Case
Comments (1) | @california, associated press, California, fair use, Hope, Is that even legal?, legal, Media, Shepard Fairey
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor
Will a fair use argument save Shepard Fairey and his famed Obama 'Hope' poster, distributed during the 2008 Democratic primaries, in his lawsuit against the Associated Press?

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Politically Indirect
Comments (0) | Opinion, Podcast
Hillel Aron, Olga Khazan, Richie Duchon
Senior Editors
LISTEN: Is flying more dangerous (and other terrorism talk); California, a pig and pony show; and the politics of Avatar.

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Little Pink Houses For You And Me
Comments (1) | @opinion, Commentary, Opinion
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

My fondest memory of 2009? Seeing John Cougar Mellencamp steal the show at the pre-Inauguration concert in D.C. Yes, seriously.

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Why See 'Avatar'? Here's Why
Comments (1) | @filmandtv, Film and TV, Film Reviews
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

It's 'The Matrix' meets 'Dances With Wolves,' but for some reason (...the 3-D glasses, maybe?) it works.

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Best Of The Decade
Comments (8) | @living, Lifestyle, Living
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

As we usher in a new year, we salute some of the best albums, movies, TV shows, books and more from the last 10 years.

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Who Killed Manchester Square?
Comments (3) | @losangelesandregion, Los Angeles, Los Angeles and Region
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

SLIDESHOW: A neighborhood near LAX has been reduced to a veritable ghost town. But why?

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The Health Care Nuclear Option
Comments (4) | @opinion, Commentary, Opinion
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

Health care reform is almost dead. So why shouldn't the Senate consider using the nuclear option - reconciliation?

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Eric Garcetti: L.A.'s Answer To Bill Clinton
Comments (3) | @losangelesandregion, @opinion, Los Angeles and Region, Los Angeles Politics
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

Q & A: City Council President Eric Garcetti talks hipsters, L.A.'s missing stimulus money and his plans for 2013.

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Charles Johnson And His Little Green Footballs: Holding Down The Center
Comments (35) | @nationandworld, Nation and World, National Politics
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

Q & A: Johnson explains why he split with the right and why, if he had to do it all over again, he'd vote for Obama.

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Politically Indirect
Comments (1) | Opinion, Podcast
Hillel Aron, Olga Khazan, Richie Duchon
LISTEN: Deeper in Afghanistan, the end of the decade from hell, and more on the UC's fee hikes

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Afghanistan: The Re-Resurgence?
Comments (4) | @opinion, Commentary, Opinion
Hillel Aron
Senior Editor

You know what they say, 20,000 troops here, 30,000 troops there, pretty soon you're talking about a real war.

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