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Bringing home the bacon while others starve
The national unemployment rate rose to its highest level last month in more than a quarter century, according to government...
Read moreAnti-smoking paternalism is a cancer on American liberty
Following Santa Monica’s lead, Newport Beach is considering banning smoking in a variety of new places, potentially including parks and...
Read moreScouting the best investment
I love Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies. Luckily for me, one of my coworkers brought in several boxes of the...
Read morePlaying a high-stakes poker game
As president of the second largest bank in the world (Chase National) when the stock market crashed in 1929, Albert...
Read morePssst, they’re stealing from you, again
Foreclosures, which are spreading by epidemic proportions, now affect nearly one in every eight American homeowners. The labor market is...
Read moreChinatown from the DASH-eye view
While in downtown Los Angeles one Thursday, I had three hours free between the training sessions I was presenting and...
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Dream machine by DiMora
These days, who would have the gall to announce they’re planning to build a new and very limited-edition sedan which...
Read moreThe pain will go away, eventually
The “For Lease” signs are going up with greater regularity each day. The “For Sale” signs are getting dusty, all...
Read moreQ-Line answers
This past week, Q-line asked: The City Council last Tuesday appointed Santa Monicans for Renters’ Rights Co-Chair Gleam Davis to...
Read moreWhen breastfeeding’s not OK to do in public
Ohio police recently stopped a woman who was using her hand-held cell phone while driving. What’s so unusual about that?...
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