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Letters to Editor--LATRe "Keeping up with Fabian," 10/15/07As a progressive activist, I am less concerned about the lifestyle Nuñez leads than what his voting record is on issues that affect more... |
Essay in "Everything Long Beach"Remembering City Landmarks 2009-10-09 · By Editor By Steve Varalyay I attended Long Beach State and spent considerable time in both the Los more... |
MICKEY'S PAYBACKMickey Seeverson ordered yet another rum & oj. He'd drank more over the past 10 days than he normally did in a year. He'd just turned 50 and, for the first time in his life, was unemployed. Look more... |
NOTABLE QUOTESEDWARD ABBEY"Neoconservatives are neither new nor conservative. They are as old as Babylon and evil as hell.""In the Soviet Union, government controls industry. In the US, industry controls more... |
When confronted with an irrefutable agrument laden with facts, he counters it with something erudite like, "So?". The woman who screams at anti-war protesters to "Get a life!", then goes home and bitches all afternoon about someone's dog going on her front lawn... The self-styled Stallone/John Wayne types who talk macho andwant to bomb some country back to the Stone Age, but can't find that country on a map. The same types as above who derided Martin Sheen, Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon in the run up to the Iraq War--"I wish they'd shut up. They're actors. What do they know?"--then voted for Arnold Schwarzenegger in the governor's recall election seven months later. Are huge proponents of states' rights, then, when California wants to adopt its own (single-payer) heatlhcare system, suddenly develops laryngitis. more... |
| CREW San Luis Obispo Deep Sands Olympic Auditorium Caravan to Executive Suite in LB Alphy's + Red vs Nancarrow Horn at Flagship on Sunday afternoon "What the hell are more... |
| MICHAEL CRICHTON'S TOP FIVE WRITING LESSONS April 28, 2009Karen Dionne, author of Freezing Point, reveals what her late hero, Michael Crichton, taught her about crafting solid fiction. Think more... |
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NEVER OPEN A BOOK WITH WEATHER. If it's only to create atmosphere, and not a character's reaction to the weather, you don't want to go on too long. The reader is apt to leaf ahead looking for people. more... |
| INSPIRATION matters because it, Transforms us from creative readers to creative writers. Heightens our senses. Develops our understanding of human nature. more... |
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HIGHTOWER PEARLSHightower Lowdown / By Jim Hightower 24 COMMENTS Hightower: Washington Overrun by 11,000 Corporate Lobbyists and $500 Million in Corrupting Donations We need to focus on those shadowy players more... |
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| AXEL: Burly, bearded and blunt character in the movie The Deer Hunter. His trademark was saying "Fuckin' A". Never "Hell yeah" or any synonyms, just that. Two episodes in more... |
| 8 Basic Writing Blunders These big-picture writing errors might make you cringe with recognition. But shake it off: Bestselling novelist Jerry B. Jenkins will help you fix them. 1. Morning-routine more... |
| RICK RICHTER: Gossip, loudmouth. "Transportation. Jim? Hi. What's up? Sick? Oh, sorry to hear it. Tellya what. Get some rest, get well and I'll see you when you come back. OK? All more... |
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| BATTLE AT MR B'S Typical Saturday night in the mid-70s. Stop somewhere to pick up booze, off of someboy's apartment or to a party. This night was the latter. The guy behind the counter said more... |
Articles on Unions |
ER 2010Jim O loved Redondo. He grew up there. He played on RUHS' 1945 CIF Champion football team. He was a charter member of the Senile Seahawks. But he did have one beef with the city: the more... |
Long, Strange TripLONG, STRANGE TRIP By Steve Varalyay Published in Easy Reader, August 2005 javascript blocked defer="defer" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">var YAHOO = {'Shortcuts' more... |
One Progressive's FantasyOne Progressive's Fantasy By Steve Varalyay Published in Easy Reader, August 2006 Derf's boss smiled fondly just thinking about his job performance. At the urging more... |
Random LengthsBorn on the Fifth of July Bloody Thursday Turns 65 By Steve Varalyay Random Lengths, June 25-July 8, 1999 On Monday, July 5, local longshore workers more... |
FOR UNIONS IT WAS SHAFT-HARTLEYFOR THE UNIONS IT WAS SHAFT-HARTLEY. IT'S STILL IN FORCE The Passage of the Law Most Odious to Organized Labor Was Also the Birth of Corporate Public Relations. By Steve Varalyay Published more... |
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| 11 Plot Pitfalls - And How to Rescue Your Story From Them August 03, 2010 by Laura Whitcomb We’ve all been there: basking in the glow of a finished manuscript, only to read it more... |
A Brief History of Corporate America's Use of PR vs UnionsWhat has been Corporate America's most lethal weapon against unions over the years? It's not Ronald Reagan. It's neither anti-union detective companies like the Pinkertons nor more... |