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L.A. writer, columnist. Commerce & culture. THE POWER OF GLAMOUR, THE SUBSTANCE OF STYLE, THE FUTURE & ITS ENEMIES. Current obsession: &/as

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  1. 7m

    Unless city law requires parking (I’m looking at you L.A.).

    Uber is helping to lower the price of housing, through fewer parking spaces: Dear Tenant: Your Uber Is Here
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  2. 9m

    A lot hangs on the meaning of “first.”

    "No literary writers who respect their art should consider money as their first objective."—Warren Adler. With all due respect: baloney.
  3. 13m

    Multiply by millions.

    Well this is crap (kind of). I spent untold manhours and $$$ to comply (and started last payday for my non-exempt). Sigh, more billable hrs.
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    26m

    . No, it isn’t. Here’s the underlying source: List is about reducing people to a soundbite.

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  5. 42m

    Some kinds of provincialism.

    That fear is not unfounded. Education is the enemy of provincialism.
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  6. 43m

    I knew that list was stupid as well as obnoxious and censorious.

    Absurdly Richard Posner is on the list of college professors allegedly to have discriminated against conservatives
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  7. 1h

    White conservatives long argued that inner city blacks undermine their own prospects. Say it about working class whites, and it's crazytalk.

    Wow Talk about inferiority complex. I was under the impression that it's the American way to want more for your children.
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  8. 5h

    this Yahoo Answers page gives me life

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  9. 50m

    True. (I’ve been reporting on this.) But better late than never.

    Actually, grossly late for many small orgs and nonprofits, which had to make adjustments by now to be ready by Dec. 1.
  10. 54m

    A big relief to a lot of small orgs, including nonprofits: Texas court blocks overtime rule

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  11. 4h

    Amen to this: Statement on The Professor Watch List

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  12. 22h

    You rightly criticized Hillary for Clinton Foundation. If you have contracts w/foreign govts, it's certainly a big deal, too.

    Prior to the election it was well known that I have interests in properties all over the world.Only the crooked media makes this a big deal!
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  13. 5h

    What a great thing he created: founder Col Needham talks about his famous website and his favorite flicks

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  14. 7h

    Of course it will.

    . stmt on Trump ditching TPP: "will create an opening for China ... at the expense of American workers"
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  15. 7h

    Amazon has caught on to impostor syndrome

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  16. 7h

    Nonfiction authors, including scholars: Please fill out survey on fair use.

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  17. 8h

    Trump acknowledges the DC hotel he owns is "probably a more valuable asset than it was before." Says the brand is "hotter."

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  18. 8h

    "My company's so unimportant to me relative to what I'm doing." Trump.

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  19. 8h

    Trump on his businesses/conflict q's: "The law's totally on my side, the president can't have a conflict of interest."

    3,121 retweets 1,891 likes
  20. 8h

    True

    "I think it would be very very divisive for the country," Trump says about prosecuting the Clintons.
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