
“The distinction between complex thinking / right-answer thinking increasingly defines the difference between elite educational opportunity and education of the rest.”"If the SAT Were a Key to All Mythology" by Monica Cohen
“Object Relations”
“Ambush Haircuts”
“Discoveries: Dan Fante”
“Marilynalia”
“Tall Redhead Syndrome”
“Home Pages”
“Three-Dimensional Wistfulness”
“Falling Down”
“Celebrity Politicians”
“Tales From The Platinum Triangle”
“Details, Details”
“The Sign”
“Tales of Buffalo Billy: Noel Simsolo's "Masters of Cinema: Billy Wilder"”
“Liberalism in Flight”
“Notes on Shulman”
“Schindler Goes Hollywood”
“Schindler Goes Hollywood Part II”
“The Big Reservoir”
“A People’s Guide to Los Angeles, Part 2”
“Fear Not: On the Biggest Manhunt in California History”
“Lizard Brains: On "The Care and Feeding of Exotic Pets"”

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