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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Paradise lost for LA Times religion reporter |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 7:43 pm |
| Tags: Los Angeles, Sexual Abuse, Grief, Theodicy, God, Christianity, Media |
| Lobdell's story about losing his faith while covering the Catholic sex scandal for the Los Angeles Times has gotten a lot of play.The 3,272-word piece, which ran Saturday in the Times' coveted Column One slot, recounted Lobdell's born-again moment, his praying and pleading to cover religion (for the same reason I got on the beat: because |
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| Cardinal Mahony as the serpent and the mayor as Adam |
| Published: July 23, 2007, 4:13 pm |
| Tags: Roger Mahony, Los Angeles, Sexual Abuse, Antonio Villaraigosa, Politics, Christianity, Media |
| I'm been writing of late about Cardinal Roger Mahony and the LA Archdiocese's massive settlement with 508 alleged victims of clergy sex abuse and about Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's philandering ways.Well, the LA Daily News put the two together in this cover for the Sunday Viewpoint section. That's Mahony as the serpent and the mayor chasing his |
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| It's official: the LA Times hates Israel |
| Published: July 23, 2007, 8:05 am |
| Tags: Judaism, Islam, Los Angeles, Jihad, Israel, Middle East, Media |
| to the American people, the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and New York Times want your byline.Inconceivable? Consider Hamas' summer hot streak. Not only has it driven Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas out of Gaza, threatened Israeli civilians and bombarded fellow Palestinians, but it has scored the ultimate media trifecta. |
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| Don't touch that dial -- you'll miss Jesus |
| Published: July 22, 2007, 8:49 pm |
| Tags: Los Angeles, Jesus, Unusual, Christianity, Media |
| Did you hear Jesus Christ on the radio this morning. I swear, on 640 KFI, "morrrrrrrre stimulating talk radio," as they say.Now, of course, this voice wasn't that Jesus. It was KFI Jesus -- also known as Neil Saavedra, who is not the redeemer of man but pretends to speak as him every Sunday from 6 a.m to 9. Here's part of the profile I wrote |
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| Aliyah to New Orleans |
| Published: July 20, 2007, 3:31 pm |
| Tags: Judaism, Los Angeles, Israel, America |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, but the Fed's spokeswoman said that wasn't |
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| Holocaust denial or alter kaker row? |
| Published: July 19, 2007, 2:35 pm |
| Tags: Judaism, Los Angeles, Anti Semitism, Holocaust |
| Loyal readers know that I wasn't raised Jewish and that my strongest association with Jewishness is with experiencing anti-Semitism. The potent embodiment of that is the Holocaust. My belief -- based on 4,000 years of history -- is that the world does not care if you practice Judaism if your last name is Greenberg. To anti-Semites, you're a |
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| LA Archdiocese to sell headquarters |
| Published: July 19, 2007, 12:21 pm |
| Tags: Roger Mahony, Los Angeles, Sexual Abuse, Christianity |
| coming. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles said yesterday it needs to sell up to 50 properties, including its Wilshire headquarters to fund at least $250 million of that $660-million settlement with alleged sexual abuse victims (insurers and religious order pick up the rest). From the LA Times:Cardinal Roger M. Mahony and others have said the |
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| What's Hollywood done for me lately? |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 5:06 am |
| Tags: Judaism, Los Angeles, Israel, Entertainment |
| shift. The problem in Los Angeles is not simply that young Jews aren't interested in Jewish organizations. The problem, in part, is Los Angeles."There is plenty of blame to go around. Some of it is Los Angeles, some of it is the Jewish community, some of it is the lack of appeal to younger people," said Donna Bojarsky, an adviser to |
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| More Details of LGBT Presidential Forum Released |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 12:51 pm |
| Tags: Los Angeles, Summer 2007, 2008 Elections, Gay Rights, Lgbt, Politics |
| Intrepid lesbian reporter Karen Ocamb over at The Bilerico Project and Bloggernista have posted interesting details of the recently announced HRC/Logo Presidential forum, which is being marketed as The Visible Vote '08: A Presidential Forum. Former Capital Gang panelist and Time magazine reporter Margaret Carlson and Jonathan Capehart, an openly |
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| REVIEW: Azeen's Afghani Restaurant (Pasadena, CA) |
| Published: July 18, 2007, 11:43 am |
| Tags: Reviews, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Restaurants, Food |
| Recently I had lunch at Azeen's Afghani Restaurant in Pasadena, CA. Pictured above is an excellent dish called mantu (Steamed dumplings filled with chopped beef, onions and herbs topped with yogurt and saut ed Mixed vegetables, $4). My lunch companion ordered pakawra-e-badenjan (Batter dipped, saut ed slices of eggplant topped with yogurt and |
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| $660 million for L.A. Catholic sex crimes |
| Published: July 17, 2007, 1:07 am |
| Tags: Los Angeles, News, Political Correctness, Religion, Media |
| the $660 million Los Angeles deal -- easily the largest payout yet in the crisis -- Cardinal Roger Mahony said the settlement will not have an impact on local ministries. He said he won't sell parish properties or schools to cover the cost, but the archdiocese will have to sell buildings, use some of its invested funds and borrow |
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| Congratulations to Larkin's Joint! |
| Published: July 14, 2007, 12:41 pm |
| Tags: Los Angeles, Eagle Rock, Restaurants, Food |
| officially opened; the Los Angeles Times' main food critic S. Irene Virbila reviewed the joint (relatively favorably) in Thursday's paper. Mad Professah reviewed it over three months ago.From the Times:ACROSS from the Eagle Rock Baptist Church, a new soul food restaurant hasopened in a sweet little 1911 bungalow with a wraparound porch. |
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| Pixelodeon Sound Bytes |
| Published: June 15, 2007, 5:20 pm |
| Tags: Pixelodeon2007, Los Angeles, Pixelodeon |
| Click To Play People talking and having fun at Pixelodeon. Hurrah! |
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| Meet Paris Hilton at Kitson |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 6:20 am |
| Tags: Celebrities, Celebrity Clothing Line, Celebrityclothingline, Hilton, Kitson, Los Angeles, Paris, Paris Hilton, Parishilton, Robertson Blvd |
| Filed under: Celebrity StyleDid you ever think you could be so lucky? I can hardly contain myself [insert sarcasm here]. Paris Hilton will be at Kitson boutique on August 16th from 1-3pm promoting her new clothing line. Whether people are interested in what Paris has to sell or not you know the line to get in will be long. In order to skip ahead |
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| Savory Summer Reading: Counter Intelligence by Jonathan Gold |
| Published: July 29, 2007, 3:16 pm |
| Tags: Books, Jonathan Gold, Jonathangold, Los Angeles, Reading, Restaurants |
| If you don't live to eat in Los Angeles, or maybe even New York, then you might not know him. Jonathan Gold is the current restaurant critic for the LA Weekly, and I will most certainly have you all know that I had a cybercrush on him waaaaay before he was even in the running for a Pulitzer Prize, let alone named the winner! Yes, yes, y'all, Mr |
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