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This self-guided tour of the Charles Manson murder sites in and around Los Angeles is designed to take three hours. By following the map below, you can see the principal sites described in the following narrative and form a deeper appreciation of the events that took place between July and…
Read moreAt Windy Point in Palm Springs the wind is said to blow so hard that you are advised to wear goggles and a bandana to keep the grit out of your eyes. I was prepared with these accessories but hardly needed them. The day was sunny and still. The dunes…
Read moreBelieve it or not, the Right and the Left are at it again. Among other things we’re squabbling over that old saw, how and where to spend our tax dollars. We’ve got a problem and it’s called debt, and it just keeps getting bigger every day. The solution is up…
Read moreSteve Jobs was a jerk. But that doesn’t mean he wasn’t a visionary. In fact, Jobs was almost singlehandedly responsible for making computers well designed and user friendly. If it wasn’t for Jobs, the prickly and aggressive founder of Apple, you would still be looking at a command prompt when…
Read moreMy kid doesn’t pay me lip service. When it comes to the important stuff, she doesn’t tell me what I want to hear. She tells me what she really thinks. Which is the way I want it. Although, I must admit, from time to time it’s been a little unsettling,…
Read moreI have quit drinking. After 40 years and thousands of gallons, it’s time to give my liver a break and wash the toxins out of my brain. Two months into my new sobriety I can’t say I’m feeling sharper mentally, but I’m hoping to be quicker of wit before long….
Read moreGetting what you want out of life can be hard. You have to know where to look for it, and then, when you find it, you have to be prepared. But that’s only the start. You have to be patient to wait for the right conditions and then you have…
Read moreThe L.A. Lakers were playing the Dallas Mavericks for the Western Conference Championship. The game had been on for nearly an hour. I was sitting at a bar that boasted six flat screen TVs, all in high def. Two were switched off and the others were tuned to Wheel of…
Read moreA bright, enchanting New Mexico morning. I pull onto the interstate, old 66 running beside. The land slides and yaws like water in a bucket, waves of rolling terrain, an ocean of ochre colored grass flecked with sagebrush and streaked with greens and reds. The mountains heave themselves up, haughty,…
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