Eric A. Gordon
LATEST ARTICLES BY Eric A. Gordon
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Opinion
‘Parade’ magazine tells us what people earn: How about a maximum wage?
April 13, 2020There’s a kind of voyeuristic “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” quality about this annual survey, we ordinary readers sitting at our kitchen tables drooling over celebrities’ estimated bank statements.
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Opinion
Why is this Passover, in the U.S. and Israel, different from all other Passovers?
April 8, 2020The eight-day observance of Passover, which begins this year on Wednesday night, April 8, is the most celebrated holiday in the Jewish calendar year.
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Opinion
Do they really want to kill us?
March 31, 2020If Thomas Malthus felt the answers to overpopulation were war and disease, we are not very far from embracing those solutions ourselves.
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Books
Gripping crime thriller ‘Left of Eden’ set in Hollywood’s Blacklist era
March 25, 2020
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Culture
‘Zajal’: Composer Dave Soldier traces origin of modern song to medieval Spain
March 20, 2020Zajal was produced by Pedro Cortes, called “the foremost American exponent of Gypsy flamenco.”
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Politics
Duncan Hunter, post-election California roundup, and current state of the state
March 19, 2020The charge was conspiring to illegally use campaign funds to cover personal expenses. Eleven months is a short penance: He could have been sentenced to as many as five years.
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Culture
‘Taming the Lion’ tells the story of openly gay MGM actor William Haines
March 17, 2020A world premiere play that recently opened at Theatre 40 here tells the story of William Haines, at one time renowned as the world’s Number 1 Box Office male movie star.
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Culture
Genre-bending Brazilian film ‘Bacurau’ highlights struggle between North and South
March 13, 2020
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