My adult life coincided with Jerry Brown’s political career, so I was interested in the PBS American Masters documentary that aired last night. Some reactions: 1) A politician is an unusual inclusion in Masters, as opposed to the American Experience show. I wonder what explains this.* 2) This documentary, at 90 minutes, has less dragContinue reading “‘Moonbeam’ as an American Master”
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L.A.’s Loosening Grip on the Golden Goose of Trade
California’s middle class, a mainstay of the state’s prosperous growth in the mid-20th century, is due to suffer another pinch. Already pressed between the high land costs driven by a technology and entertainment elite and the galloping social costs of large poverty pockets and tight environmental and legal strictures, this median economic sector is beginningContinue reading “L.A.’s Loosening Grip on the Golden Goose of Trade”
Tim W. Ferguson 