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...study the history of the Middle East. U.S. forces are basically a Christian army waging war in an Islamic country. That was, is and always will be a formula for disaster. We should withdraw and let the Iraqis settle their sectarian differences without outside interference. Joseph Rizzuto, Los Gatos, California...
...Signs,” and “He Said, She Said,” Silver has long been turning an inquisitive, critical eye on her surroundings. Her literary debut, a collection of short stories entitled “Babe in Paradise,” is situated in contemporary Los Angeles and recounts a number of painful narratives in which individuals are faced variously with a car-jacking, a house fire, and an abandoned baby. In her first novel, “No Direction Home,” Silver explored the search for meaning and a sense...
...only after the customers at his exiled mother’s restaurant in South Korea raised $30,000 that the man released Choi, allowing him to travel to South Korea to be with his mother. Choi, who is now a high school student in Los Angeles, shared stories from the 14 years he lived in North Korea, as translated from Korean to English by Hee Kwon Seo ’11, who is also a Crimson news writer. In addition to recounting how his mother, a spy for the North Korean government, was sentenced to death for expressing her disagreement...
...Los Angeles institutions go, perhaps only the Lakers inspire as much passionate debate and chest-thumping as the humble taco truck: "My corner carne asada is better than yours, amigo!" Unlike the Lakers, however, you don't have to be Jack Nicholson to afford the top-of-the-line taco truck experience. Gobbling oniony beef tacos as you rest your paper plate on your car hood and watch the sun set over the freeway traffic will set you back about $3. It is an evening of fine dining accessible to any college student, construction worker or unemployed actor...
...also teaches a class on lyrics at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz in Los Angeles, recounted an instance in which she asked her students to write without mentioning partying, drinking, bad relationships, “bling bling, or how fly they were.” On the day that the assignment was due, no one had written anything, because they claimed that they didn’t know what to write...