In 2008, Christian Lander started the blog <i>Stuff White People Like</i>. Since then, the site has exploded to over 71 million hits, and Lander has written a New York Times bestselling book by the same title. Lander returns with a new book, <i>Whiter Shades of Pale: The Stuff White People Like, Coast to Coast, from [...]
December 9, 2010 | Posted in
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Milk, eggs, peanuts and seafood – it turns out you may not be allergic to them after all. A new study released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases recommends new guidelines that challenge the methods used in diagnosis, testing and treatment of food allergies – as well as the percentage of Americans [...]
December 8, 2010 | Posted in
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Are public libraries worth saving? The fact that the question is even being asked is alarming, considering only a fraction of a library’s contents are online, but it’s becoming an increasingly necessary one to ask. The Los Angeles County Library system is staring down a 22-million dollar deficit per year over the next decade and [...]
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A little known law passed in January allows parents in a failing school to force a change. If 51% or more sign a petition it can trigger a forcible transformation of the school either by shutting it down, making it a charter or demanding other radical changes. 1,300 of California’s 10,000 schools are eligible, but [...]
December 7, 2010 | Posted in
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Even with laws on the books in several states that are supposed to enforce hands-free cell phone use in cars, we all have seen people furiously talking or typing away at their phones while driving—we all have probably been guilty of an infraction or two ourselves. There is a policy that is being kicked around [...]
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After the “shellacking” the Democrats took in the mid-term elections, the President is understandably weakened in his ability to direct policy and drive his vision for the country. In his new book "Revival," political reporter Richard Wolffe looks inside the White House at Obama’s inner-circle and the fight to maintain control in Washington. He explains [...]
December 6, 2010 | Posted in
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Why should a rough, tough, bearded man clearly old enough to drink be asked for ID at a bar? And why did public schools decide to remove the climbing rope from gym class? Famed radio host, actor, and angry man extraordinaire Adam Carolla asks these questions and more in his new book, In Fifty Years [...]
December 6, 2010 | Posted in
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Not sure what to give your friends and loved ones for the holidays? Take a cue from our movie experts and show your love by gifting some of the best DVDs of the year. Read the Full Story at KPCC Blogs
December 3, 2010 | Posted in
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Our fabulous FilmWeek critics stick around to share their stories about some of the big names in the industry. They discuss the works of actor Leslie Nielsen and director Irvin Kershner. And, not sure what to give your friends and loved ones for the holidays? Take a cue from our movie experts and show your [...]
December 3, 2010 | Posted in
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Historian and cultural critic Thaddeus Russell asks a simple and shocking question with his new book, <i>A Renegade History of The United States</i> – what if Americans owe their modern social freedoms to their least desirable social classes? Taking Howard Zinn’s revisionism to even less mainstream conclusions, Russell provides an overview of American history through [...]
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