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My Day in Court. A Visit to London's Old Bailey
I dropped in on a murder trial in England's most famous courthouse.
Nov 26
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Ronald Claiborne
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Remembering November 22, 1963, the day JFK was assassinated
Sixty-one years later, it is still a vivid, shocking memory for almost anyone who was a child at the time.
Nov 22
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Ronald Claiborne
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Remembering November 22, 1963, the day JFK was assassinated
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October 2024
CONFESSIONS OF A CAMPAIGN CANVASSER
I spent eight days canvassing for Kamala Harris in four states. Did it matter?
Oct 31
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Ronald Claiborne
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Chavez Ravine and the Sad Story of Dodger Stadium
It's a gorgeous stadium in a beautiful location ... with an infamous history
Oct 23
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Ronald Claiborne
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Why do people like to gamble? I asked a gambler. Me.
A new report finds that sports wagering causes financial harm - lower credit scores, higher bankruptcy - in the 38 states where it's legal. So what's…
Oct 8
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Ronald Claiborne
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Why do people like to gamble? I asked a gambler. Me.
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September 2024
Interview with History Prof. Kevin Waite about the "Second Act" of Confederate Gen. Longstreet
For my recent Substack article, Why There Are No Southern Monuments to this Confederate Civil War General, I spoke with Kevin Waite, professor of…
Sep 24
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Ronald Claiborne
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Why There Are No Southern Monuments to this Confederate Civil War General
Gen. James Longstreet, hailed in the South as one of the great Confederate military leaders, became a pariah when he supported rights for Black people…
Sep 20
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Ronald Claiborne
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The Long Goodbye. The Decline of L.A.'s Central Avenue
Part 2 of the story of how Central Avenue went from being the thriving hub of Los Angeles's Black community to decline in the decades after the Second…
Sep 5
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Ronald Claiborne
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The Long Goodbye. The Decline of L.A.'s Central Avenue
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It was the Main Street of Black Los Angeles when L.A. was rigidly segregated
Central Avenue was the African-American community's social, entertainment and economic hub, and only place where Blacks and whites mixed socially. Today…
Sep 2
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Ronald Claiborne
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It was the Main Street of Black Los Angeles when L.A. was rigidly segregated
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August 2024
What's it like to be a jazz musician? I asked one.
How and why Alan Braufman became a jazz saxophonist, starting at the age of 8.
Aug 9
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Ronald Claiborne
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What's it like to be a jazz musician? I asked one.
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July 2024
[COPY] On the 75th anniversary of Orwell's "1984"
His greatest novel, written on the Scottish island of Jura as he was dying, was published in 1949. Among other things, it warns of the danger of…
Jul 31
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Ronald Claiborne
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[COPY] On the 75th anniversary of Orwell's "1984"
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On the 75th anniversary of Orwell's "1984"
His greatest novel, written on the Scottish island of Jura as he was dying, was published in 1949. Among other things, it warns of the danger of…
Jul 31
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Ronald Claiborne
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