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2004 Stories by Howard Blume

• Fear in the Air

  published November 25, 2004

  Photo by Ted SoquiWanda Cherry was among the first to move into the long-vacant Borax building on Wilshire Boulevard. A supervisor... More >>

• This GI Joe Won’t Go

  published October 28, 2004

  Photo by Slobodan Dimitrov Maybe it was that first bayonet drill, in basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, that made Jim Denofa... More >>

• Silent Times

  published October 28, 2004

  TO THE EVER-SHRINKING LIST of the aggravatingly undecided, you can add the Los Angeles Times. The Times won’t take ... More >>

• Arnold the Republican

  published October 14, 2004

  Unless you’re that occasional unlucky waitress or starlet within arm’s length — what’s not to like about Arnold Schwarze5negger? ... More >>

• B as in Betrayal

  published September 30, 2004

  Beatrice Dent couldn’t quite remember whether she voted for county Measure B two years ago. It was a brief moment in a crowded life o... More >>

• Tough Love for King/Drew

  published September 23, 2004

  COUNTY OFFICIALS TOOK the first step this week to shut down trauma care at the King-Drew Medical Center, but not before County... More >>

• Ready, Aim, Sign?

  published September 16, 2004

  No insult intended, but Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has much in common with a bobblehead doll: He’s always smiling, and he likes t... More >>

• Finishing Off Bush

  published September 9, 2004

  IF YOU CAUGHT President Bush’s acceptance speech, you noticed the long pauses and the painstakingly slow delivery. At times, durin... More >>

• A License To Veto

  published September 9, 2004

  TRUE-BLUE FANS of Arnold Schwarzenegger could hardly forget the touching and memorable end of Terminator 3, when the actor’... More >>

• Arnold Decoded

  published September 2, 2004

  During a recent California visit, President Bush joked that he and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger have much in common, including mangling the... More >>

• Zealots on Parade

  published August 19, 2004

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• Going Back to Ohio

  published August 12, 2004

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• Arnold’s State Control

  published August 5, 2004

  Just in case 2,500 pages didn’t answer what would make our despised state government work better, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger pu... More >>

• It’s Not Just the Stupid Economy

  published July 22, 2004

  Photo courtesy of Kerry forPresident/Sharon Farmer So how are things in Ohio? With any luck for John Kerry, not too... More >>

• Rich With Possibilities

  published July 8, 2004

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• Corporate Kerry

  published July 1, 2004

  The battle for the White House looks a lot like class war when union leaders call Bush an SOB, and the Bush administration lets... More >>

• The Texas Abortion Tango

  published June 17, 2004

  Illustration by Miguel Valenzuela In the winter of the Clinton impeachment, Larry Flynt, the publisher of Hustler magazine, was... More >>

• Undone by Debt and Negligence

  published May 27, 2004

  It’s impossible to untangle the demise of the city’s Jewish Community Centers without offending some of the richest and most powerful — ... More >>

• Jewish Resurrection

  published May 27, 2004

  In a 1999 rampage, white supremacist Buford Furrow poured 70 rounds of gunfire into the Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills,... More >>

• War Over Air

  published May 6, 2004

  Local smog fighters — battling desperately to clean our region’s unhealthy, besotted air — got slapped around good by the Supreme Court l... More >>

• Violations Validated

  published April 22, 2004

  City officials OK’d a Silver Lake affordable-housing project that would be taller, larger and more crowded than allowed by zoning ordinances... More >>

• Making Radio Waves

  published April 22, 2004

  April 14 was a dark day for L.A. liberals, and a dark day for L.A. radio. It was the day that Air America, the fledgling... More >>

• X-Raying Workers’ Comp

  published April 22, 2004

  The Arnold Schwarzenegger show moved to Long Beach this week, where he shouted “hasta la vista, baby” to fraud in the workers’-c... More >>

• Liberal Radio Goes Dark

  published April 15, 2004

  Air America, the liberals’ answer to Rush Limbaugh, is on the air. Er, make that off the air. The fledging network, ... More >>

• Joust in Time

  published April 8, 2004

  Nothing controversial about the new 64-unit, five-story apartment building planned for Silver Lake. Except perhaps that it’s mor... More >>