Rogues of L.A., a web series launching today here on Popdose and at roguesofla.com, features a cadre of snarky-yet-idealistic young people stepping into sticky situations and solving problems for complete…
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Dw DUNPHY: Well, now that Syria has vanished from the front pages, Big Tea has refocused on the fight they really wanted: Running the government into a brick wall. Praise…
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A newspaper’s map of permit holders points a way forward if gun control fails.
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GOP: Time to give the Outrage Loop a rest.
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When nothing short of the ultimate punishment will do…
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Forget those hifalutin rock critics. What does a 10-year-old girl think of Tay-Tay’s new platter? Popdose gets the scoop from Jon Cummings’ precocious daughter.
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Battling Multiple-Choice Mitt might have blunted Obama’s Denver debacle.
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What if they gave an open primary and nobody came?
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CA-26 is a humdinger of an open primary — for better and for worse.
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A deluge of negative ads may swamp a congressional campaign — but not necessarily the one that’s under attack.
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This race is closely watched. If only it were more FUN to watch…
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The president’s support for gay marriage opens a new front in his battle for re-election — but its historical importance will reverberate far longer.
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Linda Parks won’t pick a party or take PAC money. She might win anyway.
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A high-stakes congressional race is taking shape in the sleepy L.A. suburbs
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Can’t the populist right and left just get along?
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Remembering the guy who brought country, and bad shirts, to the suburbs.
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How did the Tea Party force a stupid deal, prove itself unfit to govern … AND simultaneously send the economy over a cliff? Jon Cummings spots the jokers in the deck.
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Wednesday’s anti-democratic (and anti-Democratic) shenanigans in Wisconsin were just part of a GOP effort to destroy the Democrats’ power base nationwide. Can they succeed? Jon Cummings says, definitely maybe.
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Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” exemplifies the shift among pop’s reigning divas — from P!nk to Katy to Ke$ha — away from self-aggrandizement and toward messages of self-help aimed directly at their audiences. Jon Cummings explores the new pop paradigm.
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Conservatives now claim the Constitution as their own — yet couldn’t bring themselves to read it in its entirety on the House floor. Jon Cummings examines the flaws of Tea Party-brand strict constructionism.
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Can taking the vitriol down a notch really prevent another tragedy like Tucson? Jon Cummings explores the state of our discourse – and his own culpability.
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President Obama may have given up the store on tax cuts this week, but at least he coined a useful metaphor in the process. Still, is it the GOP holding the recovery hostage, or is it their corporate sponsors?
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One of America’s greatest singer/songwriters gets the jukebox-musical treatment in L.A., bringing to life his brilliantly drawn characters and showcasing his caustic wit.
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Chastened by Jon Stewart, if not the midterm election results, Jon Cummings invites Popdose readers to Be Their Own Pundits and pontificate on our new politics.
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As a disastrous new show stumbles toward Broadway and “Glee” rebounds from its worst episode, can issues of religious belief inspire decent musical theatre? Jon Cummings has his doubts.
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John Lennon’s traumatic teens, and the birth of the Beatles, get the little-British-art-film treatment. But can it work both as cinema and as Beatleography?
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Katy Perry’s aborted Sesame Street appearance launched a short-lived kerfuffle, but offers a neat allegory for explaining the idiocy of the current political climate. Jon Cummings considers the merits of Katy’s cleavage and other assorted boobs.
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