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Southern California has always been an invented place. Without a major river, a natural port or even remotely adequate water, the region has always thrived on reinventing itself – from cow town to agricultural hub to oil city, Tinsel Town and the...

"Shadows Are in Hiding" [This is one post in a series about my music mixes.  The series list has links to all posts in the series and also definitions of many of the terms I use.  You may wish to read the introduction for more background. Like all...

Today’s tales from the worlds of economics, politics and the environment — plus added Fukusihmapocalypse Now! — opens with hope for modest relief for some via the Guardian: Sallie Mae and Justice Department in $60m deal over military...

Abbreviated Edition "The PD community really is a welcoming and supportive bunch." --Academic James Pamment; image from “epiphenomenal” --How some academics define public Diplomacy QUOTATIONS Quotations on Diplomacy and the Foreign...

Argyle Armada author Mark Johnson pops into the Café to talk about his latest book, Spitting in the Soup, a timely counterblast to the notion held by some that doping in sport has always been seen as being evil and has always been fought against. We...