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Entries by Michael Sigman from 06/2010

Bald Pols: To Pay or Not Toupee

| Posted 06.02.2010 | Politics
Read More: Yul Brynner, John McCain, Ben Nelson, Joe Biden, Rand Paul, Ayn Rand, John Edwards, Glenn Beck, Frank Sinatra, Winston Churchill, Adlai Stevenson, Rudy Giuliani, Bald, Bald Politicians, Politics News

Before TV dominated image-making, it was okay, even cool, to be a bald politician. But once the public began gazing at JFK's shock of blow-dried locks, bald pols have suffered.

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Yes on Prop 15 -- One Small Step for Democracy

| Posted 06.05.2010 | Los Angeles
Read More: Meg Whitman, Secretary of State, Lobbyists, Jerry Brown, Steve Poizner, Fair Elections, Proposition 15, Public Financing, Greece, Jesse Unruh, Supreme Court, San Francisco Chronicle, Voter Information Cards, Democratic Party, California Primary, Republican, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles News

A victory for Proposition 15, the California Fair Elections Act, will mean that the race for the Golden State's Secretary of State will be a "clean money election" in 2014 and 2018. A small step, but a necessary one.

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Eight Thoughts About Election Day and Words and Music

| Posted 06.10.2010 | Politics
Read More: Otis Blackwell, Songs, Chairman Mao, Ronald Reagan, That'll Be the Day, Buddy Holly, Paul McCartney, Boston Tea Party, Begin the Beguine, Frankie Valli, Cole Porter, Rag Doll, Carl Sigman, Bobby Brown, Partridge Family, Gary Stewart, Rand Paul, John Lennon, God, It's All in the Game, British Invasion, Don't Be Cruel, Copyright Law, Beatles, Born in the USA, Tea Party, Art Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, b52s, Politics News

1.Tuesday's election wins by Sharron Angle in Nevada and Nikki Haley in South Carolina were helped immeasurably by those candidates' association with ...

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Falling For Feldenkrais: A Patient's Progress

| Posted 06.16.2010 | Healthy Living
Read More: Google, Yoga, Moshe Feldenkrais, Surgery, Hypnosis, Stacy Barrows, Mindfulness Meditation, Sandra Blakeslee, Rolfing, Pilates, Sergey Brin, Acupressure, Acupuncture, Matthew Blakeslee, New Age, David Ben Gurion, Laser, Physical Therapy, Medication, Feldenkrais, Cortisone, Mabel Todd, Kano Jigoro, Gustav Flechner, The Feldenkrais Institute, Healthy Living News

What I'm after isn't flexible bodies, but flexible brains -- Moshe Feldenkrais For an obsessive swimmer who craves the endorphins, the past two years...

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Alvin Greene's South Carolina Win: The Inside Scoop

| Posted 06.19.2010 | Politics
Read More: Rep. Al Green, Vic Rawl, Rev. Al Green, Jim Demint, Democrats, Let's Stay Together, Gospel Music, Senate, Rand Paul, Al Green, Alvin Greene, South Carolina, Soul Music, Voter Fraud, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Republicans, Democratic Primary, Politics News

Let there be no mystery about how Mr. Greene accumulated his 100,000-plus votes. Here's the full story behind Greene's canny three-pronged strategy to beat his well-funded primary opponent Vic Rawl.

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Feldenkrais: Everything You 'Know' About Healing May Be Dead Wrong

| Posted 06.24.2010 | Healthy Living
Read More: Yoga, Moshe Feldenkrais, Men's Fitness, Tai Chi, Feldenkrais Guild, Stacy Barrows, Pilates, New York, Michael Phelps, Norman Doidge, Alexander Technique, The Brain That Changes Itself, Feldenkrais Institute, New York Times, Physical Therapy, Feldenkrais, Healthy Living News

A brain without a body could not think. -- Moshe Feldenkrais When I told her that cross-training on the exercise bike only added hip joint stiffness ...

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Can Slake Quench LA's Media Thirst?

| Posted 06.27.2010 | Los Angeles
Read More: LA Times, Google, South America, Slake, John Powers, Daniel Hernandez, California, Joe Donnelly, Harold Meyerson, Pacific Rim, Europane Bakery, Jonathan Gold, David Zahniser, Bikini, Laurie Ochoa, Phoenix, LA Weekly, Gourmet, Hammer Museum, Gregory Rodriguez, Scott Foundas, Marc Cooper, Matthew Fleischer, Deborah Vankin, Dani Katz, Nicholas Carr, Slake Los Angeles, Los Angeles News

The LA media landscape just got richer. Joe Donnelly and Laurie Ochoa have joined forces to produce the debut issue of the quarterly Slake Los Angeles.

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