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Ozzie and Harriet

Will California Act to Create More Affordable Housing?

Joel John Roberts | Posted 06.08.2012 | Impact
Read More: Poverty, California, Homelessness, Third World America, American Dream, Mortgage Crisis, Ozzie and Harriet, Affordable Housing, California Redevelopment Agencies, Impact News
Joel John Roberts

It used to be the "American Dream" was to purchase a detached single family home down the street from Ozzie and Harriet Nelson. Today, that dream has been reduced to simply hoping your family can afford rent on a two-bedroom apartment sandwiched in a multi-storied stucco box.

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Hey, Kids! A Decade After His Death, Shel Silverstein Has a New Book

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.22.2011 | Books
Read More: Roald Dahl, Shel Silverstein, Johnny Cash, The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein New Book, Ozzie and Harriet, Children's Books, Video, Books News
Jesse Kornbluth

Every Thing On It, published eleven years after Shel Silverstein's death, arrived yesterday. Homework was instantly abandoned. The Girl Who Hates To Read simply had to dive into this collection of 139 poems.

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Mickey Becomes a Rat And We All Like It: Why Are Our Heroes All Dark?

Lennard Davis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Mad Men, Television, Don Draper, House, Damages, Larry David, Mickey Mouse, Leave It to Beaver, Mickey Mouse Video Game, Ozzie and Harriet, Walt Disney, Epic Mickey, Entertainment News
Lennard Davis

What's happened to Mickey? I read today that Disney is about to launch a new Mickey video game in which our hero's sunny personality is going dark side.

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Crime and Punishment: Perception vs. Reality

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Prosecutors, Chino, Crime Rate, Beyond Thunderdome, Bill Bratton, Prison Reform, Cook-County-Public-Defenders-Office, Prison, Ozzie and Harriet, Tv Criminals, Media and Crime, Tv and Crime, Politics News
Mark Olmsted

Stressing education, drug treatment and job placement isn't about "coddling" criminals; it's about expanding the tax base and reducing the poverty that causes the majority of crime in the first place.

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