This Week's Stories
Flipped
By Don Bauder, Published July 23, 2008
Rancho Santa Fe’s John Eggemeyer III gets reams of favorable publicity for buying, rehabilitating, and flipping small banks. But now the stock market is flipping ... More
Rich Dad, Poor Dad
By Sonia Eliot, Published July 23, 2008
What are you reading? “Right now, I’m reading Pre-Hospital Emergency Care. It’s the textbook I need to study to become ... More
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The Question on Nancy Graham: Why Was She Hired in the First Place?
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Nancy Graham, who recently resigned as head ... More
Note to U-T Employees: You Think You're Angst-Ridden? Look at Your Former Ohio, Illinois Colleagues
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Union-Tribune employees are walking around semi-catatonic. The ... More
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Movies
This Week's Reviews
Blackout
When the smoke clears, The Dark Knight should emerge as ... More
Over 7000 Movies Reviewed by Duncan Shepherd
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
End-of-the-world science fiction as filtered through the sensibility of zany, nutty, Monty Python-y British humor. The trendy, youthy, culty Douglas ... More
How I Killed My Father
A prosperous, emotionally remote gerontologist (Charles Berling) provides room and board for his indigent, estranged father (Michel Bouquet, looking very ... More
The Shining
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