Articles by Rob Long

‘Barack Obama, in his first day as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, named Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, Jim Johnson and Eric Holder to lead the search for a running mate.” Read more

When I go to a new place, I almost always end up on a bus. Read more

As a professional writer, I’ve always been pretty good at not writing. Read more

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I LEARNED THREE things after reading the account of the 15-year-old boy who tagged a bus while Los Angeles’ mayor was on board. Read more

DONALD TRUMP, who as far as I know is a lovely man and a gentle soul, is getting a star on Hollywood Boulevard’s Walk of Fame. Read more

Like all well-adjusted people, I keep a running list in my head of the organizations, corporations and individuals I am angry at and/or feuding with. Read more

FOREST LAWN, that sweeping, green glade of dead people, is 100 years old, which means that in Los Angeles terms, it’s in the seriously old category, along with Musso & Frank, the Century City mall and Cher. Read more

WHEN THE NEWS came that the Public Utilities Commission had voted to create a new telephone area code for Los Angeles and environs, I got it on my BlackBerry. Read more