"They know that the column resonates in the community. They know that people like it, and yet they don't have room for one column once week that consistently got it right."

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"They know that the column resonates in the community. They know that people like it, and yet they don't have room for one column once week that consistently got it right."

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"And new people come in, and it doesn't go along with their politics, and they fire me, end the column, silence a voice in Los Angeles. They can't silence it nationally, but they are able to do it there."

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"They know that the column resonates in the community. They know that people like it, and yet they don't have room for one column once week that consistently got it right."

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"Even with the best of intentions, even when they're very smart and knowledgeable - as opposed to George W., who is neither - it doesn't seem to matter."

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