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The Brown Air Prequel for our Climate Change World
Why the Sky Disappeared, and Why L.A.'s Smog-Choked Atmosphere Can Be Our Lodestar Today.…
Chip’s Year in Writing & Creating
For me, creativity isn't just what I do. It's who I am, and my most reliable bulwark…
At Christmas, “It’s A Wonderful Life.” In 2022, hopefully it’ll be a series about a life as Impossible as it is Strange!
Mercury Media has optioned its inaugural title, the underdog story of a teenage daredevil…
My Fantastic Place – An Essay
Squeeze was the sound I’d been waiting for from the black hole left by John Lennon’s…
“The Accidental True Crime Writer” – my Los Angeles Review of Books essay
It wasn’t until one day in 1998, strolling along Hollywood Boulevard, that I got stopped…
Meet Chip Jacobs: Author, journalist, dog-enthusiast, spiritual optimist
The argument that erupted between us that evening felt like the climax of a John Hughes…
Trailer for my true-crime book: “The Darkest Glare: A True Story of Murder, Blackmail and Real Estate Greed in 1979 Los Angeles”
If you're a fan of Quentin Tarantino movies or Elmore Leonard books, you'll love this…
1979 L.A. True Crime in Song
It was the faces that slayed you that year, when the only reason for a belly-laugh was a…
The Man Behind the Gun
Not all monsters are born that way. Sometimes, a freak accident changes their fate, and…
Trump wants his classified docs trial postponed.
Trump stole classified docs, lied about it, showed them to God knows who, stored them improperly, and refuses to return the rest.
How about we stop giving a fuck about what he wants?
#ProudBlue Jack Smith #TrumpForPrison2024
Monthly payments of $1,000 could get thousands of homeless people off the streets, researchers say
A Chance for Congress to Stave Off Tyranny by William A. Galston via @WSJopinion
72 Minutes Until the End of the World? via @politico