Tuesday, January 23, 2007

A true Nighthawk logs 50 years at the diner

A new blog post in the Native Intelligence section of LA Observed.


Charlie Collins [far right in inset] is living proof that there was a time when there was truth in the promises that evolved out of those stories by Horatio Alger, Jr., tales that promoted the idea that hard work, honesty and dedication could earn anyone a version of "The American Dream," which society has come to define, at the very least, as the picket-fence fantasy of homeownership...


... Read the rest in the Native Intelligence section of LA Observed.

— TJ Sullivan in LA

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