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David ALLEN’s Biography

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Born in Vienna, Ph. D. psychopathology, Paris 7. I publish mainly on the history of madness and the relationship between madness and ideology.

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If Lake Ontario is now Lake America, can the city of Ontario be next?

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By David ALLEN
| The Orange County Register Verified
The president believes he has now, by executive order, renamed Lake Ontario, one of the Canada-adjacent Great Lakes, as Lake America. Lake America? That’s the name? I don’t think he workshopped it. For geographic and historic context on Lake Ontario, here’s what the Associated Press tells us: “The province of Ontario, founded in 1867, took its name from the lake.” And as a reminder, the city of Ontario took its name from the province. You know this story, right?
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‘Star Trek’ alien race has link to Pomona College language center

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By David ALLEN
| Los Angeles Daily News Verified
If you were tempted to try to save the Oldenborg Center at Pomona College in Claremont, you’re too late. Demolition crews have reduced them to rubble. Resistance, in other words, is futile. If that phrase rings a bell, that’s because it was the matter-of-fact warning of the Borg, a race of alien antagonists on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and later Trek shows. As the Borg declared in the 1996 movie “Star Trek: First Contact”: “We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships.
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Alan Wapner suffers rare setbacks in Ontario in wake of FBI action

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By David ALLEN
| MSN Verified
Alan Wapner is, uncharacteristically, on the ropes. The setbacks for the Ontario City Council member may well be temporary — more on that later. But after an FBI raid at his home and office on July 28, Wapner has been knocked for a loop. He'd had big plans for 2026. After 32 years in office, often as a sort of shadow mayor pulling strings behind the scenes, Wapner for the first time was running for mayor. In current slang, it was a flex move. Could he have unseated incumbent Paul Leon in the Nov.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Interview with William S. Burroughs.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Oh yes.

How is social media changing news?

Makes false news.