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Read the archive   of Wattenberg's   syndicated column     A Conversation with Sydney Pollack Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg visits the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California, to sit down with Sydney Pollack, one ... more Duke Ellington Think Tank takes a look at the life and influence of jazz giant Duke Ellington on the occasion of his 100th ... more   Is Los Angeles Breaking Apart? main page Is Los Angeles Breaking Apart? Aired 5/12/2001 This week, Think Tank visits Los Angeles, California, to check in on one of America’s largest and most tumultuous cities. Los Angeles today is a sprawling city of some 4 million people. About a third of those people live in the San Fernando Valley, just north of the Santa Monica Mountains. Many Valley residents believe they have been getting the short end of the stick for years and want to secede from the City of Los Angeles. The movement has resonance in other parts of America and in a world seeking to find a balance between localism and globalism. But it threatens to tear apart America’s second largest city. Will it succeed?   Read the full transcript   Fernando Guerra     associate professor of political science and director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University   Xandra Kayden     senior fellow at UCLA’s School of Public Policy and Social Research   Joel Kotkin     senior fellow with Pepperdine University’s Davenport Institute for Public Policy and author of "The New Geography: How the Digital Revolution is Reshaping the American Landscape." Originally Aired: 5/12/2001     Be sure to also check out: Here are some previous Think Tank programs that may be of interest. Do We Still Need the SAT?   aired 3/15/2001 Middletown, USA   aired 7/2/1998 The Life and Times of Thomas Malthus   aired 6/18/1998 Send us your thoughts Think Tank is made possible by generous support from the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation, the Donner Canadian Foundation, the Dodge Jones Foundation, and Pfizer, Inc. ©Copyright Think Tank. All rights reserved.     Web development by Bean Creative.