Commentary
Almost exactly 52 years ago—Feb. 9, 1971—a large magnitude 6.6 earthquake shook L.A.’s San Fernando Valley emanating from the vicinity of the Magic Mountain amusement park.
Smoke billows from the scene of a collapsed buildings in Hatay, Turkey, on Feb. 7, 2023. Burak Kara/Getty Images
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Roger L. Simon
Author
Prize-winning author and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Roger L. Simon’s latest of many books is “American Refugees: The Untold Story of the Mass Exodus from Blue States to Red States.”
