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articles/2017/03/04/tijuana-cheap-drugs-and-trump-bashing/170303-jacobson-ugly-american-tease_mqonof
The Ugly American

Tijuana, Cheap Drugs, and Trump-Bashing

Just across the border, in a city where a Trump resort faied miserably, people prepare themselves for ‘one more ugly American.’

Mark Jacobson

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The Hippest Guy in the Room

Reporter, promoter, raconteur, and all-’round man about town, the late great Harold Conrad roars back to life in Mark Jacobson’s classic profile.

Mark Jacobson

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