California’s disappearing health care reform
The single payer health care bill has passed both of the state's legislative branches -- twice. Why is it now dead?
Thursday, May 2, 2013 6:54 PM UTCPolitics LA Review of Books, California
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Salman Rushdie: Artists are more vulnerable than ever
The celebrated author and founder of the PEN World Voices Festival reflects on the perils of the Internet age
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 9:02 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books
Julian Assange: The Internet threatens civilization
However disappointing, the Wikileaks founder's new book offers a fascinating -- and discomfiting -- thesis
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 8:48 PM UTC 36Life LA Review of Books
“Out of Order”: Why SCOTUS matters
Sandra Day O’Connor explains the High Court
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 3:59 PM UTCPolitics sandra day o'connor, SCOTUS
How “Life of Pi” anticipated 9/11
Published the same month as the attacks, Yann Martel's novel offers a prescription for life post-catastrophe
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 7:00 PM UTCOscars LA Review of Books, Life of Pi
When Derrida discovered Marx
Revisiting the post-structuralist's legendary lecture "Specters of Marx"
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 34Social LA Review of Books, Books
Owen King’s sparkling debut
"Double Feature" offers a heartbreaking and poignant meditation on the vagaries of art
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 11:30 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, Books
“Parks and Recreation”: TV’s most progressive show
The NBC sitcom is just as ardent in its defense of government as it is fearless in its skewering of conservatives
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 8:38 PM UTC 18Social LA Review of Books, essays, NBC
Andy Griffith, America’s surrogate father
A trip to the Andy Griffith Museum in North Carolina helps explain the actor's enduring legacy
Monday, Apr 22, 2013 9:14 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books
Does “Downton Abbey” perpetuate gay stereotypes?
However complex, Thomas Barrow is like most gay characters on TV: The odd man out
Sunday, Apr 21, 2013 5:00 PM UTCSocial LA Review of Books, TV
William H. Gass, post-post-everything author
For the beloved American fiction writer, conventional narrative kills the life inside language
Sunday, Apr 14, 2013 9:00 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books, Fiction
Is the small nonprofit in big trouble?
In "With Charity for All," former NPR president Ken Stern sheds light on the dark side of NPOs
Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 9:01 PM UTCSocial LA Review of Books, Books
HP Lovecraft, pulp philosopher
Graham Harman's "Weird Realism" examines the metaphysical underpinnings of the cult author's bizarre oeuvre
Thursday, Apr 11, 2013 8:22 PM UTC 13Life LA Review of Books, Books
American TV’s British invasion
The beloved "Doctor Who" is just the latest English series to captivate audiences on the other side of the pond
Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 8:48 PM UTC 18Entertainment LA Review of Books, Television
Sharon Tate: Unwitting victims’ rights martyr
A new book chronicles the aftermath of the Manson family murders and the political movement they helped ignite
Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 8:02 PM UTCLife LA Review of Books, Books, essays
“A Thousand Pardons,” and just as many plot contrivances
Jonathan Dee's latest offers some keen observations about family life, but ultimately feels overly schematic
Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 7:00 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books
“Flickering Light” illuminates the history of neon
Author Christoph Ribbbat traces the evolution of one of the more charismatic elements in the periodic table
Sunday, Mar 31, 2013 6:00 PM UTCTechnology LA Review of Books, Books, Art
Is the legalization of gay marriage inevitable?
Two recent books trace the Supreme Court's long, rocky history with the civil rights issue
Saturday, Mar 30, 2013 9:00 PM UTCLife LA Review of Books
“Spring Breakers”: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Girls Gone Wild”
Harmony Korine's controversial new film echoes many of the themes of our greatest American novels
Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 9:36 PM UTCEntertainment LA Review of Books
Roll in the hay: The rise of the Amish romance novel
While not as steamy as "50 Shades of Grey," so-called "bonnet rippers" are selling like shoofly pies
Sunday, Mar 24, 2013 1:00 PM UTCSocial LA Review of Books, Amish, Books
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