Joan Didion's words after the 1988 writers' strike still ring true
December 7, 2025 7 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: Since none of your literary commentators on Joan Didion mentioned…
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Column: The journalist who fell in love with Kennedy's married scion and ruined her career
It can be fun to read about self-destructive behavior when the protagonists are handsome, famous, or powerful. In the fall…
Column: Finally, the players themselves are the voice of the NBA
Three words perfectly summed up what LeBron James has been trying to tell us for most of his life. His…
Is military action the most effective way to help American drug users?
December 6, 2025 7 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: President Trump threatens to attack Venezuela and apparently considers the…
Contributor: The true cost of Warner Bros. selling its soul to Netflix
With Hollywood's rapid technological takeover, traditional movie studios now face an existential crisis. Paramount was absorbed by Skydance during an…
Letters to the editor: China dominates the electric vehicle market, but that doesn't mean we should give up
December 5, 2025 6 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: California set the standard for efficiency when electric vehicles were…
Santa Barbara's Housing Need Should Not Override Proper Procedure
December 4, 2025 7 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: The aerial view of the Old Santa Barbara Mission that…
Contributor: The American experiment is not what is failing
Spend five minutes listening to the most theatrical tribunes of the American left—Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren or Rep.…
A person with the power to approve a city? Wow, what could go wrong?
December 4, 2025 6 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: The printed subtitle makes the problem clear: empowering an official…
Letters to the editor: a recognition to those who work in the field and keep us fed
December 3, 2025 8 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: In this season of harvest, feasting, and thankfulness, I want…