Elon Musk's strange debut as federal budget negotiator
In the wake of a successful effort to eliminate a year-end spending bill and replace it with more limited legislation…
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Kieran Culkin, Jesse Eisenberg: Opposites attract and come together
Kieran Culkin tells a story about his desperate desire to go to Poland to make Jesse Eisenberg's road movie, “A…
Malcolm Gladwell revisits 'The turning point' that brought him literary stardom
Book review Revenge of the tipping point: overblown stories, superspreaders, and the rise of social engineering By Malcolm GladwellLittle, Brown…
Column: Californians would love for Kamala Harris to steal this idea from Trump
SACRAMENTO — Kamala Harris has already stolen one idea from Donald Trump. Now she should steal another one, to help…
How can we avoid drowning in garbage?
Edward Humes thinks a lot about trash and how we should deal with it. “Garbology,” the Pulitzer Prize-winner’s book about…
How to talk about politics with people who disagree with you
These days, there's no surer way to start a fight than to talk politics with someone who disagrees with you.…
Nine years after Trump's appearance, some readers are making fun of him
September 14, 2024 3 am Pacific Time Let me give you a sense of how I do my job as…
Opinion: Living in Los Angeles helped me discover what it means to be Jewish
There is a powerful Jewish value, elu v'elumeaning “these and those.” As in, both these and those ideas have merit.…
Opinion: For the undecided, will this be Kamala Harris' Achilles heel?
Kamala Harris is off to a strong start to her presidential campaign, but the weeks leading up to the November…
Living well without going to college? Delaware has something to teach us
August 31, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: I couldn't agree more with your assessment that there are…