In Moon Unit, Zappa's memoirs, fame and family trauma collide
Book review From the Earth to the Moon By Moon Unit ZappaDey Street Books: 368 pages, $29.99If you purchase books…
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A MacArthur 'genius' homecoming tale defies stereotypes of immigrant life
Book Review Someone like us By: Dinaw MengestuKnopf: 272 pages, $28If you purchase books linked on our site, The Times…
'Great Absence' Review: A Distant Father Fades Into Dementia
When dementia becomes a major factor in any household, the ravages of loss soon begin. It is in that unsettling…
CrowdStrike outage shows our dependence on tech giants
From Thursday With ripple effects for days afterward, a routine software update triggered an unprecedented freeze across much of the…
Column: I know what a real hillbilly is, and it's not JD Vance
From the moment I heard about hillbillies as a kid, I was fascinated. Good boys and girls born in the…
JD Vance's book Hillbilly Elegy was a scam. Don't miss it
The choice of J.D. Vance on Monday as Donald Trump’s running mate is a direct result of the political media’s…
Trump selects 'Hillbilly Elegy' author JD Vance as running mate
JD Vance, the Ohio senator and author of the acclaimed memoir “Hillbilly Elegy,” will be the Republican vice presidential nominee,…
Corey Comperatore was killed during the attempted assassination of Trump
BUTLER, Pennsylvania — The rally-goer who died in the failed assassination attempt on former President Trump at a campaign event…
Column: The dangers of diagnosing Biden's health by watching CNN
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a TV ad that asked whether President Biden’s claims about the economy…
A memoir of Chicano studies, intertwined with a Compton story
Book Review Compton in my soul: a life in pursuit of racial equality By Albert M. CamarilloStanford: 312 pages, $28If…