Review of 'Meeting with Pol Pot': a guided tour of totalitarianism
The French Cambodian director, Rathy Panh, often cited the genocidal regime of Jemer Rouge, who killed his family and from…
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The images of disturbances, the political turn distort reality in the field in Los Angeles
Waymo vehicles without driver, covered with graffiti and wrapped in flames. Masked protesters, dancing and friving around the ardent American…
Opinion: When the unregulated AI recreates the past, we run the risk of losing our shared history
A furious political leader who shouts a message of hate to a worship audience. A child crying for his family's…
This real-life video game takes you through Los Angeles, literally
“Great Gold Bird,” a theater production taking place at various locations in Los Angeles, begins inside my house. It begins…
Haruki Murakami and other writers face post-COVID reality
Since 1979, Haruki Murakami has written more than a dozen imaginative novels dealing with the nature of reality. He says…
Opinion: Why does Trump seem to speak like no one else before?
Of all Donald Trump’s rhetorical predilections, one that goes almost unnoticed is his addiction to superlatives. No one has ever…
Trump can win. There is something wrong with our nation.
September 16, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: If, as Republican strategist Scott Jennings writes, former President Trump…
The dioramas at the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History are packed with things to think about
As Sheryl Crow growls her way through “If It Makes You Happy,” the music video for one of her most…
Trump is a disaster. Don't even think about comparing him to Kamala Harris
August 17, 2024 3 am Pacific Time To the editor: It saddens me to see the LA Times jumping on…
Involve the director general of health services to demystify abortion
To the editor: Thank you for the valuable editorial on common misinformation about abortion. Below are three more pervasive myths:…