Why standardized tests for 4-year-olds are meaningless
To the editor: As a former kindergarten teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District and a National Board Certified…
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'Gasoline Rainbow' review: Kids hit the road while they can
New Orleans-based filmmaker brothers Bill and Turner Ross have made a name for themselves over the past 15 years with…
Billie Eilish's senses are alive in 'Hit Me Hard and Soft'
Billie Eilish has been singing about looking and being looked at for almost half her life. Now 22, he broke…
The insurrectional Trump does not deserve to share the debate stage with Biden
To the editor: There should be no debate between President Biden and former President Trump. A man is president of…
Too obsessed with Taylor Swift? Could be a coping mechanism
While researching “Cultish,” her book on “the language of cults from Scientology to SoulCycle,” the writer Amanda Montell I kept…
Why we struggle to find meaning and happiness at work
Once upon a time work was work: we endured it so we could eat. But today many of us have…
I am single and 50 years old. What are the chances of being hit on in Los Angeles?
As a newly single woman in her 50s in Los Angeles, I was terrified. She had been married so long…
Why do we mourn when our cars die?
Our 17-year-old Honda CR-V (affectionately nicknamed “Broomhilda”) met its tragic and untimely demise last summer when a deer darted out…
The San Francisco Symphony brings synesthesia to Scriabin
It was a cold, wet afternoon as I walked down desolate Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley. A countercultural thoroughfare in the…
Madonna Celebration tour is a messy victory lap
You have to respect Madonna's idea of a nostalgia trip. Standing on stage before an audience of thousands Monday night…