Letters to the Editor: When Competent Women Lose Their Jobs, We All Suffer
to the editor: Columnist Anita Chabria's words filled my heart with sadness for all the irreversible damage President Trump has…
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'SNL' Recap: Jack Black Joins the Five-Timers Club
Almost a year ago today, Jack Black Hosted “Saturday Night Live” for the first time in 20 years, fresh off…
Broken Spanish Comedor feels like the neighborhood restaurant Los Angeles needs
Chicharrón reinvented in a soft and crispy pork belly pinwheel. Duck meatballs impregnated with smoky chipotle and bacon. Lamb neck,…
I am a writer. How could I misunderstand my bibliophile girlfriend so much?
When I ask my girlfriend about the book she's reading, I'm guaranteed to spend the next few minutes completely confused.…
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…
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…
Letters to the editor: Roosevelt's words about the “new frontiers of the mind” still apply today
October 30, 2025 6 a.m. Pacific Time To the editor: In James B. Milliken's opinion article, Vannevar Bush's report “Science,…
Letters to the editor: Drug traffickers are not 'terrorists' and killing them is not the answer
October 22, 2025 7 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: Despite Humpty Dumpty's claim in Lewis Carroll's book “Through the…
How These Education Bills Could Affect Your Child in the Classroom
A bill aims to improve lagging reading skills among California children by mandating how schools teach this critical subject. Another…
Finally we married for love. I also did it for health insurance.
For decades, Carlos and I were not married. And I didn't care. I created comedy material from it and used…