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    Dec 16, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Christopher Hitchens has died: Fighter, doubter, provocateur

    Nation Now
    Hitchens death reactions: A sampling of writers' reactions to the death of public intellectual and Anglo-American citizen Christopher Hitchens....
    2. Dec 31, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  2. On Christopher Hitchens: August Brown considers

    Jacket Copy
    August Brown writes: For me, his greatest influence was on the page. His style was defined by a refusal to resort to stock images and analysis -- or to accept them from others....
    3. Jan 2, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Denis Dutton dies at 66; founder of Arts & Letters Daily website

    Denis Dutton, a scholar, author and Internet trailblazer who founded <a href=&quot;http://www.aldaily.com">Arts &amp; Letters Daily</a>, a pithy website that links thousands of devoted followers around the world to smart, provocative writing online about books, culture and ideas, died Tuesday in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he taught philosophy at Canterbury University. He was 66.
    Denis Dutton, a scholar, author and Internet trailblazer who founded Arts & Letters Daily, a pithy website that links thousands of devoted followers around the world to smart, provocative writing online about books, culture and ideas, died Tuesday in...

    Tags: Books and Magazines, Peace Corps, Arts, Harvard University, University of Michigan

    4. Mar 14, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. 'Backing Into Forward: A Memoir' by Jules Feiffer

    Backing Into Forward
    Backing Into Forward A Memoir Jules Feiffer Nan A. Talese/Doubleday: 450 pp., $30 Whether newspapers live or die, the prognosis for the comic strip doesn't look promising. The extinction of the form not much more than a century after its birth would...

    Tags: Bernard Malamud, Books and Magazines, Crimes, Cartoons, Schools

    5. Jan 28, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. John Updike dies at 76; Pulitzer-winning author

    John Updike, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction whose novels and short stories exposed an undercurrent of ambivalence and disappointment in small-town, middle-class America, died Tuesday. He was 76.
    John Updike, the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction whose novels and short stories exposed an undercurrent of ambivalence and disappointment in small-town, middle-class America, died Tuesday. He was 76. Updike's death from lung cancer was...

    Tags: Edward Hopper, Harold Bloom, Bernard Malamud, Arts, Obituaries

    6. Sep 11, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. China, Russia and the new world disorder

    The seven years since 9/11 reveal an old truth: Problems are usually not solved, they are just overtaken by other problems. Those of 8/8, for example. On Aug. 8, 2008, two mighty nations announced their return. Russia, invading Georgia, did it with tanks....

    Tags: Democracy, Politics, Beijing Games, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Goldman Sachs

    7. Apr 24, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. No-nuke world: a pipe dream?

    <i>Today's topic: Is it even possible to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, let alone completely rid the world of them? Are there some countries that should always maintain nuclear arsenals? Andrew Grotto and Gabriel Schoenfeld finish their debate.</i>
    Today's topic: Is it even possible to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, let alone completely rid the world of them? Are there some countries that should always maintain nuclear arsenals? Andrew Grotto and Gabriel Schoenfeld finish their debate. America...

    Tags: Italy, The Washington Post, Weaponry, Treaties, Inflation and Deflation

    8. Nov 1, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. 'My Father's Bonus March' by Adam Langer

    My Father's
    My Father's Bonus March Adam Langer Spiegel & Grau: 244 pp., $26 In June 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, a ragtag collection of World War I veterans converged on Washington, D.C., to demand money the government had promised them. About...

    Tags: Douglas MacArthur, Judaism, Documentary (genre), Armed Forces, Defense

    9. Sep 18, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Irving Kristol dies at 89; godfather of neoconservatism

    Irving Kristol, a forceful essayist, editor and university professor who became the leading architect of neoconservatism, which he called a political and intellectual movement for disaffected ex-liberals like himself who had been &quot;mugged by reality," died Friday at a hospice in Arlington, Va. He was 89.
    Irving Kristol, a forceful essayist, editor and university professor who became the leading architect of neoconservatism, which he called a political and intellectual movement for disaffected ex-liberals like himself who had been "mugged by reality," died...

    Tags: Republican Party, The Washington Post, Society, Science and Technology, Defense

    10. Jan 28, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Putting 9/11 into perspective

    IMAGINE THAT on 9/11, six hours after the assault on the twin towers and the Pentagon, terrorists had carried out a second wave of attacks on the United States, taking an additional 3,000 lives. Imagine that six hours after that, there had been yet...

    Tags: Adolf Hitler, Crimes, Death, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Armed Forces

    11. Sep 11, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Six years later

    Today, Bandow and Hewitt discuss progress in the war on terrorism. Yesterday they debated the Petraeus report. Later this week they'll focus on Osama bin Laden's new message and other topics. A mixed report By Doug Bandow Hugh, Six years have passed...

    Tags: Crimes, Iraq War (2003-2011), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Defense, International Military Interventions

    12. Sep 14, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. The politics of war

    Today, Townhall.com's Hugh Hewitt and the American Conservative Defense Alliance's Doug Bandow assess the domestic politics of foreign war. Previously, they re-imagined the War on Terror, pondered the meaning of Osama bin Laden, assessed the state of...

    Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Defense, Wars and Interventions, Heads of State, Abraham Lincoln

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