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Free speech under fire
The recent exchange between an atheist and a judge in a small courtroom in rural Pennsylvania could have come out of a Dickens novel. Magisterial District Judge Mark Martin was hearing a case in which an irate Muslim stood accused of attacking an atheist,...Tags: Ghouls and Zombies (supernatural entities), John Adams, Civil Rights, Freedom of the Press, Music
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On the acting life and the understudy; a remarkable vet at a Burbank animal shelter; and religion in America and the 'nones'
The play's the thing
Re "Playing role of patience," Column One, March 23
I thoroughly enjoyed the article about the life of a theatrical understudy.
I've been working in the film and television industry for the last 35 years — not as an actor but...Tags: Prostate Cancer, Leonard Bernstein, Animals, Religion and Belief, Anthony Hopkins
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Trayvon Martin case: George Zimmerman website solicits donations
George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Florida, has created a website to communicate to his supporters and solicit funds for his legal defense and living expenses, now that he has been forced...
Tags: PayPal, Inc., Blackmail and Extortion, Trayvon Martin, Justice System, Edmund Burke
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Christopher Hitchens, writer and intellectual, dies at 62
Jacket CopyProlific, argumentative and intellectually bracing writer Christopher Hitchens has died of cancer. He was 62.... -
Christopher Hitchens dies at 62; engaging, enraging author and essayist
Christopher Hitchens, the engaging and enraging British-American author and essayist whose polemical writings on religion, politics, war and other provocations established him as one of his generation's most robust public intellectuals, has died. He was...Tags: Ceremonies, Literature, Esophageal cancer, Saddam Hussein, Wars and Interventions
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We're taxed out [Most commented]
Opinion L.A.Pay it forward, Californians, the editorial board wrote Saturday, saying: California is a wealthy state, with enough money and brains to create a future of opportunity and achievement for the next generation. As we face these new triggered cuts and...... -
Occupy Philly ignores eviction order, awaits police response
Nation NowOccupy Philly refuses an eviction order as protests supporting Occupy Wall Street come under pressure across the country. Occupy Philly demonstrators are still assessing their options.... -
Celebrating the genius of 'Huckleberry Finn'
Los Angeles Times Book CriticMark Twain was not quite 50 when he published "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in February 1885, and in so doing, changed American literature. Until then, many of our writers had flirted with vernacular expression, most notably Thomas Paine, whose...Tags: Politics, Mark Twain, Literature, Langston Hughes, Norman Mailer
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Five literary treats to last all year long
Jacket CopyFive literary treats that will last through 2011: free short stories, a new app, near-extinct words and author interviews form the Paris Review.... -
'Fourth of July Tribute to Thomas Paine'
Thetford, England. 1750.
Tom and his father were always arguing. And it was always about the same thing. Tom would stare his father straight in the eye and demand, "Why?"
And his father would thunder, "You have to make a living, don't you? Besides, it...Tags: Death, Crosswords, Thomas Jefferson, Family
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Great expectations -- by Americans and by Obama
Barack Obama has been criticized for being too cool, too aloof, even too serene. But the President Obama who delivered the inaugural address on Tuesday was anything but aloof. He was passionate and pleading, somber and demanding. And he did something...Tags: George Washington, Politics, National Government, Political Systems, Ronald Reagan
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Financial boom, financial bust: What happened?
Every now and then, even the smartest of us need to relearn the lessons of American history. Take Alan Greenspan and the unfolding story of the current credit crisis. Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, is "the Oracle" given much of the...Tags: Education, Politics, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), John Adams, Death
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