World & Nation
Surveillance video does not back up the story told by a man who was honored this week at the White House by President Trump for his actions during the Aug. 3 mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart, police said.
Sept. 13, 2019
Awards
The film’s director and cinematographer saw friendship and sacrifice as the touchstones in the true story of U.S. Navy fighter pilots Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner. But the action was still spectacular.
Dec. 21, 2022
Opinion L.A.
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Aug. 12, 2009
Nation Now
Sept. 10, 2011
Sept. 15, 2011
Books
The late great Scottish sculptor Michael Ayrton, in an ephemeral novel called “The Maze Maker,” divided men into two sorts on the basis of the way they approach their work: those who struggle to master materials become artists or craftsmen (like Daedalus, the artisan who made wings to escape the maze of the Minotaur), while those others who manipulate people try to become heroes.
Dec. 27, 1987
Archives
The Times editorial, “An Ideal Personified,” (Nov. 22) was right on with how security guard Conrad Buchanan displayed the rare quality of true heroism.
Nov. 29, 1998
Movies
Is it a coincidence that Superman died the same week the movie “Malcolm X” opened?
Dec. 6, 1992
Letters to the Editor
Without the work of people like 83-year-old physician Warren Hern, countless women would have died of botched abortions.
March 16, 2022
Those of us who have experienced combat know that, usually, acts of heroism are as much a matter of circumstance as intention.
Aug. 7, 1986