History

Stress in trauma's wake: Genes play a major role

2011-09-06 11:35:00

Ten years after terrorists�hijacked four American jetliners and killed nearly 3,000 people, there's�growing evidence that�people with a previous history of depression, or who have been traumatized before, are far more vulnerable to developing post-...

Florence, Italy, undergoes a new Renaissance

2011-07-17 00:00:00

"Florence has changed," my friend Alessandra told me on the phone. "There's a new spirit here." "I don't believe it," I said. "I know Florentines; they're conservative people who hate change." "Come and see for yourself. I'm going on a trip. You can...

Teen alcohol consumption: A tangled network leads to a surprising conclusion

2011-09-30 11:11:00

When�your teen comes home�slurring, swaying and smelling of�alcohol, here's a research finding that will help you pinpoint whom to finger as the�major "bad influence" in the kid's life.�First, a couple of�hints: It's not that rowdy gang of boys your son...

A healthy dose of American history

2011-07-10 00:00:00

Paul Revere was captured on April 18, 1775, before he could warn the residents of Concord, Mass., that the British were coming. (He did make it to Lexington, Mass.) No Revolutionary War battle was ever fought at Valley Forge, Pa., even though Gen. George...

Critic's Notebook: Under the influence of Hemingway

2011-07-03 00:00:00

For much of the 1980s, beginning when I was in college, I used to read a Hemingway book a year. The point was not self-improvement but rather a kind of exploration: What was it, exactly, about his writing that I'd missed? I had read "The Sun Also Rises"...

No laughs but plenty of relevance in 'The Trojan Women'

2011-09-03 11:06:00

Now is the summer of our discontent. If you'd like a little theatrical relief from all that's ailing America's body politic, Anne Bogart and SITI Company are probably not your ticket. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD: Tragedian's name: The...

TV preview: 'Prohibition'

2011-09-11 00:00:00

On the last day of July, Ken Burns had his first drink of the year. Sitting in Trader Vic's at the Beverly Hilton hotel and talking about his upcoming documentary "Prohibition," the filmmaker bypassed the bar's traditional mai tai and instead went for...

Titans ready to make Chris Johnson a big offer — if he reports

2011-08-12 00:00:00

PASSINGS: Vesta Williams, Orlando Brown, Frank Driggs

2011-09-24 00:00:00

Vesta Williams Singer of R&B hits in 1980s Vesta Williams, 53, an R&B singer who had hits in the 1980s with "Once Bitten Twice Shy" and "Congratulations," was found dead Thursday evening of a possible drug overdose in an El Segundo hotel room. An...

The consequences of letting it rip in 1974

2011-09-25 00:00:00

So there's my name, on Page 1 of "Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art, 1945-1980," the Getty's massive overview catalog for its monumental effort to get Southern California modern art into the heretofore New York-centric history of American modernism....

Book Review: Sarah Palin via Joe McGinniss: cocaine, infidelity and anonymity

2011-09-15 08:41:00

There's a not-so-subtle agenda underpinning Joe McGinniss' "The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin," although it's never made explicit until late in the book. "The time has come to strike the tent," McGinniss begins the closing chapter. "[N]o...

Patt Morrison Asks: The brain, Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

2011-10-01 00:00:00

Here's a Hollywood pitch for you: Leading U.S. neurosurgeon started life as a struggling Mexican boy who made it from illegal-immigrant California farmworker to Harvard Med. Not buying it? You should. Dr. Alfredo Qui�ones-Hinojosa was that kid and is that...

Teacher J.B. Salganik says Baltimore does a terrible job of capitalizing on its prominent role in African-American history, starting with the lack of honors for Frederick Douglass.

2011-09-02 13:36:33

Karen Collins is photographed in her South Los Angeles home, where she creates shadow boxes that tell history through art.

2011-08-05 15:57:05

"Eyes on the Box," a shadow box by Karen Collins, depicts Jim Crow laws.

2011-08-05 15:55:56