Columnist · January 29, 2026
For many of us here in the U.S., Africa feels very far away. There’s the geographic distance, of course, but also a deeply fragmented understanding of the continent that makes […]
Columnist · January 29, 2026
Early January is a theatrical dead zone in Los Angeles. The Nutcrackers have packed up, Tiny Tim is skiing in Mammoth, and actors are lumbering back into studios as rehearsals […]
Columnist · January 29, 2026
On March 21, 2025, I went to see the Eagles perform at the Sphere in Las Vegas. It was supposed to be the final concert at that venue for the […]
Columnist · January 29, 2026
For this month’s issue, I wanted to write something related to the topic of love, in honor of Valentine’s Day. Falling in love is like an altered state. Everything shifts: […]
Columnist · January 29, 2026
Every new year brings a flood of predictions about which books will dominate the conversation, and it can be exhausting trying to keep up. But the moment I heard that […]
Columnist · December 25, 2025
At the Windsor Square Association Town Hall in November, questions were raised to our public officials about the continued streetlight outages in Windsor Square. One LAPD representative declared that due […]