The Funkiest Place In Town PHIL TRACY, Tracy has spent more time than most in dark, quiet restaurants while covering politics for the Village Voice, New West and other publications
Trivia Fatigue John Voland and TRIVIAL ANSWERS and 1--Three--James Coburn, Charles Bronson and James Leyton. and 2--John. and 3--Wolverines. and 4--Maverick. and 5--Napalm.
Commentary : How 'Aliens' Mirrors Feminine Fears NANCY WEBBER, The writer is an artist, photographer and professor of art at Los Angeles Harbor College, where she teaches film appreciation. and
Good Old Days Return to San Diego MICHELE GRIMM and TOM GRIMM, The Grimms of Laguna Beach are authors of "Away for the Weekend," a travel guide to Southern California.
Week in Review : MISCELLANY / NEWSMAKERS AND MILESTONES Robert John Mayer, 17, skipper of a boat carrying six teen-agers that was adrift for 19 hours, hugs passenger Sabrina Clark, 17, after they were rescued., Times staff writers Mark Landsbaum and Jerry Hicks compiled the Week in Review stories.
What We Call 'the Left' Is a Timid Distortion JEFF COHEN and LINDA VALENTINO, Jeff Cohen is the director of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, based in New York. Linda Valentino is on FAIR's national advisory board and lives in Los Angeles.
Mideast Policy Is Snagged on Semantics JEROME SEGAL, Jerome Segal is a research associate at the Center for Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of Maryland.
Soldier of Fortune Loses Love, Freedom in Vietnam David DeVoss, David DeVoss, a Los Angeles Times Magazine writer, was a correspondent in Saigon and has made seven trips to Vietnam since the end of the war