Most Candidates Never Get Near a TV Camera By Herbert E. Alexander, \f7 and \o7 Alexander is professor of political science and director of the Citizens' Research Foundation at USC.
Who Should Choose Art Shown to the Public? By Charles Desmarais, \o7 Desmarais is director of the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach. The exhibition "Mark Heresy: Flags" continues through Dec. 16. and \f7
PLATFORM : Tired of the Killing \f7 and \o7 ICE CUBE, a Compton rap artist whose controversial debut album "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted," recently went platinum, commented on what he described as the nation's callousness toward bloodshed in African-American communities. The rapper, whose graphic lyrics offer still shots of the grim side of American life, told The Times: