What happened on July 28, 2002
BOOKS
The Road to Perdition By Laurence Bergreen, Laurence Bergreen is the author of "Capone: The Man and the Era."
'Real Exact': Freeze-Frame L.A. By Peter Carey, Peter Carey is the author of several novels, including "True History of the Kelly Gang," "Jack Maggs" and "Oscar and Lucinda."
Who Loves Ya, Baby? By Terry Castle, Terry Castle is the author of the forthcoming "Boss Ladies, Watch Out! Essays on Women, Sex and Writing."
Slicing Tomatoes and Other Close Encounters By Carmela Ciuraru, Carmela Ciuraru is the editor of "Beat Poets" and the forthcoming "Poems for America."
Daddy Dearest By Michael Harris, Michael Harris is a regular contributor to Book Review.
The Outsider By Jacob Heilbrunn, Jacob Heilbrunn is an editorial writer for The Times.
The Critic's Credo By Wendy Lesser, Wendy Lesser is the author, most recently, of "Nothing Remains the Same: Rereading and Remembering." She edits the Threepenny Review.
Blue Danube By Heller Mcalpin, Heller McAlpin is a writer whose reviews have appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Washington Post and the Christian Science Monitor, among other publications.
The Prophet of an Empire's End By Robert F. Moss, Robert F. Moss is the author of "Rudyard Kipling and the Fiction of Adolescence."
Reading The Russians By Ruth Stone, From "In the Next Galaxy" by Ruth Stone (Copper Canyon Press: 102 pp., $20)
Hipster, Flipster and Finger-Poppin' Daddy By Grover Sales, Grover Sales is the author of "Jazz: America's Classical Music" and teaches jazz studies at Stanford University. In the early 1960s he handled publicity for Lord Buckley in the San Francisco Bay area.
The Iceman Cometh By Jeff Turrentine, Jeff Turrentine is a senior editor at Hemispheres magazine.
Moscow on the Hudson By Dan Schifrin, Daniel Schifrin is a columnist for New York Jewish Week.
OPINION
The Dangers of Sexualizing Our Children By Julie Hudash, Julie Hudash is an Irvine-based freelance writer who focuses on children's issues.
Friends of Free Speech, a Newspaper Needs You By Paul Pflueger, Paul Pflueger is a Laguna Beach resident who teaches at a local community college.
Social Insecurity By Jacob Heilbrunn, Jacob Heilbrunn is a Times editorial writer.
Mr. Lucky of California Politics By Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a senior scholar in the School of Policy, Planning and Development at USC. She is also a political analyst for KCAL-TV.
Oust Saddam First, Then Pursue Peace By Ehud Sprinzak and Robert J. Lieber, Ehud Sprinzak is dean of the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at Interdisciplinary Center in Herzilya, Israel. Robert J. Lieber is professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University.
A Deadly Recipe By Wendy Orent, Wendy Orent writes frequently on infectious disease and is currently writing a book about plague.
Hard Times By Kevin Phillips, Kevin Phillips' new book, "Wealth and Democracy: A Political History of the American Rich," was published in May.
Big Business Loses Its Protector By William Schneider, William Schneider, a contributing editor to Opinion, is a CNN political analyst.
Mission Accomplished: Now It's Time to Pull Out By Jay Taylor, Jay Taylor, a former Marine, was a deputy secretary of State for intelligence and research in the Reagan administration. He is currently writing a biography of Chiang Kai-shek.
Spy in a Gilded Cage By David Wise, David Wise is the author of "The Spy Who Got Away" and of "Spy: The Inside Story of How the FBI's Robert Hanssen Betrayed America," to be published in October.