What happened on January 11, 2004
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Picking Nits with Frank Deford Glenn F. Bunting, Times staff writer Glenn F. Bunting last wrote for the magazine about televangelist Dr. Gene Scott.
Cold Shot DAVID DOWNIE, David Downie last wrote for the magazine about salt cod.
Raising California Nelson Handel, Nelson Handel last wrote for the magazine about the excesses of aromatherapy.
Weaving Havoc Rex Weiner, Rex Weiner is a freelance writer living in Los Angeles.
His Global Patient Load Miles Beller, Miles Beller last wrote for the magazine about Los Angeles police commissioner and real estate developer Rick Caruso. "True to Life," Beller's novel about translation set in 1940s Italy, is due next year from CM Publishing.
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Oscar Wilde, as he was talked about John Sutherland, John Sutherland is the Lord Northcliffe professor of modern English literature at University College London. He is the author of several books, including "The Life of Walter Scott" and a forthcoming biography of Stephen Spender.
From 'angel' to 'monster' Tom Nolan, Tom Nolan is the author of "Ross Macdonald: A Biography."
Hitting bottom, bouncing back Michael Harris, Michael Harris is a regular contributor to Book Review.
Bestsellers Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.
Movie men behaving badly Richard Schickel, Richard Schickel is a contributing writer to Book Review and reviews movies for Time. He is the producer-writer-director of more than 30 documentaries, including most recently "Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin."
Bestsellers Rankings are based on a Times poll of Southland bookstores.
A lens upon the heavens Thomas Curwen, Thomas Curwen is a Times staff writer.
Popped by a bubble John Allen Paulos, John Allen Paulos, a mathematics professor at Temple University, is the author of "Innumeracy" and "A Mathematician Plays the Stock Market."
She's no Emma Bovary Joanna Smith Rakoff, Joanna Smith Rakoff is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in various publications, including Poets & Writers.
Building the church of holler and moan Anthony Heilbut, Anthony Heilbut is a record producer and the author of several books, including "The Gospel Sound: Good News and Bad Times." Albums he has produced have won Grammy Awards and the Grand Prix du Disque and have been included by the Library of Congress among the first 50 entries in its registry of American sound recordings.
Truth is buried with the victims of a genocide Micheline Aharonian Marcom, Micheline Aharonian Marcom is the author of the novel "Three Apples Fell From Heaven" and of the forthcoming novel "The Daydreaming Boy."
OPINION
The House That Used to Be in Mexico Felix F. Gutierrez, Felix F. Gutierrez is visiting professor of journalism in USC's Annenberg School for Communication. This is adapted from an essay in "Defining a Nation: Our America and the Sources of Its Strength," published by the National Geographic Society in 2003.
A Closer Unexplored World: Oceans Margaret Wertheim, Margaret Wertheim is the author of "The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space From Dante to the Internet."
Kurds' Soft Sell for a Hard-Won Autonomy Brendan O'Leary, Brendan O'Leary is Lauder Professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania, where he directs its Solomon Asch Center for the study of ethnic conflict. He also will be a constitutional advisor to the parliament and government of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
Keeping a Nuke Peddler in Line Jon B. Wolfsthal, Jon Wolfsthal is deputy director of the Non-Proliferation Program at the Carnegie Endowment. He is co-author of "Deadly Arsenals: Tracking Weapons of Mass Destruction."
Let's Talk: Some Christians Ignore Interfaith Dialogue Benjamin J. Hubbard, Benjamin J. Hubbard is a professor and chairman of the Department of Comparative Religion at Cal State Fullerton.
Formula for Guilt Peggy Orenstein, Peggy Orenstein is the author, most recently, of "Flux: Women on Sex, Work, Love, Kids and Life in a Half-Changed World."
Afghan Path to Peace Goes Through India, Pakistan Paula R. Newberg, Paula Newberg, guest scholar at the Brookings Institution, spent December in Afghanistan and Pakistan. She is the author of "Judging the State: Courts and Constitutional Politics in Pakistan."
The Barreling Bushes Kevin Phillips, Kevin Phillips' new book, "American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush," has just been published by Viking Penguin.
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