What happened on December 11, 2005

TRAVEL

NATIONAL

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

BUSINESS

BOOKS

Impolite society Patt Morrison, Patt Morrison, an Op-Ed columnist for The Times, is the author of "Rio L.A.: Tales From the Los Angeles River."
Sex and the single scholars Heller McAlpin, Heller McAlpin is a regular contributor to Book Review and other publications.
Hardly par for the course Kristina Lindgren, Kristina Lindgren is an assistant editor of Book Review.
Postcards from the edge Diane Middlebrook, Diane Middlebrook is the author of several biographies, including "Her Husband: Hughes and Plath, a Marriage" and a forthcoming life of Ovid.
Bestsellers / Paperbacks
Harvest
Bestsellers
Children, seen and heard David L. Ulin, David L. Ulin is book editor of The Times.
A subject whose time has come Sara Lippincott
Private lives Martin Rubin, Martin Rubin is a critic and the author of "Sarah Gertrude Millin: A South African Life."
Labor of love Marjorie Gellhorn Sa'adah, Marjorie Gellhorn Sa'adah is at work on a book of nonfiction about downtown Los Angeles.
Discoveries Susan Salter Reynolds
Doubt, out from the shadows Nick Owchar, Nick Owchar is deputy editor of Book Review.

OPINION

Religious zealots, arranged right to left Dennis Prager, Nationally syndicated radio host Dennis Prager was awarded the American Jewish Press Assn.'s Excellence in Commentary Prize for 2004.
Arguments for and against the war in Iraq
Dropout miscount GREGORY RODRIGUEZ, GREGORY RODRIGUEZ is an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation.
Always right, never wrong JONATHAN CHAIT
Welcome, comrades, to Moscow on the Pacific Joel Kotkin, Joel Kotkin, an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation, is the author of "The City: A Global History."
Patriot activism
When the West made a difference David DeVoss, East-West News Service editor David DeVoss headed a journalism development program in Bosnia for the United States Agency for International Development.
Is the world safer now? Steven L. Spiegel, Steven L. Spiegel is a professor of political science at UCLA. He is working on a book on the debate over U.S. policy in the Middle East.
Accountability Corner
Less costly solution
Where, you overpaid fools, was Little Green Footballs? Catherine Seipp, Catherine Seipp writes a weekly column for National Review Online and blogs at www.cathyseipp.net.
Damaged goods no more
The air cargo security gap
Separation of sex and state Carol Platt Liebau, Carol Platt Liebau is an attorney, political analyst and guest radio talk-show host. Her blog is at www.carolliebau.blogspot.com.
Checking Osama bin Laden's pulse SWATI PANDEY
Labor's movement Julius Getman and Thomas Kohler, JULIUS G. GETMAN teaches labor law at the University of Texas School of Law. THOMAS C. KOHLER teaches labor and employment law at Boston College Law School.
Oversight of mortgage brokers and lenders
Iconography Joel Pett, Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of the Lexington Herald-Leader. His work also appears in USA Today.
Is the world safer now? E. Benjamin Skinner, E. Benjamin Skinner is writing "A Crime So Monstrous: A Living History of Contemporary Slavery," to be published by Simon & Schuster's Free Press in 2007.
'Clean money' bill and election finance reform
Independent audits
Is the world safer now? Alan Isenberg, Alan Isenberg writes for Newsweek International. He recently completed a fellowship at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation that focused on Iran's nuclear program.
With best friends like these ... Samantha Bonar, Samantha Bonar is a Times staff writer.

NEWS

MAGAZINE

Generation XXX Peter Gilstrap, Peter Gilstrap last wrote for the magazine about Ben Vaughn and his Wonder Valley Music Festival.
The Bird Is the Word Laurie Winer, Laurie Winer is a frequent contributor to The Times' Food section.
True Love R. Daniel Foster, R. Daniel Foster is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles.
She Can't Go Cold Turkey
Meet the Truth Squad MARK EHRMAN
On the Road to Less Gridlock
More on a Heartwarming Bond
Bird in a Gilded Cage Dan Neil
The Ethical Outlaw Michael DiGregorio, Michael DiGregorio is a freelance writer based in the east Mojave Desert.
Sightseeing with Dear Leader Barbara Demick, Barbara Demick is The Times' bureau chief in Seoul.

ENTERTAINMENT

REAL ESTATE

WORLD

SPORTS

SCIENCE

What happened on December 11, 2005

TRAVEL

Punctuality: Some cultures are wound tighter than others Jane Engle, Times Staff Writer

Step and glide, dine and recline Jane Engle, Times Staff Writer

No room at the inn? Maybe, but keep banging on the door James Gilden, Special to The Times

Basking in the Basque spirit Michael Soller, Times Staff Writer

Still feeling blue after Wilma Alan Solomon, Chicago Tribune

Are Amtrak's days numbered? Arthur Frommer, Special to The Times

Gauguin's only U.S. stop: Texas Patricia Connell

Deal of the week R.J. McClure

Tours & Cruises Maggie Barnett, Times Staff Writer

Over-the-hill is where they ski, not their state of mind Grace Lichtenstein, Special to The Times

Turin, beyond bronze Beverly Beyette, Times Staff Writer

Club Med rolls on through love, war and trends galore Susan Spano, Times Staff Writer

Celestial solitude in the Tetons Amanda Jones, Special to The Times

NATIONAL

Eugene McCarthy; Candidacy Inspired Antiwar Movement Art Pine, Special to The Times

President Tests the Power of His Bully Pulpit Tyler Marshall, Times Staff Writer

French Told CIA of Bogus Intelligence Tom Hamburger, Peter Wallsten and Bob Drogin, Times Staff Writers

Jet Crew Cites Thrusters in Chicago Accident From Times Wire Reports

Select Officials Test U.S. Flu Outbreak Readiness From Times Wire Reports

UAW, Ford Reach Deal on Healthcare Coverage From Times Wire Reports

Actor Suspected of Role in Police Officer's Death From Times Wire Reports

Plan Includes More States in Early Voting From Associated Press

Police Keep the Peace as Neo-Nazi Group Rallies From Times Wire Reports

Was Focus of Patriot Act Debate a Dodge? Richard B. Schmitt, Times Staff Writer

In Their Hour of Need, Prayer Sonni Efron, Times Staff Writer

Atlanta Tune Skips a Beat in the 'Burbs Jenny Jarvie, Times Staff Writer

Cable Networks Are Tuning In to Social Issues Johanna Neuman, Times Staff Writer

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

Girl in Red Velvet Swing Longed to Flee Her Past Cecilia Rasmussen, Times Staff Writer

Richard Pryor; a Groundbreaking, Anguished Comedian Lynell George, Times Staff Writer

Frederick Ashworth, 93; Weaponeer on Plane That Dropped 2nd A-Bomb Dennis McLellan, Times Staff Writer

A Beacon in Chinatown David Pierson, Times Staff Writer

Here's the Entertaining Side of 'And Justice for All' Steve Harvey

L.A. Film Critics Honor 'Brokeback' Susan King, Times Staff Writer

Suspected Car Burglar Shot, Killed by Police in Gardena Stuart Pfeifer, Times Staff Writer

Multitude of Personal Touches Will Build an Expanded Shrine Larry B. Stammer, Times Staff Writer

Parks Stillwell, 87; Judge From a Times Staff Writer

Fights Spoil New Campus' Hopes Erika Hayasaki, Times Staff Writer

Glitz and Gore of Williams Case Draw Foreign Media James Rainey, Times Staff Writer

Collegians Get By Despite Illegal Status Sam Quinones, Times Staff Writer

Laguna Will Vote on Slide Repair Tax Sara Lin, Times Staff Writer

Samuel Dinin, 103; Educator Was a Driving Force in L.A. Jewish Schools Elaine Woo, Times Staff Writer

Miriam Kaywood, 82; First Anaheim City Councilwoman From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Charly Gaul, 72, a former Tour de France champion and two-time Giro d'Italia winner From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Maury Kraines, 84; Co-Owned Winning Team in '92 Indy 500 From Times Staff and Wire Reports

Mentally Ill in the Jail? It's a Crime Steve Lopez

Liver Unit Suffered in Silence Alan Zarembo, Times Staff Writer

There was a story behind the two rows of new shoes... David Haldane, Times Staff Writer

You've Got to Hide Your Hate Away Dana Parsons

Woes Mount for State Mental Hospital Rong-Gong Lin II, Times Staff Writer

Williams' Lawyer Appeals to Supreme Court Henry Weinstein, Times Staff Writer

BUSINESS

San Francisco Chronicle Struggles as Internet Siphons Readers, Ads Joseph Menn, Times Staff Writer

Alternative Tax May Hit More Kathy M. Kristof, Times Staff Writer

In the Dark on Medical Pricing Debora Vrana, Times Staff Writer

Matching Kids' Pay With IRA Deposits Liz Pulliam Weston, Special to The Times

Cash Still Pouring In to American Funds Tom Petruno, Times Staff Writer

Tuning In Satellite-Free Digital Radio David Colker, Times Staff Writer

Plain PCs Sitting Pretty Marla Dickerson, Times Staff Writer

SEC, Fund Firm May Face Off Tom Petruno, Times Staff Writer

BOOKS

Impolite society Patt Morrison, Patt Morrison, an Op-Ed columnist for The Times, is the author of "Rio L.A.: Tales From the Los Angeles River."

Sex and the single scholars Heller McAlpin, Heller McAlpin is a regular contributor to Book Review and other publications.

Hardly par for the course Kristina Lindgren, Kristina Lindgren is an assistant editor of Book Review.

Postcards from the edge Diane Middlebrook, Diane Middlebrook is the author of several biographies, including "Her Husband: Hughes and Plath, a Marriage" and a forthcoming life of Ovid.

Children, seen and heard David L. Ulin, David L. Ulin is book editor of The Times.

A subject whose time has come Sara Lippincott

Private lives Martin Rubin, Martin Rubin is a critic and the author of "Sarah Gertrude Millin: A South African Life."

Labor of love Marjorie Gellhorn Sa'adah, Marjorie Gellhorn Sa'adah is at work on a book of nonfiction about downtown Los Angeles.

Discoveries Susan Salter Reynolds

Doubt, out from the shadows Nick Owchar, Nick Owchar is deputy editor of Book Review.

OPINION

Religious zealots, arranged right to left Dennis Prager, Nationally syndicated radio host Dennis Prager was awarded the American Jewish Press Assn.'s Excellence in Commentary Prize for 2004.

Dropout miscount GREGORY RODRIGUEZ, GREGORY RODRIGUEZ is an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation.

Always right, never wrong JONATHAN CHAIT

Welcome, comrades, to Moscow on the Pacific Joel Kotkin, Joel Kotkin, an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation, is the author of "The City: A Global History."

When the West made a difference David DeVoss, East-West News Service editor David DeVoss headed a journalism development program in Bosnia for the United States Agency for International Development.

Is the world safer now? Steven L. Spiegel, Steven L. Spiegel is a professor of political science at UCLA. He is working on a book on the debate over U.S. policy in the Middle East.