What happened on November 13, 2005

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

ENTERTAINMENT

OPINION

Five questions non-Muslims would like answered Dennis Prager, Dennis Prager's nationally syndicated radio show is heard daily in Los Angeles on KRLA-AM (870). He may be contacted through his website: www.dennisprager.com.
American Girl gone wild? Mona Gable, Mona Gable is a Los Angeles writer.
Inde-fence-ible? Wayne A. Cornelius, Wayne A. Cornelius is a distinguished professor of political science and director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UC San Diego.
Friends of the library
Some Numbers BRENDAN BUHLER
Judith Miller
Bush got nada ... Michael Shifter and Peter Hakim, Michael Shifter and Peter Hakim are vice president for policy and president of the Inter-American Dialogue, respectively.
News Quiz ALLISON HOFFMAN
Postmortems on the proposition deaths
This time, Alito, it's personal Kate Michelman, Kate Michelman is former president of NARAL Pro-Choice America and the author of the memoir, "With Liberty and Justice for All: A Life Spent Protecting the Right to Choose," to be published by Hudson Street Press/Penguin in December.
Political switch hitters JONATHAN CHAIT
U.S. sovereignty and Mexico's actions
LACMA and the art of the deal JOEL STEIN
Blame it on the boomers GREGORY RODRIGUEZ, GREGORY RODRIGUEZ is an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation. This is his first weekly column for The Times.
WITH GOV. ARNOLD Schwarzenegger heading to China this... Jock O'Connell, Jock O'Connell is an international business consultant.
Five Jokes
Poor kids aren't dolts -- push them harder Wendy Kopp, Wendy Kopp is the president and founder of Teach for America. The report, "Equity Within Reach: Insights from the Front Lines of America's Achievement Gap," is available online at www.teachforamerica.org.
Jesus Christ, policy wonk Catherine Seipp, CATHERINE SEIPP writes the weekly "From the Left Coast" for National Review Online and is a visiting fellow with the Independent Women's Forum.
Stop when it hurts -- Joel Pett, Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of the Lexington Herald-Leader. His work also appears in USA Today.
The antiwar voices: then and today
Ali's fight not unlike the one faced by Rosa Parks
A historic opportunity
Cool times at the Trump ANWR J. William Gibson, J. William Gibson is a professor of sociology at Cal State Long Beach and author of "Warrior Dreams: Violence and Manhood in Post-Vietnam America."
It won't happen here Salam Al-Marayati, SALAM AL-MARAYATI is executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council.
These amateurs could get cops killed Jack Dunphy, Jack Dunphy is the pseudonym of a Los Angeles police officer who writes a column for National Review Online.
A secure border? What's it worth to you?

MAGAZINE

Reconsidering a Legend Leo W. Banks
A Trip to the Tropics Susan Heeger
The Queen of Portland Connie Monaghan, Connie Monaghan last wrote for the magazine about the wrestling scene in Portland.
Sharing the Shame VICTORIA NAMKUNG
Mental Health Matters
The Benefits of a Bus
Beer 'n' Steer KENT BLACK
Your Child's Sub Valerie Schultz, Valerie Schultz is a writer living in Tehachapi.
Project Headlight DAVID WOLLOCK
Writing in the Dust Alan Rifkin, Alan Rifkin is the author of "Signal Hill: Stories" (City Lights Books), a collection of short stories and a novella.
More on the Watts Towers as Symbols of Hope

BOOKS

The legacy of exclusion Adam Bresnick, Adam Bresnick writes for several publications, including the Times Literary Supplement.
Bestsellers
Discoveries Susan Salter Reynolds
Bestsellers / Paperbacks
The defiant one David Caute, David Caute is the author of many books, including "The Great Fear: The Anti-Communist Purge Under Truman and Eisenhower" and "The Dancer Defects: The Struggle for Cultural Supremacy During the Cold War." He is working on a study of contemporary American historians, "Beyond Denial."
First Fiction Mark Rozzo
Trickster's tale Lynell George, Lynell George is a Times staff writer.
Woman on the edge Wendy Smith, Wendy Smith is the author of "Real Life Drama: The Group Theatre and America, 1931-1940."
Sin City Inc. Marc Cooper, Marc Cooper is a contributing editor to the Nation and a columnist for L.A. Weekly. His latest book is "The Last Honest Place in America: Paradise and Perdition in the New Las Vegas."

NEWS

SPORTS

NATIONAL

REAL ESTATE

TRAVEL

BUSINESS

A Digital TV Could Be in Your Picture David Colker, Times Staff Writer
Xbox Shoots for Next Level Julie Tamaki, Times Staff Writer
Gizmo May Cut Premiums for Careful Drivers Kathy M. Kristof, Times Staff Writer
Impatient Cities Supply Their Own Broadband James S. Granelli, Times Staff Writer
Rebuilding Cancun Marla Dickerson, Times Staff Writer

WORLD

What happened on November 13, 2005

CALIFORNIA | LOCAL

When a Family Matter Turns Into a Business Robin Fields, Evelyn Larrubia and Jack Leonard, Times Staff Writers

D.L. Nolte, 81; Wrote Poem on Raising Kids Valerie J. Nelson, Times Staff Writer

'Ruling Over Someone' Has Paid Off Handsomely Evelyn Larrubia, Robin Fields and Jack Leonard, Times Staff Writers

Animal Rights Leader Justifies Violence Steve Hymon, Times Staff Writer

'The Pied Piper of Saipan' Stood Tall During WWII Cecilia Rasmussen, Times Staff Writer

Army National Guard Capt. Raymond D. Hill II, 39, Turlock; One of 2 Soldiers Killed in Baghdad Rich Connell, Times Staff Writer

Marine Corps Reserve Sgt. Brian Dunlap, 34, Carmichael; Killed by Roadside Bomb Sharon Bernstein, Times Staff Writer

Irvine Man Dies as Car Hits Tree From a Times Staff Writer

Second Thoughts About Sharing Private Thoughts Dana Parsons

Gov. Leads Trade Mission to China Robert Salladay, Times Staff Writer

Marine Capt. Michael Martino, 32, Oceanside; Killed in Helicopter Crash Roy Rivenburg, Times Staff Writer

Needing Livers, Needing Answers Megan Garvey, Times Staff Writer

A Long Tradition of Activism Patricia Ward Biederman, Times Staff Writer

Knock on the Door, a Knock on the War Steve Lopez

Intimidation Reigns in Doo Dah Queen Selection Steve Harvey

Army Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Tessar, 36, Simi Valley; Among 4 Killed in Explosion Steve Chawkins, Times Staff Writer

Bridge Work at Beach Relief for Some, Painful for Others Daryl Kelley, Times Staff Writer

With Tamales, Masa Makes the Meal David Pierson, Times Staff Writer

ENTERTAINMENT

Tape may be trite but it's not all trash Casey Dolan, Times Staff Writer

Our new leading men Chris Erskine, Times Staff Writer

The patron of their arts Lynne Heffley, Times Staff Writer

Honing their edge, but the message's a bit dull Randy Lewis

Simply stuffed full of stuff Susan King, Times Staff Writer

Going to the mat for verisimilitude Victoria Looseleaf, Special to The Times

Simply stuffed full of stuff Susan King, Times Staff Writer

High time for a tribute Geoff Boucher, Times Staff Writer

'It's Book Week, Rachel!' Sue Alexander, Special to The Times

Envoy on a world stage Chris Lee, Special to The Times

A longer view for Shortlist Steve Hochman, Special to The Times

Simply stuffed full of stuff Mary McNamara, Times Staff Writer

Miss it the first time? Paul Brownfield; Richard Cromelin; Booth Moore; Lewis Segal; Mark Swed; Kenneth Turan; Charles McNulty; Robert Lloyd; Kevin Thomas; Robert Hilburn; Christopher Hawthorne; Agustin Gurza

Cartoons, yes, but never a lampoon Soren Baker

Show your old buddy VHS a fun time on its way out Casey Dolan

Watch a film in a theater? Um, why? David Colker, Times Staff Writer

At Getty Trust, the trust part is lacking Christopher Knight, Times Staff Writer

MoMA is there for teens -- online Suzanne Muchnic

Back in the throes of disco fever Richard Cromelin

His time to take on the enemy Greg Braxton, Times Staff Writer

Geeks flee, but Vegas may get the last laugh Richard Abowitz, Special to The Times

Fettered by a faux stereotype Carina Chocano, Times Staff Writer

Urbane renewal Mark Swed, Times Staff Writer

Finding refuge at the opera Diane Haithman

54 that get it right Carina Chocano

OPINION

Five questions non-Muslims would like answered Dennis Prager, Dennis Prager's nationally syndicated radio show is heard daily in Los Angeles on KRLA-AM (870). He may be contacted through his website: www.dennisprager.com.

American Girl gone wild? Mona Gable, Mona Gable is a Los Angeles writer.

Inde-fence-ible? Wayne A. Cornelius, Wayne A. Cornelius is a distinguished professor of political science and director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UC San Diego.

Some Numbers BRENDAN BUHLER

Bush got nada ... Michael Shifter and Peter Hakim, Michael Shifter and Peter Hakim are vice president for policy and president of the Inter-American Dialogue, respectively.

News Quiz ALLISON HOFFMAN

This time, Alito, it's personal Kate Michelman, Kate Michelman is former president of NARAL Pro-Choice America and the author of the memoir, "With Liberty and Justice for All: A Life Spent Protecting the Right to Choose," to be published by Hudson Street Press/Penguin in December.

Political switch hitters JONATHAN CHAIT

LACMA and the art of the deal JOEL STEIN

Blame it on the boomers GREGORY RODRIGUEZ, GREGORY RODRIGUEZ is an Irvine senior fellow at the New America Foundation. This is his first weekly column for The Times.

WITH GOV. ARNOLD Schwarzenegger heading to China this... Jock O'Connell, Jock O'Connell is an international business consultant.

Poor kids aren't dolts -- push them harder Wendy Kopp, Wendy Kopp is the president and founder of Teach for America. The report, "Equity Within Reach: Insights from the Front Lines of America's Achievement Gap," is available online at www.teachforamerica.org.

Jesus Christ, policy wonk Catherine Seipp, CATHERINE SEIPP writes the weekly "From the Left Coast" for National Review Online and is a visiting fellow with the Independent Women's Forum.

Stop when it hurts -- Joel Pett, Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of the Lexington Herald-Leader. His work also appears in USA Today.

Cool times at the Trump ANWR J. William Gibson, J. William Gibson is a professor of sociology at Cal State Long Beach and author of "Warrior Dreams: Violence and Manhood in Post-Vietnam America."

It won't happen here Salam Al-Marayati, SALAM AL-MARAYATI is executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council.

These amateurs could get cops killed Jack Dunphy, Jack Dunphy is the pseudonym of a Los Angeles police officer who writes a column for National Review Online.

MAGAZINE

Reconsidering a Legend Leo W. Banks

A Trip to the Tropics Susan Heeger

The Queen of Portland Connie Monaghan, Connie Monaghan last wrote for the magazine about the wrestling scene in Portland.

Sharing the Shame VICTORIA NAMKUNG

Beer 'n' Steer KENT BLACK

Your Child's Sub Valerie Schultz, Valerie Schultz is a writer living in Tehachapi.

Project Headlight DAVID WOLLOCK

Writing in the Dust Alan Rifkin, Alan Rifkin is the author of "Signal Hill: Stories" (City Lights Books), a collection of short stories and a novella.

BOOKS

The legacy of exclusion Adam Bresnick, Adam Bresnick writes for several publications, including the Times Literary Supplement.

Discoveries Susan Salter Reynolds

First Fiction Mark Rozzo

Trickster's tale Lynell George, Lynell George is a Times staff writer.

Woman on the edge Wendy Smith, Wendy Smith is the author of "Real Life Drama: The Group Theatre and America, 1931-1940."

Sin City Inc. Marc Cooper, Marc Cooper is a contributing editor to the Nation and a columnist for L.A. Weekly. His latest book is "The Last Honest Place in America: Paradise and Perdition in the New Las Vegas."