What happened on December 14, 2008
ENTERTAINMENT
The Lorax gets a little louder By Erik Himmelsbach, Himmelsbach is a Los Angeles writer and producer.
Ah, marriage By Rachel Abramowitz, Abramowitz is a Times staff writer.
The 'rube' inventor of modern politics By Robert Roper, Roper is the author of "Now the Drum of War: Walt Whitman and his Brothers in the Civil War."
Bigger, bolder . . . and poorer By Mike Boehm and Kim Christensen, Boehm and Christensen are Times staff writers.
Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds, Salter Reynolds is a Times staff writer.
'Beyond Christmas' By Judith I. Jefferies, Jefferies is a freelance writer.
Peter. Wendy. Lenny? By Irene Lacher, Lacher is a freelance writer.
Disenchanted 'Narnia' fan finds her way back By Michael Joseph Gross, Gross is the author of "Starstruck: When a Fan Gets Close to Fame."
Arty, crafty, dependable By Suzanne Muchnic, Muchnic is a Times staff writer.
Poet, priest, prophet By Nick Owchar, Owchar is deputy books editor of The Times.
IMAGE
Holiday cruising By Max Padilla, Padilla is a freelance writer.
Bowser browsers By Susan Carpenter, Carpenter is a Times staff writer.
Wired whimsy By Booth Moore, FASHION CRITIC
Aged to perfection By Melissa Magsaysay, Magsaysay is a Times staff writer.
Rock Candy By Melissa Magsaysay, Magsaysay is a Times staff writer.
Larchmont Boulevard By Melissa Magsaysay, Magsaysay is a Times staff writer.
A little dazzle By Melissa Magsaysay, Magsaysay is a Times staff writer.
What's your style? By Monica Corcoran, Corcoran is a Times staff writer.
Recession.ista By Adam Tschorn, Tschorn is a Times staff writer.
Fuzzy thinking By Adam Tschorn, Tschorn is a Times staff writer.
OPINION
A prescription for failure By Laurel L. Williams, Laurel L. Williams is program director of the Menninger Clinic's adolescent treatment program and assistant director of residency training, child and adolescent psychiatry and assistant professor in the Menninger department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Baylor College of Medicine.
'Flowers not allowed' By Eyad El-sarraj, Eyad El-Sarraj is the founder and president of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program and a commissioner of the Palestinian Independent Commission for Human Rights.
Resurrecting the moderate Republican By Marc B. Haefele, Marc B. Haefele is a commentator for KPCC-FM (89.3) and writes for Citybeat and Nomada magazine of Buenos Aires.
Cliff notes By Joel Pett, Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of the Lexington Herald-Leader. His work also appears in USA Today.