What happened on July 27, 2008
BOOKS
Going the distance By Peter Terzian, Peter Terzian is editing an anthology of essays about beloved record albums.
The outsider By David L. Ulin, David L. Ulin is book editor of The Times.
The sounds of 1's and 0's By Colin Fleming, Colin Fleming, who writes for the Nation, the New Yorker and the Washington Post, is completing a novel.
True American By Mark Essig, Mark Essig is the author of "Edison and the Electric Chair." He lives in Asheville, N.C.
Gray zone By Susan Salter Reynolds, Susan Salter Reynolds is a Times staff writer.
On overload By David Futrelle, David Futrelle has written for Salon, Newsday and the Washington Post.
Under her skin By Heller Mcalpin, Heller McAlpin reviews books for a variety of publications, including Newsday and the Boston Globe.
Discoveries By Susan Salter Reynolds
A vanished world By Kenneth Turan, Kenneth Turan is a Times film critic and former editor of the Book Review.
Out-of-towner By Susan Carpenter, Susan Carpenter is a Los Angeles Times staff writer.
NEWS
From the Blogs By Tony Barboza; Diane Wedner; Denise Martin; Colin Ryan
OPINION
Inmates and integration By T.a. Frank, T.A. Frank is an editor at the Washington Monthly and an Irvine Fellow at the New America Foundation.
Irony man By Walter Russell Mead, Walter Russell Mead, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the author of "God and Gold: Britain, America and the Making of the Modern World."
Power lines By Tony Quinn, Tony Quinn is co-editor of the California Target Book, a nonpartisan analysis of California legislative and congressional elections.
Does size matter? By D.j. Waldie, D.J. Waldie, a contributing editor to The Times, is the author of "Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir" and "Where We Are Now: Notes from Los Angeles," among other books.
Rules of the road By Tom Vanderbilt, Tom Vanderbilt is the author of "Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)."
Going Hollywood By Joel Pett, Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of the Lexington Herald-Leader. His work also appears in USA Today.
Keep the Capitol out of capitalism By William Voegeli, William Voegeli is a visiting scholar at Claremont McKenna College's Henry Salvatori Center.