What happened on October 26, 2008
ENTERTAINMENT
Alive or dead, it really doesn't matter By Tom Mcgonigle, McGonigle is the author of "Going to Patchogue" and "The Corpse Dream of N. Petkov."
Her phone's still busy By Choire Sicha, Sicha is a freelance writer.
The joy of paper work By Scarlet Cheng, Cheng is a freelance writer.
The endless battle hymn By Michael B. Oren, Oren is a senior fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem and a visiting professor at the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University. He is the author of "Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present."
The darkly talented Patricia Highsmith By James Sallis, Sallis' omnibus volume, "What You Have Left: The Turner Trilogy," will be published in December.
The power of sibling devotion By Susan Salter Reynolds, Reynolds is a Times staff writer.
The writing of 'Spring' By Rob Weinert-kendt, Weinert-Kendt is a freelance writer.
Think 'Hamlet' on Harleys By Susan Carpenter, Carpenter is a Times staff writer.
Break out the bubbly By Carolyn Kellogg, Kellogg is the lead blogger for Jacket Copy at latimes.com/books and the host of pinkyspaperhaus.com.
Meandering with cause By Art Winslow, Winslow is a former literary and executive editor of the Nation.
A spooky open house By Mary Parker Hobbs, Special to The Times
OPINION
The end of the Age of Triumphalism By Andrew J. Bacevich, Andrew J. Bacevich is professor of history and international relations at Boston University. He is the author of "The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism."
Irrational exuberance By Joel Pett, Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist of the Lexington Herald-Leader. His work also appears in USA Today.
Missing from Prop. 8 ads: gays By Jonathan Rauch, Jonathan Rauch is a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution and author of "Gay Marriage: Why It Is Good for Gays, Good for Straights, and Good for America."
Who's really rich, and why does it matter? By Mitchell Rofsky, Mitchell Rofsky, the former chairman of Business for Social Responsibility, also headed the Working Assets Mutual Funds, a socially responsible mutual fund.
BUSINESS
Hot Zone By Diane Wedner, Wedner is a Times staff writer.
IMAGE
Lace gets the edge By Melissa Magsaysay, Magsaysay is a Times staff writer.
House of style By Max Padilla and Emili Vesilind, Padilla is a freelance writer. Vesilind is a Times staff writer.
Young & Scary By Monica Corcoran, Corcoran is a Times staff writer.