What happened on October 31, 2008
OPINION
So long, slavery reparations Walter Olson, Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, is the author of "The Rule of Lawyers" and other books. A longer version of this article will appear in the forthcoming issue of City Journal.
Prop. 9 is unjust Jenny Price, Jenny Price is a freelance writer and a research scholar at UCLA's Center for the Study of Women.
ENTERTAINMENT
Sinking his critical teeth into 'Dracula' Marc Weingarten, Weingarten is the author of "The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight: Wolfe, Thompson, Didion, Capote and the New Journalism Revolution."
We Elect... Susan King, King is a Times staff writer.
Here, the gods are all too mortal Dale Bailey, Bailey is the author of three novels, "Sleeping Policemen" (with Jack Slay Jr.), "House of Bones" and "The Fallen," and a collection of short stories, "The Resurrection Man's Legacy and Other Stories."
Down, dirty, funny Michael Phillips, Phillips is a staff writer for the Chicago Tribune.
WORLD
Pirates rule Somali coast Abukar Albadri and Edmund Sanders, Sanders is a Times staff writer and Albadri a special correspondent.