Clips

A selection…

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

• Pandora: Don’t hate the game, hate the players
• Jennifer Lawrence and Hollywood’s self-loathing game
• To Sarah Palin: Actually, art does matter to the economy
• On Russia’s anti-gay laws, Elton John to the rescue? He’ll try.
• The ‘Breaking Bad’ example for why illegal downloading must stop
• Marital bliss? Maybe Jay Z and Beyonce don’t have it all figured out.

ECONOMY

• Can optimism cure the economy?
• The sharing economy isn’t ‘collaborative consumption,’ it’s ‘disaster capitalism’

FOOD

• Farm of the future
• Should food stamps pay for Cheetos?
• Prop. 37: A better idea than labeling GMOs
• To effect change, should the 99% go vegan?
• Should canned foods come with a warning label?
• How the Midwest drought could help curb obesity
• Food stamps and the right to make unhealthy decisions
• Why this health-conscious foodie won’t vote for Prop. 37
• Can Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution solve our obesity epidemic?
• Boycotting Barilla pasta for anti-gay remarks? A couple of suggestions

MEDIA

• Why Chris Brown is no role model
• Stop beating up on Channing Tatum
• Is it fair for the media to exploit Charlie Sheen?
• Is there room for Hipstamatic in photojournalism?
• Tiger Mom: Behind our obsessive Amy Chua disorder
• What if TMZ had been wrong about Michael Jackson?
• Is it appropriate to rejoice at Osama bin Laden’s death?

LOS ANGELES

• Best of L.A. 2006
• Best of L.A. 2007
• L.A.’s beauty secrets
• Fixed-gear bikes go West
• Protecting cyclists should be a priority
• The arson fires and an appreciation for L.A.’s firefighters
• ‘Carmageddon’ should inspire cyclists and drivers to get along

NIGHTLIFE

• Ladies of the night
• A pour man’s game
• A toast to the good old days
• Winston’s and Tropicana Bar
• Hatching a new cocktail trend
• At new La Descarga, drink and learn
• Hollywood’s crown prince, Andy Fiscella

POLITICS

• Does Obama really care about voters?
• On race, President Obama can unite us
• 3 ‘rules’ the Obama campaign broke to win
• Gun control: Obama, Romney not fired up enough
• What it’s like to get raped in prison, and how we can prevent it
• Weiner should get over himself and drop out of NYC mayoral race

STYLE

• Lovely bones
• Hillary Clinton’s wardrobe, Paul Ryan’s suits: Do clothes matter?

TECHNOLOGY

• Screen grabbers
• Meet HAL, the wearable robot
• A futuristic fix for Alzheimer’s disease?
• On how smartphones are killing compassion, Louis C.K. nails it
• Has Santa Monica Place gone too far with its new parking lot surveillance system?

TRAVEL

• Apprentice vacations
• Welcome to Hicksville

WOMEN

• The pink ribbon’s ugly new image
• The ‘feminist housewife’ vs. Beyonce
• Battle of the sexes: Where men still win
• Women caught in the social media crossfire
• Why are people being mean to Gabby Douglas?
• Free birth control could have global consequences
• Jennifer Lawrence and Hollywood’s self-loathing game
• Pornification of private parts: A new body dysmorphic disorder?
• Ladies of the night: How a few fierce women are revolutionizing the club scene