Readers respond to a column by David Brooks, “The Rot Creeping Into Our Minds.” Also: Republican election stunts.

JUDGING from the London successes which have so far invaded New York’s new season, the London theatre-going public must boil at about 65 °F. Not that they aren’t all very nice plays and quite worth an ...

A non-invasive imaging technique can translate scenes in your head into sentences. It could help to reveal how the brain ...

The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with ...

Military leaders have ordered the National Guard in every state to develop a “quick reaction force” of troops trained to deal ...

Hip-hop producer Sean “Diddy” Combs wants a federal appeals court to quickly consider the legality of his conviction on prostitution-related charges and his more than four-year prison sentence. His la ...

The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with defendants who have cognitive disabilities. The office helps these people access ...

As Halloween season concludes, many residents will begin focusing attention on decorating their homes for the Christmas ...

The government shutdown has entered its 36th day, breaking the record as the longest ever and disrupting the lives of ...

In a letter to the editor, a Santa Cruz resident expresses reservations about the city's Measure C ballot initiative and urges a vote instead for Measure B.

Wyoming’s newest legislator stands by a book he wrote nearly 30 years ago that claims many gay people demand the right to have sex with children and people with AIDS should be quarantined if they ...