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Joe Torre rules the Dodger dugout, but his confidence wasn't always so high. The 55-year-old baseball manager opened up to the Los Angeles Times about...
Deborah Calla | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living
Why -- when we are faced with the possibility of losing our life or the life of a loved one -- do we also have to fight with an insurance company which is there to take care of our medical needs in the first place?
Eric Boehlert | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media
The breathless claim that Fox News' ratings recently spiked thanks to the White House's public critique is bogus hype.
The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz | Posted 10.27.2009 | Books
There are some big changes afoot on the bestseller lists, including the fact that on the USA Today bestseller list, Diary of A Wimpy Kid: Dog Days has...
Murray Fromson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media
On March 7, 1965, Jack and I met for the first time, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the outskirts of Selma, Alabama, he reporting for the Times and I for CBS News.
Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living
I am not an evolution doubter. I believe it is real. I believe it has happened to bring us to where we are now. However, I also believe that it is on hiatus.
Candy Spelling | Posted 10.17.2009 | Entertainment
Big stars are going public on Facebook and Twitter with complaints about other stars. Guys, that's a real no-no. That's why you have publicists and agents and managers and all those other handlers.
Dr. Paul Toffel | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics
I've reviewed the current form of the your Senate Finance Committee bill, which is basically a good compromise, but has significant watered-down defects as it's about to go to vote.
Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
When pundits labeled last year's presidential campaign "divisive" and "dirty," I had to laugh. The champion of all dirty races in this century, in fact, was the 1934 contest between Upton Sinclair and Frank Merriam.
Wayne Trujillo | Posted 10.01.2009 | Denver
As I picked up several copies of the shrunken final edition of the Rocky Mountain News, I felt a sadness not only for that issue, but also for the physical transformation of the newspaper.
AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media
SAN FRANCISCO — The Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post are breaking up their news service after 47 years, making it the latest casualty o...
Michael Russnow | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
Obama is not a miracle maker, but he will have at least tried to win the IOC bid. And during it all, he and the government will continue in any necessary actions.
Carolynn Carreño | Posted 09.24.2009 | Style
The whole leaf Caesar salad is not only the better Caesar, it is the classic Caesar.
Dr. Paul Toffel | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics
Whose plan gets my nod, for bipartisan reality and feasibility, to save and improve our unique, innovative American health care system and not saddle our country with unsustainable debt? I vote for Senator Max Baucus.
Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics
Until everyone has health care none of us really do.
Dr. Paul Toffel | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics
Mr. Buffett, you're not in the health insurance market, but this might be the opportunity to bring your successful Berkshire companies to the table, to help solve the major issue of our time.
Dr. Paul Toffel | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics
My plan is to mandate that the 159 urban medical schools in the U.S. -- remembering that "school" is in their name -- be required to serve the population within their shadows.
Dr. Paul Toffel | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics
Recently, when an old friend asked me if I had a simple solution for the medical insurance and access problems on the front pages of America's newspapers, I told him: "Yes, I do."
Mark Joseph | Posted 09.12.2009 | Media
For years Bill Lobdell covered religion for the LA Times and if his experience is any guide, spending too much time poking around the underbelly of American religion can be lethal to one's faith.
Crain's Chicago Business | Ed Sherman | Posted 09.12.2009 | Chicago
If you're a regular reader of the Tribune sports section, you've noticed that Sam Farmer is writing columns on the NFL and Chris Dufresne is weighing ...
Norman Solomon | Posted 09.05.2009 | Home
Notions of universal health care are fading in the power centers of politics -- while more and more attention focuses on the care and feeding of the insurance industry.
Robin Sax | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics
I am here to give you the down-low on my departure from the DA's office. And for those of you who know my style of "telling it like it is," I will not disappoint you now.
Michael Cohen | Posted 08.22.2009 | Entertainment
I actually found myself laughing out loud during last night's episode, though this time at my own wit. I found the sensation strange because I am not used to watching my real self on television.
Robert Naiman | Posted 08.17.2009 | World
Imagine how different America might be today, if FDR had been deposed in a coup. That's what happened in Honduras, where President Zelaya was deported for proposing a referendum on reforming the constitution.
Eric Alterman | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media
With much of the world of journalism focusing on the trials and tribulations of our great national newspapers, it's easy to forget the importance of Tip O'Neill's old adage: "All politics is local."
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Posted 11.10.2009 | Impact