Recently my American Literature high school students studied plot reversals, the unexpected twists that occur in fiction. We read and analyzed “Solipsist,” a one-page story published in 1954 by Fredric Brown. In the story, a character named Walter B. Jehovah… Read More ›
WESTWOOD – A college crowd that gathered to watch a late-night comedy film said the show included two appearances by the deceased writer Kurt Vonnegut, one of which greatly exceeded expectations. Students present at the University of California Los Angeles… Read More ›
SAN FRANCISCO – Rush hour traffic into the city came to a standstill longer than usual Monday morning thanks to a giant disembodied head of the Statue of Liberty and protesters shackled to it who demanded change to United States’… Read More ›
LOS ANGELES – A masked vigilante who some said has exceptional abilities escaped police custody yesterday after being accused of committing a robbery he claimed he stopped. An African-American male, identified as Dwight D. Jacobs, 38, engaged a robbery suspect… Read More ›
WASHINGTON – Thousands of protesters gathered outside the Capitol today demanding a ban on an artificial womb that allows embryos to grow without a female body, allowing stem cell tissue, organs and perhaps human beings to be cloned in a lab. For years,… Read More ›
LOS ANGELES – A repugnant stench designed to ward off bullies, lurk balls, prowlers and other societal detritus is making its mark on the $30-billion fragrance industry. When a person sprays Get Off My Ass! around unwanted company, the noxious… Read More ›
TUCSON – Mars is an ideal world for human habitation, but the Martians are conspiring to keep this secret from Earthlings, according to one stargazer who claims to have done significant research on the Red Planet. “For years, Martians have… Read More ›
The La-La Lander 