POLITICS Mostly What Happened and a Bit About What’s to Come Good Night and Good Luck: A baker’s dozen of highlights from a year of meta-media madness. By JOHN POWERS
4 Reasons to be Glad Bush is Still President. By EZRA KLEIN and JOSHUAH BEARMAN
8 Deadly Dolphins. By BRYAN GARDINER
Lies of the Year. By DAVE SHULMAN
Power to the Hamsters: 8 New Very Alternative Energy Ideas. By JUDITH LEWIS
Fatwas of 2005. By MEHAMMED AMADEUS MACK
Scandalous! A Year in Republican Treachery. By DOUG IRELAND
Celebs On Trial: A Balance Sheet. By STEVEN MIKULAN
Horse Shits of the Apocalypse. By ROBBIE CONAL
Fish in a Barrel: 12 Easy Targets. By Mr. FISH 13 Recommended Power Grabs for Antonio Villaraigosa. By ROBERT GREENE
3 Happy Endings for 2005 News Stories. By WENDY MOLYNEUX
Running Hot and Cold: A Dozen Weird Weather Moments. By JUDITH LEWIS
The 3 Pros and 5 Cons of John McCain. By EZRA KLEIN
Teetering King Arnold. By BILL BRADLEY
American Freedom 2005. By DAVE SHULMAN A Coroner’s Cross Section: 23 People Who Died on December 13. By CHRISTINE PELISEK
Katrina in Words. Compiled by MEHAMMED AMADEUS MACK and JOSHUAH BEARMAN
Annual Anagrams (Preview: Kanye West = Sweet Yank!). By TOM CHRISTIE
5 Reasons Phil Angelides is the Anti-Arnold. By EZRA KLEIN
5 Pitfalls for Progressives to Avoid in 2006
Blogorrhea. By EZRA KLEIN
2005 in Words. By MEHAMMED MACK
FEUILLETONS Sketches, Whimsies, Curios and Ephemera of All Kinds Monkey News. By BRYAN GARDINER, BRENT HOFF AND JOSHUAH BEARMAN
10 Acts of Celebrity Kindness. By MARGY ROCHLIN
10 Prurient Terms From Board and Card Games. By JON ALAIN GUZIK
9 Presidents Who Had Hooks for Hands, Colonial Jobs Involving Eels, and Other Areas of JOHN HODGMAN’s Expertise 8 Reasons NASA Should Not Shoot for the Moon Again. By MARGARET WERTHEIM
10 Unexpected Ways Your Hard Heart Was Moved Last Year. By SANDI TAN 6 Recent Penis-Related Activities. By BRYAN GARDINER
11 Secrets of Swarm Success. By GENDY ALIMURUNG 20 New Designer Dogs. By JON ALAIN GUZIK
The 10 Worst Comics in the L.A. Times. By ISABEL GOLD (AGE 11)
Promised Yourself You’d Finish But Didn’t. By DAVE SHULMAN
C’Mon, Dodgers, WTF?: 6 Blue Sox Meditations. By JON ALAIN GUZIK
5 Wonderful Things. By MARK FRAUENFELDER
10 Reasons to Switch to Scientology. By BILL SMITH
American Automobilia in 6 Strokes. By JON ALAIN GUZIK
25 Patented Ways to Improve Your Life. By BRYAN GARDINER
9 Reasons UCLA Will Beat USC Next Year. By BEN QUIÑONES
The Quotable (Robert) Blake. By STEVEN MIKULAN
9 Reasons to Join the Clippers Bandwagon. By JON ALAIN GUZIK
Top ad hoc appellations for the guy/gal behind the counter. By JON ALAIN GUZIK
CULTURE The Year in Music, Film, TV, Books and More 15 Writers Share Their Must-Reads
5 Overlooked Literary Sketches of Coastal California. By ERIK BLUHM
3 List-Obsessed Books and 3 Books of Book Lists. By ANTHONY MILLER
Indignant Irony and Bloody Machinations: 2005’s Theater Top 11. By STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS
5 Inspired Los Angeles Acquisitions. By TYLER GREEN 10 Emerging Artists. By PETER FRANK
4 Reasons It’s Hammer Time. By CARYN COLEMAN
8 Angelenos on ArtReview’s Power List. By TOM CHRISTIE
An Annual Music Alphabet. By ALAN RICH 2005’s TiVo Top Ten. By ROBERT ABELE
5 Transmissions From the Post-TV Frontier. By HOLLY WILLIS
The 10 Best Dishes of the Year. By JONATHAN GOLD
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