Miller Sanford

An Israeli soldier waves from a tank near the Israeli-Gaza border in southern Israel on Oct. 21. (Tsafrir Abayov / Associated Press) To the editor: Israel was not “founded as a refuge for Jews after the Nazi Holocaust,” as your article on a recent strike in the Gaza Strip states. It was founded as the … Read more

The cancer vaccine that targets HPV is being used around the world, but there has been some resistance in the United States. (Zhua Huanan / CFOTO Future Publishing / Getty Images) Just five months after giving birth to our third (and final) child in 2015, my wife experienced something odd: Her smile became crooked. Appearance … Read more

A peyote plant blooms at the Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiative homesite in Hebbronville, Texas, in 2024. (Jessie Wardarski / Associated Press) In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It’s only here and in northern Mexico that the bluish-green peyote plant … Read more

Bill Maher piled on the insults at Jay Leno’s expense following theories that the legendary late-night host’s recent injuries were the results of his gambling debts. Sitting down for Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, Maher brought up the brutal facial wound that Leno suffered when he fell down a hill while at a hotel in Pennsylvania … Read more

(Los Angeles Times) Critic Bethanne Patrick recommends 10 promising titles — fiction and nonfiction — to consider for your January reading list. Each of us approaches a new year with a combination of worry and hope. What lies ahead? Might this be when I actually start exercising or cooking or writing a screenplay? If your … Read more

Olivia Hussey, the actress known for portraying Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 drama “Romeo and Juliet,” died surrounded by her loved ones at her home on Friday. She was 73. No cause of death was not revealed. “Olivia was a remarkable person whose warmth, wisdom, and pure kindness touched the lives of all who knew … Read more