Virginia Heffernan
Los Angeles Times
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A lot of people haven't seen half of the best picture picks. Why? Try moody and cloudy
This year's Academy Awards outline a new Hollywood taxonomy — blockbusters as in-the-theater films, art films for streaming from your couch. → Read More
Op-Ed: To tweet or not to tweet, now that Elon's the boss
When Twitter changed hands Thursday, the question before a swath of its 400 million users was: Should I stay or should I go? → Read More
Op-Ed: Democrats don't need 'messaging,' just more candidates who act like John Fetterman
No photoshop or autotune mars Democrat John Fetterman's doghair-festooned jacket, raggedy goatee or guttural voice. → Read More
Op-Ed: Will Twitter survive Elon Musk?
Musk is not a benevolent actor, but he probably can't wreck Twitter without wrecking what he really cares about: $TWTR. → Read More
Cow, Bull, and the Meaning of AI Essays
Essays can be marvelous and sublime; they can also be churned from content mills. Where does the AI-written variety fit? → Read More
Op-Ed: Mark Zuckerberg makes a 'mwahahaha' metaverse move
Humanity will survive, but what Zuckerberg seems to be aiming at with his 'rebranding' of Facebook can't end well. → Read More
Column: Our fire and flood summer predicts a catastrophic future
Thirty years of rainfall data splits the nation into the dessicated West and the inundated East. → Read More
Column: Why Vladimir Putin can't keep Alexei Navalny down
Navalny projects supreme confidence that Putin’s authoritarian rule won’t last. Is it denial, theater or truth? Maybe some of each. → Read More
Column: How to stop worrying that CRT will corrupt your kids
Don't ban critical race theory, but don't discount parents' concerns either. → Read More
Heffernan: Biden's 'Build Back Better' beat Trump all over again
Trump lost and Biden won on the $1-trillion infrastructure bill, thanks to a big, beautiful bipartisan agreement. → Read More
Heffernan: Crypto trading just got safer, and that's too bad
Ethereum's so-called London hard fork means the Wild West of cryptocurrency is suddenly tamer. → Read More
The must-see, must-listen Jan. 6 Capitol riot hearings
Unless Americans understand in their bones the facts of the Capitol attack, history may be reconfigured. → Read More
Column: Eric Clapton's not God, just another vile anti-vaxxer
It misses the point to say Eric Clapton's dangerous rhetoric on vaccines can be separated from his music. → Read More
Heffernan: Donald Trump just won't go away
Michael Wolff delivers the dark-arts inside story of the end of Donald Trump's wrecking ball presidency. Or is it? → Read More
Column: Hold on to the hard lessons of the pandemic
Those 14 months brought suffering and loss, but also reflection and growth. → Read More
Op-Ed: The Trump Org indictments — and the unknowable mystery of Trump’s barnacle loyalists
Allen Weisselberg has carried water and dirty laundry for the Trump family for nearly 50 years. He’s still doing so, all the way to the clink. → Read More
Column: Britney's courtroom statement was a woman's plea for human rights
Britney Spears has been a media and pop culture object of derision, pity and indifference to her humanity. On Wednesday, she stood up for herself. → Read More
Appreciation: Journalist Janet Malcolm's work was a marvel, both chilling and provocative
Longtime New Yorker writer and author Janet Malcolm, who died Wednesday, was known for her challenging critiques on a wide range of subjects. → Read More
Column: Victoria's Secret has a new sheen of female empowerment. It's not working
On Wednesday, Victoria's Secret unveiled a new pseudo-feminist campaign designed to revive and update the ailing brand. → Read More
Heffernan: Reports of QAnon's death aren't exaggerated
The QAnon phenomenon has burned bright, but it's fading fast. Are we ready for what will take its place? → Read More