Search results for

The cross-country tour that kicked off nearly three weeks ago in Nevada culminated in the nation's capital and at thousands of regional rallies nationwide to mark the April 15 income tax filing deadline. It's been a year since hundreds of thousands of protesters first turned out for a Tax Day rally to rail at high taxes and government spending.

Wish You Were Here

Rio de Janeiro was chosen Friday as the host site of the 2016 Olympic Games, brushing aside an unprecedented personal appeal from President Obama and the first lady on behalf of their home town of Chicago.

Culture Lust contributor Dave Walters was an the ardent fan of the recently deceased Captain Beefheart, an influential musician whose music was an acquired taste. Walters saw Beefheart perform in a magical show at SDSU in 1978. He offers this primer on the music of this one-of-a-kind artist who died last month.

As the Cash for Clunkers program screeches to a halt, an estimated 600,000 cars will have been traded in. Many of them — like the Ford commentator Julie Zickefoose once thought she would drive until it died — have rich, redolent family histories.

To be the "Greatest of All Time," boxing legend Muhammad Ali says you have to believe in yourself. It's a lesson his parents taught him and it has helped him in fighting Parkinson's disease.

Author Mark Helprin's latest novel is a sprawling tale of love, honor and danger in the years just after World War II. Returned soldier Harry Copeland spots a mysterious woman in white on the Staten Island Ferry. She turns out to be an heiress with Broadway dreams and a complicated past that threatens their growing love.

Solicitor General Elena Kagan has avoided public comments on most of the major flashpoint issues of recent decades. Indeed, so sparse are her published views that liberals have privately been wary about a Kagan nomination.

Through the centuries, violence has often been the subject of art. Now a photographer has found inspiration in a very popular and violent sport. KPBS arts producer Angela Carone looks at an exhibit called Octagon which has just opened at The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.

The City of San Diego is gearing up for a battle over Independence Day fireworks; it's developing into an explosive issue. We'll discuss the details.