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Misstating Measure H

Misstating Measure H

Editorial: The staff of Chief Administrative Officer Miguel Santana made an error in telling voters about Measure H. The consequences could be major.

 

Tracking the ripple effect

By Ellen Lust

Whether the burgeoning dissent in the Middle East will translate into new kinds of governance depends on factors such as popular grievances, the opposition and the nature of dictatorships.

Bursting our bubble

Michael Kinsley: Bursting our bubble
'I'll take human ingenuity for $2,000'

'I'll take human ingenuity for $2,000'
The puzzling controversy over an Ecstasy fact card

Blowback: The puzzling controversy over an Ecstasy fact card

Debate & Discord

Is there room for Hipstamatic in photojournalism?

Is there room for Hipstamatic in photojournalism?
Team Boehner vs. Team Obama

Team Boehner vs. Team Obama

March 8 City Election

<b>Voter guide:</b> March 8 Los Angeles Election

Voter guide: March 8 Los Angeles Election
Decoding the March 8 ballot: Think measure L for Libraries, M for Marijuana and N for No-good-reason

Decoding the ballot: Think measure L for Libraries, M for Marijuana and N for No-good-reason
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Editorials

Taking aim at pensions

Taking aim at pensions

Eager to expand the police force, then-Mayor Richard Riordan helped persuade voters a decade ago to sweeten the pensions for public safety...

Obama's overly tame budget

Obama's overly tame budget

The tongue-tied speaker

The tongue-tied speaker

When it comes to President Obama's policies, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) is happy to tell the American people what to think....

A daring bet at Belmont

A daring bet at Belmont

If this were a standardized test about standardized testing, it would follow a format like this:

Vote no on Measure L

Vote no on Measure L

The Los Angeles Public Library system is one of the city's most valuable assets, but its budget is being stretched increasingly thin....

A dependency court cure

A dependency court cure

Secrecy in California's dependency courts, where cases of child abuse and neglect are heard, has protected negligent parents, foster parents...

Egypt's finest hour

Egypt's finest hour

Every lover of liberty will share in the exhilaration of the Egyptian people after the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak. A revolt by...

Parks in Council District 8

Parks in Council District 8

The Los Angeles City Council would have a tough time functioning with 15 members like Bernard C. Parks. But it needs at least one. Parks...

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Op-Ed

Compton parents trigger reform

Compton parents trigger reform

By Jim Newton

Marlene Romero watched with growing anxiety as her 8-year-old son suffered through third grade at McKinley Elementary School in Compton. She...

Bursting our bubble

Bursting our bubble

By Michael Kinsley

If President Obama could ask for one gift from the economy — one statistic that turns unexpectedly rosy — what would it be? If...

'I'll take human ingenuity for $2,000'

'I'll take human ingenuity for $2,000'

By Stephen Baker

A mere three years ago, the IBM computer now known as Watson was a "Jeopardy!"-playing fool. And that's putting it mildly.

Gov. Brown's democracy dodge

Gov. Brown's democracy dodge

By William Voegeli

It would be "unconscionable," according to Gov. Jerry Brown, for the Legislature to "block a vote of the people" on a five-year extension of...

Saving Social Security

Saving Social Security

By Bernie Sanders

Social Security is the most successful social program in American history. It shouldn't be privatized; its benefits shouldn't be cut; and...

What are the ties that bind us?

What are the ties that bind us?

By Gregory Rodriguez

Multiculturalism breeds terrorism. That's what British Prime Minister David Cameron said Feb. 5 in a high-profile speech in Germany,...

The Palestinian people betrayed

The Palestinian people betrayed

By Saree Makdisi

A massive archive of documents leaked to Al Jazeera and Britain's Guardian newspaper offers irrefutable proof that years of negotiations...

Stick a fork in it, we're done

Stick a fork in it, we're done

By Charlotte Allen

After about a month in control of the House of Representatives, Republicans haven't managed to undo as many deeds of their Democratic...

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Topics

Egypt: U.S. must back democracy in Egypt regardless

Airport security: Plugging the gaps

Politics: Rich guys have rights too

Healthcare reform: Constitutional showdown

Gay rights: Uganda needs a lesson in gay rights

Technology: Will the Stuxnet cyber worm turn?

Women's rights: Chipping away abortion rights

Media: AOL ♥ HuffPo. The loser? Journalism

Health: Rare good news on Alzheimer's

Football stadium for L.A.: Officials, not cheerleaders

Israel: The real 'realism' on Israel

Ronald Reagan: Followers are celebrating a myth, not the man