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Reforming healthcare reform

Reforming healthcare reform

Editorial: Obama shows he's willing to compromise, but his goals and those of his critics aren't the same.

 

Pay TV's full-court press

In part because of Time Warner Cable's new deal with the Lakers, pay-TV subscribers in L.A. who aren't sports fans will end up paying for games they don't watch.

Battling over bone marrow

Battling over bone marrow

Federal law prohibits payment to people who donate organs, such as kidneys, other than to compensate them for travel and other related...

The cheating charter

The cheating charter

The Los Angeles Unified School District has rightly been raising the bar for its public schools. Now it needs to do the same for its charter...

Tracking the gun-runners

Tracking the gun-runners

Violence along the U.S.-Mexico border continues to spiral upward, with all-too-frequent reports of bullet-ridden bodies turning up on street...

Same-sex weddings, now

Same-sex weddings, now

Although the federal courts expedited their handling of the lawsuit challenging Proposition 8, the issues are far from resolved. And now...

To change the L.A. City Council

To change the L.A. City Council

In approaching next month's city elections, we have considered our endorsements with certain concerns in mind: Los Angeles is in bad shape,...

Day of reckoning on pensions

Day of reckoning on pensions

The housing bubble and subsequent Wall Street collapse wreaked havoc on the nation's retirement savings, as many pension funds and 401(k)...

Some backbone at the U.N.

Some backbone at the U.N.

Something odd happened Friday in Geneva: The United Nations Human Rights Council, derided by conservatives and liberal human rights...

Out front on gay rights

Out front on gay rights

The Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage, deserves to sink into oblivion. That...

Movie math

Movie math

If you want to understand why it's so hard for governments, both federal and state, to put their accounts in order, consider the recent...

Playing with fire

Playing with fire

In recent years, as the city of Los Angeles has spiraled into deeper and deeper financial trouble, leaders have argued that they are cutting...

The fighters vs. the fixers

The fighters vs. the fixers

"Pawlenty's attacks get more pointed," announced a headline in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "He's betting sharper rhetoric will spring...

Not a carbon copy of the U.S.

Not a carbon copy of the U.S.

If per capita carbon emissions in China and India rose to car-happy U.S. levels, global emissions would increase by 127%, according to the...

Stormy seas off Somalia

Stormy seas off Somalia

The killing of four Americans who were taken hostage aboard the yacht Quest off the coast of Oman serves as an ominous warning that pirate...

Hidden federal benefits

Hidden federal benefits

Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what your country has done for you lately.

Winds of change in the Middle East

Winds of change in the Middle East

On Feb. 11, 1979, Islamic revolutionaries took power in Tehran. On Sept. 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda terrorists launched...

Doyle McManus: Helping the Arabs help themselves

Doyle McManus: Helping the Arabs help themselves

A basic tenet of the U.S. war against terrorism under both George W. Bush and Barack Obama has been the need to "drain the swamp" — to...