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Letters to the Editor: I have moved to Florida. Then I came back to California. What a relief

Simi Valley, California, March 5, 2023 – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis addresses donors at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi…

2 years ago

Editorial: Labor unions in LA are major political influencers. Why should they not be considered lobbyists?

When is a paid lawyer a lobbyist? And, more importantly, when and how much information should paid advocates disclose about…

2 years ago

Opinion: Reality deniers like Kari Lake fit right into Arizona’s history of wishful thinking

Kari Lake doesn't give up. Even as she prepares to launch a campaign for U.S. Senator, and more than two…

2 years ago

Opinion: Do you offer a resume, cover letter and access to your brain? The scary race to read employees’ minds

Modern workers are increasingly finding that companies are no longer satisfied with thinking about their resumes, cover letters and job…

2 years ago

Column: The 20th anniversary of the Iraq War is also a colossal failure of the mainstream media

Twenty years ago, President George W. Bush ordered the invasion of Iraq, overthrowing the despot Saddam Hussein and unleashing a…

2 years ago

Opinion: Removing the fence from Echo Park Lake is a gesture, but it doesn’t really help our homeless neighbors

When the City of Los Angeles evacuated the Echo Park Lake homeless camp in March 2021, a mob of police…

2 years ago

Opinion: Yes, bank bailouts like First Republic reward the reckless. No, that shouldn’t stop us

Every financial crisis begins with the untimely death of a canary in a relatively small metaphorical coal mine. The death…

2 years ago

Opinion: LA’s half-empty criminal subways don’t have to stay that way

It's no secret that the pandemic has devastated public transportation across the country, and Los Angeles' ever-expanding subway system is…

2 years ago

Editorial: Defendants’ rights to legal representation remained inadequate in much of California

Saturday marks the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright, the case that guarantees…

2 years ago

Opinion: Don’t blur the lines by labeling Mexican drug cartels as “terrorist organizations.”

In a scene from the 2018 film Sicario: Day of the Soldado, a US president decides to designate Mexican drug…

2 years ago