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Patt Morrison Asks: Janice Hahn, born to run

Janice Hahn, born to run

By Patt Morrison

Daughter of legendary county Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, sister of former Mayor James Hahn, the Democrat won the special election to replace Jane Harman in the coastal/South Bay 36th Congressional District.

 

Curbs on the 'super PACs'

The Federal Election Commission has ruled unanimously that members of Congress, candidates and party leaders may not solicit unlimited funds for such groups.

Bryan Stow case: A chagrined LAPD

The admission by the Los Angeles Police Department that it had arrested the wrong man is not its finest hour, but it's not an utter failure either.

 
Helping Somalia: The fight against famine

Helping Somalia: The fight against famine
Another reason to support circumcision

Another reason to support circumcision
Bachmann's migraines matter

Bachmann's migraines matter

Letters to the Editor

The 'delegitimization' of Israel movement; reversals of 9th Circuit rulings; tabloids and the 1st Amendment

The 'delegitimization' of Israel movement; reversals of 9th Circuit rulings; tabloids and the 1st Amendment

The last space shuttle flight; politicians who take no-tax pledges; reflecting on 'Carmageddon'

Elizabeth Warren passed over to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Amazon vs. California on sales taxes


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Amazon and its crafty initiative

Amazon and its crafty initiative

Decrease the birthrate, save the world?

Amazon vs. California: Whose side are you on?

Debt talks: Is progress possible if we focus on the battle of ideologies?

To derail religion is to derail happiness


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Editorials

Don't buy Amazon's argument, California

Don't buy Amazon's argument, California

Any action of the Legislature can be overturned by voter referendum — almost. The state Constitution explicitly exempts tax measures....

Getting Kadafi to leave is Libya's best option

Getting Kadafi to leave is Libya's best option

A meeting between representatives of Moammar Kadafi and a senior U.S. diplomat has not produced a breakthrough in ending Libya's civil war...

L.A. is backing its cyclists

L.A. is backing its cyclists

L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl says he was inspired to introduce a groundbreaking anti-harassment ordinance for bicyclists after...

Caylee's Law won't work

Caylee's Law won't work

Recipe for pander porridge: Take spicy if deeply flakey criminal defendant who in the eyes of many got away with murder, add crowd-...

Ganging up on the debt

Ganging up on the debt

The din of partisan bickering in Washington subsided briefly this week when six Republican and Democratic senators unveiled a long-awaited...

Our Iraqi allies deserve better

Our Iraqi allies deserve better

Nearly four years ago, Congress created a special program that set aside 5,000 visas annually for five years to help Iraqis who risked their...

A carbon dioxide escape hatch

A carbon dioxide escape hatch

Among the more speculative of the proposed solutions to global warming is the notion of capturing the carbon dioxide emissions from coal-...

California's hidden hunger strike

California's hidden hunger strike

Conditions in California prisons are so bad that a panel of federal judges ruled that they violate the U.S. Constitution's prohibition on...

Fighting fire with money

Fighting fire with money

If people whose homes border wilderness areas paid the real expenses for their way of life, the bill would be daunting. Maintaining a...

Carmageddon's lessons

Carmageddon's lessons

Killer bees never did swarm the Southwest, the Y2K bug was squashed, the world didn't end on May 21 and "Carmageddon" wasn't. Now that we've...

Shaky start for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Shaky start for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Rahm Emanuel, President Obama's first chief of staff, famously opined that crises presented opportunities for government "to do big things"...

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Op-Ed

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon's plea: We can't allow Somalia to starve

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon's plea: We can't allow Somalia to starve

By Ban Ki-moon

Across the Horn of Africa, people are starving. A catastrophic combination of conflict, high food prices and drought has left more than 11...

Same-sex marriage: Married but unequal

Same-sex marriage: Married but unequal

By Douglas NeJaime

On Sunday, New York will begin issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples, further complicating the tangled legal mess of same-sex...

McManus: Doomsday doubters and the debt ceiling

McManus: Doomsday doubters and the debt ceiling

By Doyle McManus

President Obama says that if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling by Aug. 2, the consequences will be dire. A long list of economists and...

The world's biggest problem? Too many people

The world's biggest problem? Too many people

By Mary Ellen Harte and Anne Ehrlich

Think back on what you talked about with friends and family at your last gathering. The latest game of your favorite team? "American Idol"?...

Daum: The Marcus Bachmann hypocrisy

Daum: The Marcus Bachmann hypocrisy

By Meghan Daum

Marcus Bachmann, the husband of GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, is having a bad month. Not only is his counseling clinic...

Baseball's error: No Marvin Miller in the Hall of Fame

Baseball's error: No Marvin Miller in the Hall of Fame

By Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele

Forget steroids. Forget Frank McCourt's mismanagement of the Dodgers. The biggest scandal in baseball at the moment is the Baseball Hall...

Rutten: Amazon's shameful California tax dodge

Rutten: Amazon's shameful California tax dodge

By Tim Rutten

At the turn of the last century, as the robber barons' first gilded age lingered on, many Californians came to regard one powerful...

The Alameda incident: 'First responders' who don't

The Alameda incident: 'First responders' who don't

By Steven Greenhut

On Memorial Day, a suicidal man waded into San Francisco Bay outside the city of Alameda and stood there for about an hour, neck deep in...

Tabloids don't deserve the 1st Amendment

Tabloids don't deserve the 1st Amendment

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

The FBI opened an inquiry late last week into Rupert Murdoch's media empire amid allegations that British reporters tried to access...

Proposed NLRB rules are sensible and should be adopted

Proposed NLRB rules are sensible and should be adopted

By Julius G. Getman

The embattled National Labor Relations Board has proposed rules to streamline union representation elections and give unions greater...

Goldberg: The ideologue in the Oval Office

Goldberg: The ideologue in the Oval Office

By Jonah Goldberg

"I think increasingly the American people are going to say to themselves, 'You know what? If a party or a politician is constantly taking...

Public health: Not vaccinated? Not acceptable

Public health: Not vaccinated? Not acceptable

By David Ropeik

What does society do when one person's behavior puts the greater community at risk? We make them stop. We pass laws, or impose economic...

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