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A rising tide of Nativism washes over U.S.

A rising tide of Nativism washes over U.S.

Anti-Muslim hysteria and animosity toward undocumented immigrants are grim reminders of the Nativist movement that roiled national and state politics for more than 120 years.

Fixing Social Security

Editorial: There are no pain-free approaches. But changing demographics mean that the longer Congress waits, the more difficult it will be to deal with the problem.

 
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Lose the ruling, attack the judge

Lose the ruling, attack the judge

When you don't win an argument on the merits, change the subject. That seems to be the favorite tactic of groups opposed to marriage...

A biased ruling on gay marriage in California

A biased ruling on gay marriage in California

The people of California spoke clearly at the polls in 2008 when they passed an amendment to the state Constitution that defined marriage as...

Fine-tuning the LAPD

Fine-tuning the LAPD

The bad old days of the Los Angeles Police Department are mostly behind us. Thanks to the Christopher Commission reforms, a federal...

Hamid Karzai and America's Vietnam mistake

Hamid Karzai and America's Vietnam mistake

Amid growing debate about whether the United States should stay in Afghanistan, one issue of agreement is that Afghanistan's president,...

Keeping up with the girls

Keeping up with the girls

Remember the scene in "Annie Hall" in which a school-age, girl-kissing Alvy Singer is reminded by a classmate that "even Freud speaks of a...

City of Bell salaries: Robert Rizzo is only a symptom

City of Bell salaries: Robert Rizzo is only a symptom

How do you solve a problem like Robert Rizzo?

A new breed of superhero

A new breed of superhero

Warrior princesses, in comic book folklore, films and TV series, slay armies singlehandedly, wielding their swords and their brains, riding...

ADL's fuzzy thinking

ADL's fuzzy thinking

It often seems these days as if the United States is reliving many of its most wrenching 19th century controversies.

Resuming gay marriages, wisely

Resuming gay marriages, wisely

The question for the last week has been: Which Judge Walker would emerge with the decision on whether same-sex marriages could go forth...

Failing Mitrice Richardson

Failing Mitrice Richardson

The discovery of Mitrice Richardson's remains in a Malibu Canyon ravine this week cleared up some of the mystery surrounding the young Cal...

Latin America ahead of U.S. on same-sex marriage

Latin America ahead of U.S. on same-sex marriage

As California and the United States struggle with the issue of same-sex marriage at the polls and in courtrooms, Latin America is moving...

An online gambling fix

A license to gamble

Congress cracked down on most forms of online gambling four years ago, concerned that the explosion in unregulated (and questionably legal)...

The Ruben Salazar files

The Ruben Salazar files

Forty years of obfuscation about the suspicious death of Times journalist Ruben Salazar is long enough. Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee...

Free trade, now

Free trade, now

Even in the gloom of an international economic crisis, there is a bright spot of hope: free trade. Successful trade pacts with Panama and...

Sinking the water bond

Sinking the water bond

And then there were nine. The water bond known as Proposition 18, which was to be the first of 10 measures on the Nov. 2 ballot, has been...

The workaday JetBlues

The workaday JetBlues

Warning: In the event of excessive cabin pressure, your flight attendant may go completely ape.