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A proud moment in Egypt's history

A proud moment in Egypt's history

Scott MacLeod

The revolt is the Middle East's version of Berlin in 1989. President Obama and the U.S. should show their support for the protesters.

 

To be a Paine patriot

By Barbara Clark Smith

Is it hard to remember that patriotism used to mean putting a collective good before private profit?

<b>Opinion: </b>Is real democracy an option in Egypt?

Opinion: Is real democracy an option in Egypt?
Big breaks for Big Oil

Big breaks for Big Oil
Not so fast, nosy government

Not so fast, nosy government

Debate & Discord

Good riddance, 'peace process'

Blowback: Good riddance, 'peace process'
Redevelopment debate: California mayors duke it out with Gov. Brown

Redevelopment debate: California mayors duke it out with Gov. Brown

March 8 City Election

<b>Voter guide:</b> March 8 City Election

Voter guide: March 8 City 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 M for Marijuana, N for No-good-reason...
Los Angeles Times Endorsements: LAUSD school board race

Submission forum: What would you like to ask the local candidates on the March 8 ballot?

Editorials

The little airport that can

The little airport that can

Santa Monica is at war with its airport, and it has been for decades. Ever since private jets first rumbled onto the single runway of...

Hey Rover, roll over

Hey Rover, roll over

A new study finds that people who sleep with their pets may be at risk for parasites and diseases — even plague. "A surprising 56%...

A better 'parent trigger'

A better 'parent trigger'

The parent trigger — which allows parents to force radical change at lower-performing schools if at least half sign a petition —...

Big breaks for Big Oil

Big breaks for Big Oil

Analysts are expecting a bonanza when Exxon Mobil Corp. announces its fourth-quarter earnings on Monday; the company's stock has jumped by...

Temecula's mosque moment

Temecula's mosque moment

The debate over construction of a mosque in Temecula, like a similar battle over plans to build a Muslim religious center near ground zero...

Demise of a death drug

Demise of a death drug

In response to violations of international human rights norms, Western governments are slapping sanctions on a rogue regime by halting...

Let Rahm run

Let Rahm run

Consider Rahm Emanuel, a man with no city to call home. In Washington, where until recently he served as White House chief of staff, he...

Not so fast, nosy government

Not so fast, nosy government

By a unanimous vote, the Supreme Court has ruled that contract employees at NASA's Jet Propulsion...

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Op-Ed

Plugging the airport security gaps

Plugging the airport security gaps

By Kip Hawley

After this week's airport bomb attack in Moscow, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev declared that there was a "systemic failure to provide...

A new world disorder

A new world disorder

By Timothy Garton Ash

Three Davos summits on from the West's Great Crash, we begin to see where we are. This is not the total collapse of liberal democratic...

The invisible surgeon general

The invisible surgeon general

By Henry I. Miller

Although some of the nation's healthcare issues are abstruse and vexing, others are relatively approachable. Many in this latter category...

Better off bankrupt

Better off bankrupt

By Jeb Bush and Newt Gingrich

During the 2008 financial crisis, the federal government reacted in a frantic, ad hoc fashion, tapping taxpayers for bailouts galore,...

'Skins' passes an ick test

'Skins' passes an ick test

By Meghan Daum

Even if you haven't watched MTV since Duran Duran broke up, you've probably heard of "Skins." It premiered on Jan. 17 amid a fanfare of...

The Palestinian people betrayed

The Palestinian people betrayed

By By Saree Makdisi

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

Death by a thousand leaks

Death by a thousand leaks

By Aaron David Miller

Somebody up there must really hate the Arab-Israeli peace process. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, that the odds against...

That old familiar SOTU

That old familiar SOTU

By Doyle McManus

If every wish ever uttered by a president in the State of the Union address had been granted, we'd be living in a much different America.

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Topics

National economy: The CBO lays out the harsh reality

Egypt: Is real democracy an option?

Religion: Temecula's mosque moment

California economy: A state budget reality check

Middle East peace: Death by a thousand leaks

Immigration reform: Cardinal Mahony, putting a human face on the immigrant

Redevelopment: California mayors duke it out with Gov. Brown

China-U.S.: Pushing China on human rights, quietly

Schwarzenegger on Shriver: The man who broke mirrors

Education: To save UC, cut enrollment

Tunisia: Did tweeting topple Tunisia?

Amy Chua: In the eye of the 'Tiger'

Healthcare: By 2025, the U.S. may be short 130,600 physicians, half in primary care

Haiti: Its political earthquake

Rhetoric: Mouthing off in America

Health insurance: Blue Shield's blues

Football for L.A.? Beware the mad pursuit of an NFL franchise

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

International relations: A new world disorder

LAPD: Not your 1992 LAPD

Politicians: For lack of Lieberman

Lebanon: It must not turn its back on Hariri tribunal

L.A.'s not rude: Take that, Travel + Leisure

Race: Black man's burden