Saving sharks from the soup

Yes on Measures I and J

Last spring, leaders of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power used a tactic that looked an awful lot like extortion, telling the...

Yes on Measure H

Campaign reform is like a game of whack-a-mole: Knock down a special interest's ability to influence an election and it pops up somewhere...

The party of no-governing

If you're the leader of the minority party, the last thing you want to do is declare yourself irrelevant. Yet that's what the top Republican...

No on Measure O

The "O" in Measure O stands for "oil," whose seekers would have to pay a premium for drilling in the city of Los Angeles if this measure...

Too deferential to Defense

House Republicans are using a bill to fund the government through Sept. 30 as a vehicle to roll back spending on many programs favored by...

Democracy by Internet

After the revolution in Egypt, it has become a truism that the Internet can foster dissent and political freedom. But in a thoughtful speech...

A true terrorism list

Last fall, President Obama offered a sweet deal to one of the most reviled regimes on Earth: If the government of Sudan would allow a...

Misstating Measure H

Being a responsible voter is a difficult job, especially when one is confronted with a big batch of confusing ballot measures. Conscientious...