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Jamie Oliver: Food fighter

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Talking to the English chef about his program 'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution,' a TV show that's not just about healthy food but also about converting skeptics and unbelievers.

Some backbone at the U.N.

Editorial: In voting to expel Libya, the U.N. Human Rights Council shows that it may be more worthwhile than critics suppose.

Libya: To oust a tyrant

Cardinal Mahony and the city he shaped

By Tim Rutten

Times columnist Tim Rutten chats with Cardinal Roger Mahony on his tenure as head of what is now America's largest Roman Catholic diocese.

Day of reckoning on pensions: The Little Hoover Commission paints a bleak picture of what's ahead for state and local governments in California

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Banksy was here -- we think

Banksy was here -- we think

A Peace Corps volunteer's journey

A Peace Corps volunteer's journey

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Out front on gay rights

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Reader opinion: Debating DOMA

Reader opinion: Debating DOMA

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Out front on gay rights

Out front on gay rights

The Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage, deserves to sink into oblivion. That...

Apple's Jobs question

Apple's Jobs question

The Central Laborers' Pension Fund, a retirement fund for about 6,500 union members in Illinois, has invested a small but non-trivial...

Banksy was here -- we think

Banksy was here -- we think

Banksy! Come out, come out, wherever you are!

Wrong in Wisconsin

Wrong in Wisconsin

The state's attack on unions is misguided, but that doesn't mean the status quo is sustainable.

No Fannie, no Freddie

No Fannie, no Freddie

The Obama administration took its first, tentative step this month toward a future without Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the troubled mortgage...

Renewable energy 'on' switch

Renewable energy 'on' switch

California is blessed with renewable energy resources that it has barely begun to harvest, an enlightened electorate that understands the...

The scourge of Somalia

The scourge of Somalia

Jean and Scott Adam of Marina del Rey lived a life many would envy, until it was cut short Tuesday by a band of Somali pirates. On their...

Thomas the silent

Thomas the silent

Justice, they say, is blind, but may it also be dumb? Critics of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas don't think so. They fault the court'...

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True to the Peace Corps

True to the Peace Corps

By Stanley Meisler

In some ways, the Peace Corps, which celebrates its 50th anniversary Tuesday, is a shadow of what it once was.

A Peace Corps volunteer's journey

A Peace Corps volunteer's journey

By Maureen Orth

Twenty years ago I was riding down a dusty road in rural Argentina gabbing in Spanish with a local journalist when suddenly a wave of...

Social Security: Just the facts

Social Security: Just the facts

By Doyle McManus

A reader from Manhattan Beach wrote last week to ask for help in understanding the heated debate over Social Security.

Rebel in a company town

Rebel in a company town

By Meghan Daum

Several years ago I participated in a public "debate" about the exigent matter of whether Los Angeles was better than New York or vice...

Busting the unions

Busting the unions

By Tim Rutten

The bloodiest battle ever fought in the Western Hemisphere essentially happened by mistake in the summer of 1863, when Robert E. Lee's...

What is the UC system worth?

What is the UC system worth?

By Peter Baldwin

In both of the two most respected global rankings of universities, the University of California system supplies at least 10% of the top 50...

Robbing California of energy

Robbing California of energy

By Dianne Feinstein

The House of Representatives this week approved legislation that irresponsibly eliminates a key Energy Department loan guarantee program...

Battleground Wisconsin

Battleground Wisconsin

By Dean Bakopoulos

As students, teachers, nurses, firefighters, cops and snowplow drivers in Wisconsin continue to battle for their basic right to collective...

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Wisconsin: A tipping point for labor in America	City of Bell: Down on Rizzo's farm	Media: AOL ♥ HuffPo. The loser? Journalism
2012 budget: Too deferential to Defense	Healthcare reform: Constitutional showdown	Israel: The real 'realism' on Israel

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