News Columnists

Sandy Banks

Sandy Banks

Whitney Houston's funeral honors her spiritual roots - February 18, 2012 - If you tuned in to see a show when you decided to watch Whitney Houston's funeral on your computer or television, you probably were...

Steve Lopez

Steve Lopez

A father's last days - February 18, 2012 - The hospice nurse said on Tuesday that my father could be gone within 24 hours. It was no surprise. He'd been bedridden for days, and on...

George Skelton

George Skelton

It still should be a full-time job - February 20, 2012 - A brief email to Assembly aides from the speaker's office inadvertently made a strong case for demoting the California Legislature to...

Hector Tobar

Hector Tobar

Barbasol and a brew are ingredients for downtown's revival - December 14, 2009 - Matt Berman believes that barbershops can change the world.

Business Columnists

Michael Hiltzik

Michael Hiltzik

Payroll tax cut undermines Social Security's security - February 19, 2012 - The accepted response to the economic deal reached in Congress last week, extending the Social Security payroll tax holiday and...

David Lazarus

David Lazarus

Keeping credit reporting firms, debt collectors honest - February 20, 2012 - Pamela Johnson of Orange is one of many people who have recently received notices from a debt collector called West Bay Acquisitions...

Liz Weston

Liz Weston

Few options for reclaiming college funds from grandparents - February 19, 2012 - Dear Liz: When my cousin and I were children more than 20 years ago, my grandparents opened a college savings account for each of...

Features Columnists

Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine

Chris Erskine: Call me and my pocket might call back - February 17, 2012 - We are in the midst of a revolution in human communication. I compare it to Batista losing Cuba to the Communists.

Sports Columnists

Bill Plaschke

Bill Plaschke

Knicks' Jeremy Lin holds mirror up to America - February 20, 2012 - Of all the drives, dunks and dazzling shots Jeremy Lin is forcing upon the stars of the NBA, none of it compares with the moves he's...

T.J. Simers

T.J. Simers

Kobe Bryant's latest rant hurts Lakers, and Pau Gasol - February 20, 2012 - What an idiotic rant, but not a surprise given Kobe Bryant's track record as a big baby.

Bill Dwyre

Bill Dwyre

Riviera's 18th hole provides more golf magic - February 19, 2012 - It is the final hill of the mountain, golf's equivalent of the last 100 yards to the top of Everest. It is a picturesque canyon, a natural...

Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott

Kobe Bryant, other Lakers let loose with their frustrations - February 19, 2012 - Reporting from Phoenix — This was like listening to a conversation in code, without the subtitles to translate their true meaning.

Opinion Columnists

Jonah Goldberg

Jonah Goldberg

Goldberg: Mr. Right eludes the GOP - February 21, 2012 - "If we could just take a little bit from each of them."

Doyle McManus

Doyle McManus

McManus: Mixing Medicare and mudslinging - February 19, 2012 - Don't look now, but the 2012 election is turning into a national referendum on what to do about Medicare.

Patt Morrison

Patt Morrison

Westminster: Malibu's wire fox terrier Eira goes for the double-crown - February 13, 2012 - I’m a mutt fancier myself -- or "multicultural canines," as my...

Jim Newton

Jim Newton

Parsing the downtown L.A. divide - February 20, 2012 - Downtown Los Angeles today is divided between two City Council districts, with Jose Huizar representing one part of the city center and...

Gregory Rodriguez

Gregory Rodriguez

Why Arizona banned ethnic studies - February 20, 2012 - It's more than a little ironic that the same Arizona Legislature that spearheaded a ruthless, racially charged campaign against illegal...