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Yes on the SAFE California Act

Yes on the SAFE California Act

Endorsement: It would replace the death penalty with a sentence of life without parole, and solve a host of problems bedeviling the state law enforcement system.

 

A split among Democrats

By Jim Newton

Especially in California, the party is deeply divided on the question of how best to improve schools.

Eradicate polio, finally

By Ban Ki-moon

The highly preventable disease survives in only Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. If we don't wipe it out now, a future epidemic could be devastating.

 

From the Blog

16 billion reasons to write about California's budget crisis

16 billion reasons to write about California's budget crisis
A federal foreclosure lecture California can do without

A federal foreclosure lecture California can do without
How would Romney react to a breakthrough on Iran?

How would Romney react to a breakthrough on Iran?

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Presidential Election 2012

Welcome to the DIY generation

Welcome to the DIY generation

McManus: A campaign bombshell

Americans Elect to Buddy Roemer: Thanks for playing, but no thanks

Rev. Wright will not be joining the 2012 campaign after all

June 5 Primary

June 5 primary: The Times' endorsements

The Times' endorsements

Jackie Lacey for D.A.

The non-races for supervisor

Yes on measures H and L

Letters

Letters: Desert water -- public or private?

Desert water -- public or private?

Going after tax refugees

Gay rights as civil rights

Protesting abortions

Saving California

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Blowback

Protect gay minors -- ban 'conversion therapy'

Protect gay minors -- ban 'conversion therapy'

The case for more UC autonomy

How automated grading can make good writers

Tax hike for California college scholarships: It's a false hope

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Eduardo Saverin controversy: Slam the door on tax refugees

Eduardo Saverin controversy: Slam the door on tax refugees

Frank McCourt's piece of Dodgers parking? Fuggedaboutit

Two views on Social Security

Economists -- you say you want a revolution?

Who can comment on motherhood?
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Editorials

AIDS researchers sideline women

AIDS researchers sideline women

At any one time, hundreds of clinical trials are underway in the U.S. to test simpler and more effective ways to treat and prevent HIV...

Silencing Kathleen Sebelius

Silencing Kathleen Sebelius

Prodded by an ultraconservative Catholic group, the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., has criticized Friday's scheduled speech at...

An L.A. budget, with flaws

An L.A. budget, with flaws

There is a bit to cheer in the proposed budget that the City Council could take up as early as Friday. An uptick in property tax revenue...

Justice and the 9/11 defendants

Justice and the 9/11 defendants

When Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. announced in 2009 that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other accused Sept. 11 conspirators would be tried...

Revenge of the Village People

Revenge of the Village People

As a singer and songwriter for the 1970s disco group the Village People, Victor Willis scored multiple hits that helped define that era...

Bipartisanship (gasp) and the Ex-Im Bank

Bipartisanship (gasp) and the Ex-Im Bank

One measure of the extreme polarization of the House is that GOP leaders bring bills to the floor only if they have enough Republican...

Wrong way to reform tenure

Wrong way to reform tenure

California's tenure protections for teachers go too far, and the Legislature has been unwilling to do anything about it.

Who's running L.A. County's jails?

Who's running L.A. County's jails?

When Lee Baca took over the L.A. County Sheriff's Department in 1998, he publicly pledged to end excessive use of force and brutality by...

Partisanship and the Violence Against Women Act

Partisanship and the Violence Against Women Act

The political climate in Congress is so noxious these days that even a law that originally passed with overwhelming bipartisan support...

No procrastinator left behind

No procrastinator left behind

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Op-Ed

UC problem: When academics are advocates

UC problem: When academics are advocates

By John M. Ellis and Charles L. Geshekter

Political advocacy corrupts academic institutions. Why? Because the mind-set of a genuine academic teacher is in every important respect the...

R.I.P., Encyclopedia Britannica

R.I.P., Encyclopedia Britannica

By Peter Garrison

These days, the sound of the digital scythe being whetted makes me cast more lingering looks at the paper and cardboard relics on my...

As long as the grass grows and the poverty shows

As long as the grass grows and the poverty shows

By David Treuer

During the election cycle we tend to ask: What does America mean; where are we going? And then someone decides to check on the Indians to...

The teachers union that's failing California

The teachers union that's failing California

By Troy Senik

California's education tailspin has been blamed on class sizes, on the property tax restrictions enforced by Proposition 13, on an influx of...

In Europe, time for true austerity

In Europe, time for true austerity

By Veronique de Rugy

Talks to form a coalition government in Greece collapsed again this week as a result of the country's belt-tightening backlash. The...

When all else fails, rob the poor

When all else fails, rob the poor

By Barbara Ehrenreich

Individually, the poor are not all that tempting to thieves. Mug a banker and you might score a wallet containing a month's rent. Mug a...

McManus: Americans Elect meets reality

McManus: Americans Elect meets reality

By Doyle McManus

What happens if you start a political party and nobody comes? Six months ago, a newfangled third party burst onto the scene, full of hope...

For the record

Choate: Michael Kinsley's May 13 column misspelled the name of a Connecticut school. It is Choate, not Choat.

The glory that was Greece

The glory that was Greece

By Timothy Garton Ash

When Germany'schancellor, Hannelore Kraft, met France's president, Francois Hollande, in a sunny Berlin earlier this week, they agreed on...

The National Teacher of the Year on what makes a great teacher

The National Teacher of the Year on what makes a great teacher

By Patt Morrison

The class clown from Mr. Gadberry's high school art class has made good — and how. Rebecca Mieliwocki teaches seventh-grade English at...

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