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The soft sciences matter as much as ever

The soft sciences matter as much as ever

Without citizens whose reading, writing, speaking and analytical skills are top-notch, society as a whole falters. Cutting educational budgets in the arts and humanities is a mistake.

 

My life without plastic bags

The reality is that life without plastic grocery bags is entirely doable and a lot better for the environment. But it does require some adjusting.

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Making Arizona voting fairer

Making Arizona voting fairer

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Arizona's misguided effort to set its own voter registration requirements for federal...

Turkey overreacts

Turkey overreacts

Gezi Park is not Tiananmen Square and Turkey is not Communist China. Still, the heavy-handed evacuation of protesters from the public park...

Was adopting Common Core a mistake?

Was adopting Common Core a mistake?

Think back to the dark days of 2009, when school districts in California and across the nation faced dire budget shortfalls. States would...

Who'll pay for San Onofre?

Who'll pay for San Onofre?

The decision to decommission the San Onofre nuclear power plant doesn't end its saga, which instead promises to drag on for decades. There...

Rewriting rules on chimps

Rewriting rules on chimps

In the more than two decades since the U.S. government declared chimpanzees in the wild to be an endangered species, not much has improved...

 Targeting anti-gay bullying

Targeting anti-gay bullying

There was a time not that long ago when it would have seemed far-fetched to suggest that the law should protect gay and lesbian students...

L.A. County D.A.'s partial progress on justice

L.A. County D.A.'s partial progress on justice

Fifty years ago, in Brady vs. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors have an obligation to turn over to defendants any...

Anaheim's feeble democracy

Anaheim's feeble democracy

The Anaheim City Council showed its contempt for the principle of representative government again this week, defeating another proposal to...

UC and Native Americans: Unsettled remains

UC and Native Americans: Unsettled remains

In 1974, Berkeley's distinguished anthropologist Robert Heizer issued a public mea culpa for the practices of his profession in treating...

A test of wills in Iran

A test of wills in Iran

By electing Hassan Rowhani, the moderate candidate, to be its next president, the Iranian people have in effect reached a provisional...

Newton: The real test for Garcetti

Newton: The real test for Garcetti

City Councilman Eric Garcetti campaigned for mayor for 622 days. He raised more than $8 million and secured the votes of 222,300 residents...

Fathering against type

Fathering against type

Evolution is a terrific thing for humans to learn about but a terrible thing to learn from. Case in point: fathers.

 Tied in knots over interfaith weddings

Tied in knots over interfaith weddings

Wedding season is officially upon us, and one needn't be marrying a "Bridezilla" star to find the planning comes with some stress....

Supreme Court and DNA: No one can own a gene

Supreme Court and DNA: No one can own a gene

For the past 60 years, we have been learning a new language. Ever since the double-helix structure of DNA was uncovered in 1953, the...

Female astronauts: Breaking the glass atmosphere

Female astronauts: Breaking the glass atmosphere

Fifty years ago on June 16 — and only two years after the first man entered space — Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova...

McManus: Obama, Syria and the Aspin Doctrine

McManus: Obama, Syria and the Aspin Doctrine

As President Obama contemplates his many bad options in Syria, he may want to consider the Aspin Doctrine, an argument for intervention...