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We're seeing the birth of a type of worldwide judicial anarchy.
Opinion L.A. blog: A new UCLA study estimates that 11,000 gay marriages would be undone if Prop. 8 passes.
Editorial: New rules on how to count illegal immigrants will waste money, not save it.
  DUST-UP: THE FINAL STRETCH

Which candidate's messages are resonating more with voters? Kareem Crayton and Matt Welch debate.
Editorial
The justices will hear less politically charged cases in the term that begins today.

Illegal immigration costs everyone. So why is Washington forcing expensive new rules on the state?

Pirates like those who seized a ship full of arms off Somalia pose a lethal threat. Foreign navies need to act.

Sunday, October 5, 2008
The need to reform immigration laws is highlighted by the capture of 1,700 illegals linked to crimes.

A judge's order to preserve all of the V.P.'s records pending a lawsuit's outcome helps guard transparency.

Friday, October 3, 2008
Biden and Palin squared off in a vice presidential debate that was mostly political theater.



CARTOON
Book smart
September 7, 2008
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TOON-OP
Penciling in Palin
September 7, 2008
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EDITORIAL SERIES
The Times discusses California's troubled tax system.
Why and how the U.S. should outdo the Islamists at charity while fighting world hunger.
The Times explores water and water policy in California and around the world.
The Times explores policies to slow the progress of climate change.
A series examining American values and the candidates for president.

 
Op-Ed
What we are seeing is the birth of a type of worldwide judicial anarchy.

The debate between faith and atheism leaves too little room for figuring out why humans believe.

Universal healthcare may sound appealing, but deregulation and the free market would lead to better solutions.

Sunday, October 5, 2008
Forget red and blue, the real battle is over the allegedly authentic and the allegedly inauthentic.


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Meghan Daum

Jonah Goldberg

Patt Morrison

Gregory Rodriguez

Joel Stein

Tim Rutten


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