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A new response in the war on terror

A new response in the war on terror

President Obama's speech on drone strikes and Guantanamo suggests movement in the right direction.

 

On genetically engineered food, let the market decide

Those who want to avoid bioengineered foods have many ways to do it.

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The future of wiretapping

The future of wiretapping

Pushed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Obama administration may ask Congress for the power to snoop on more types of...

Refining 'parent trigger'

Refining 'parent trigger'

Under California's "parent trigger" law, parents at underperforming public schools can force dramatic changes in management if half or...

 Sexual assault in jails

Sexual assault in jails

A new government report singles out Los Angeles County's Twin Towers as having one of the worst rates of inmate-on-inmate sexual assault...

Endorsements: The Times recommends

Endorsements: The Times recommends

Mayor: Eric Garcetti

Prayers in public offices

Prayers in public offices

Ideally, governmental bodies would refrain from including prayers — even ecumenical, "lowest-common-denominator" ones — in their...

A quick count for L.A.

A quick count for L.A.

With any luck, the campaign for mayor of Los Angeles will end Tuesday in a decisive victory for one candidate or the other. Then the...

 Alter CEQA but don't weaken it

Alter CEQA but don't weaken it

Does California's signature environmental law protect the state's air, water and wilderness by acting as a check on runaway projects...

Endorsements recap: The Times recommends

Endorsements recap: The Times recommends

Garcetti or Greuel? No, it's not the grim menu choice at some tony Malibu spa; it's the question before Los Angeles voters on Tuesday as...

 Riverside's community table

Riverside's community table

Vicky Medina delivered tortillas one morning in 1989 from La Fiesta Tortilleria in Riverside's Casa Blanca neighborhood to Zacatecas Cafe,...

John McCain: Cable TV, the right way

John McCain: Cable TV, the right way

America's 100 million cable and satellite subscribers are forced to pay ever-higher bills for a growing number of channels they do not...

Newton: Where Greuel went wrong

Newton: Where Greuel went wrong

Smart and capable, City Controller Wendy Greuel has been a high-profile public servant who believes in Los Angeles and has devoted much of...

Rall: Is voting for mayor a pointless ritual?

Rall: Is voting for mayor a pointless ritual?

The Los Angeles mayor's race saw record-high campaign spending and low turnout for a job that's not all that powerful.

McManus: Obama's IRS choice

McManus: Obama's IRS choice

Message to the president: Resistance is futile.

Scouting's misstep

Scouting's misstep

At age 19, when I was an assistant scoutmaster, I was expelled from the Boy Scouts of America for being gay. The very group that had...

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his fangirls

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his fangirls

OK, so Dzhokhar Tsarnaev stands accused of blowing up three people, injuring 282 more and shooting to death an MIT campus police officer....

Immigration: A wider better welcome mat

Immigration: A wider better welcome mat

As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From...