May 12, 2008
The war there is not an intellectual exercise. It has real, personal consequences.

Its president stands idly by as Mugabe and his thugs ruin Zimbabwe.

It turns out people will ignore their self-interest in favor of an equitable deal.

May 11, 2008
After six decades, the Jewish state's hopes for peace are near death.

The planet is nearing a tipping point on climate change, and it gets much worse, fast.

America failed to heed Walter Reuther's ideas for a social safety net. But we may get a second chance.

Israelis and Palestinians must share the land. Equally.

The meddler and the martyr. That's what Achilles and Odysseus had to deal with.

L.A. County's cultural life may depend on who fills Yvonne Burke's board seat.

May 10, 2008
Can you get more JFK or RFK than BHO?

Hillary Clinton could use a sprinkling of Barbara Walters-style humility.

Dmitry Medvedev may be the new president, but his predecessor is still the one with power.

For modern blended families, it's no easy question to answer.

May 9, 2008
Pepsi, Apple, Krispy Kreme and other consumer firms profit from Iraq too.

How I got my hands on some marijuana -- the legal (and easy) way.

May 8, 2008
L.A. muralists often see their works ruined -- both by vandals with spray cans and numb skulls with paint rollers.

The Yoo memo is just one example of Bush's hidden laws.

Sure, Clinton is free to press on. Whether that would be responsible of her is another matter.

Advanced Placement courses, once a model for learning, are mere memory tests now.

May 7, 2008
Coppola's film offers lessons in diplomacy that we can't refuse.

OP-ED FEATURES
THE BIG FIX
Grinding traffic. Stagnant schools. Evaporating equity. How will L.A. cope in 2008?

OP-ART
The anatomy of a superdelegate.

STRIKE NOTES
Writers tell tales of picket lines, bad lines and even bread lines.


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