Fighting climate change and winning the war on terrorism are not for the squeamish.

Iraq has shown the limits of U.S. power. We must change America, not the world.

The new Assembly speaker wants an independent look at the state's revenue.

Teens are letting emoticons and other forms of chat-speak slip into their essays and homework.

A state bill wants to create CalPERS-managed portable retirement plans for private-sector employees.

U.S. soldiers hurt in Iraq and Afghanistan are surviving at high rates -- but more have neglected brain injuries.

To survive, Santa Ana's Libreria Martinez needs more than good intentions.

Hunger: A May 9 editorial on donating to relief groups referred to Mercy Corps as a religious charity. It is a secular organization.

Kennedy legacy: In Tim Rutten's May 10 column, poet Arthur Hugh Clough was identified as an American. He was British.