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    May 11, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Gov. Scott Walker and the danger of the recall movement

    I'm a lifelong Democrat and a career educator. So I'm predictably appalled by Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who has cut spending for schools and stripped teachers — and most of the state's public workers — of collective bargaining rights.
    I'm a lifelong Democrat and a career educator. So I'm predictably appalled by Wisconsin's Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who has cut spending for schools and stripped teachers — and most of the state's public workers — of collective...

    Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Voting, Regional Authority

    2. Feb 4, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. 100 years of American politics

    You can thank the reformers of the early 20th century for today's winding road of presidential primaries. Fed up with the way party bosses played a controlling role in determining presidential candidates in the Democratic and Republican party conventions, these political and economic reformers — part of what historians now dub the Progressive movement — were successful in getting some states to establish primary elections. The primaries permitted citizens to vote for their party's presidential nominee, with the winner's delegates going to the national convention. (Before the primary system, district and state caucuses of party bosses selected the delegates.) And although primaries were established earlier — for example, Oregon in 1910 — the first real test of them came in the presidential election of 1912.
    You can thank the reformers of the early 20th century for today's winding road of presidential primaries. Fed up with the way party bosses played a controlling role in determining presidential candidates in the Democratic and Republican party conventions,...

    Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Primaries, Voting, Republican National Conventions

    3. Jan 3, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. 'Super PACs' already a winner in 2012

    No matter who wins the Iowa caucuses Tuesday night, one newcomer has already emerged victorious: "super PACs" and other new entities that can collect donations of unlimited size from individuals and corporations.
    No matter who wins the Iowa caucuses Tuesday night, one newcomer has already emerged victorious: "super PACs" and other new entities that can collect donations of unlimited size from individuals and corporations. Every presidential campaign cycle in...

    Tags: U.S. Senate, Republican Party, Companies and Corporations, Politics, Companies and Corporations

    4. Feb 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Arizona: First-rate journeys in the 48th state

    To get a modern-day perspective on the euphoria Arizonans felt on Feb. 14, 1912, when they were granted statehood, try to imagine the Cardinals winning the Super Bowl. Or the Diamondbacks winning the World Series. Or the Suns at long last nailing the NBA Championship. The territory had lusted after the equal status that came with statehood much like a teenager waiting for his driver's license.
    To get a modern-day perspective on the euphoria Arizonans felt on Feb. 14, 1912, when they were granted statehood, try to imagine the Cardinals winning the Super Bowl. Or the Diamondbacks winning the World Series. Or the Suns at long last nailing the...

    Tags: Jon Kyl, Super Bowl, Phoenix Suns, Arizona Diamondbacks, National Basketball Association

    5. Jul 28, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  5. Chris Christie: Does he have the look of a president?

    Opinion L.A.
    If there's a physical "look" to being president, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie doesn't have it. But does that matter to Americans?...
    6. Sep 4, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  6. San Francisco Labor Leaders Accuse The Times of Libel

    The Daily Mirror
    July 19, 1910: "Jailbird" ... "pinhead" ... A typical Times editorial about labor. Sept. 4, 1910: San Francisco labor leaders file a libel suit against Times Editor and General Manager Gen. Harrison Gray Otis and Assistant Manager Harry Chandler. It’s a...
    7. Oct 8, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  7. Social media wrap: Charlie Crist's worst pitch ever (we're talking about baseball)

    Top of the Ticket
    Florida governor's terrible pitch before a Rays-Rangers game goes viral. One blogger calls it a metaphor for his Senate campaign....
    8. Nov 25, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Thanksgiving 1910

    The Daily Mirror
    Thanksgiving 1910: President Taft declares the annual holiday. “The records of population and harvests which are the index of progress show vigorous national growth and the health and prosperous well-being of our communities throughout this land and...
    9. Nov 7, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Timeline: Men and their grooming habits

    <b>30,000 BC: </b>Stone Age<b> </b>man begins using sharpened flint and seashells to scrape the hair from his body, inventing the morning shave.
    Los Angeles Times
    30,000 BC: Stone Age man begins using sharpened flint and seashells to scrape the hair from his body, inventing the morning shave. 1150 BC: Biblical hero Samson, whose feats of strength allegedly included slaying an entire army with the jawbone of an...

    Tags: Kurt Cobain, Local Elections, Personal Service, Lon Chaney, Gavin Newsom

    10. Nov 21, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Book review: 'Colonel Roosevelt' by Edmund Morris

    Colonel Roosevelt
    Special to the Los Angeles Times
    Colonel Roosevelt Edmund Morris Random House: 770 pp., $35 After spending close to eight triumphant years in the White House, Theodore Roosevelt left Washington in 1909 on top of the world, a charismatic leader beloved by his countrymen and greeted...

    Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Ronald Reagan, Nobel Prize Awards, Awards and Prizes

    11. Oct 6, 2009 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Police Raid Chinatown Gambling Operation

    The Daily Mirror
    Oct. 6, 1909: Police officers cross the roofs of buildings, using a ladder to span alleys, to raid a lottery operation in Chinatown. I suspect the Sgt. Sebastian mentioned in the story is future Police Chief and Mayor Charles E. ???Charlie??? Sebastian....
    12. Jan 20, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Past presidents -- an inaugural quiz

    Today, Barack Obama will be sworn in as the nation's 44th president in a ceremony filled with tradition. Test your knowledge of ceremonies past. 1. Of whose inaugural speech did wordsmith H.L. Mencken say: "It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it...

    Tags: Ricky Martin, Religious Texts, Andrew Johnson, George Washington, Richard Nixon

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