Opinion: Castro, Superpowers and Marrying Down
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Weekend and Monday Opinion from the LA Times:
Niall Ferguson: Testing the Limits of the U.N.
Who seriously expects Kofi Annan to stop Al Qaeda terror attacks?
Richard K. Betts: How Superpowers Become Impotent
In Lebanon and Iraq, guerrilla tactics turn clean, mean fighting machines into wimps.
Carole King: Idaho’s Off-Road Uproar
A bill promises to preserve the wilderness -- for gearheads.
Tom Standage: It’s Tea Time in America
How about some Earl Grey with your apple pie?
Editorials
Bending Prop. 13
California voters have been restoring taxes, including on property, bit by bit.
Where AIDS Drugs Work
A higher percentage of sub-Saharans take their HIV medication as directed than do Americans.
Plugging in to the Neighborhood
Power outage creates a little old-fashioned street bonding.
Selected Weekend Commentary:
Jenny Price: Targeted by Gun Nuts
After she wrote a gun-control op-ed, the writer got threats and worse: a blogosphere hit job on her murdered brother.
Jorge G. Castañeda: Fidel Fatigue
Long live the revolution? That’s the last thing Latin America needs.
Edward Gonzalez: Castro’s Deal With the Soviet Devil
Communist money and military might fed his ego and sank his nation.
Abraham Cooper: Outside the Tent: Times Coverage of Israel Is Full of Holes
When it comes to local Jews’ relationship with Israel, this paper just doesn’t get it, says a rabbi.
Salam Al-Marayati and Edina Lekovic: Outside the Tent: What The Times Isn’t Telling You About Hezbollah
Why does this paper take Israel’s side? asks a Muslim leader.
Joe Robinson: BlackBerrys Don’t Fit in Bikinis
Laboring on your vacation actually hurts American productivity.
Caleb Carr: A War of Escalating Errors
Israelis and their foes are swinging wildly -- and missing their targets.
Meghan Daum: The Upside of Marrying Down
That sanitation worker sounds like a catch. Am I crazy?