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L.A.'s menu of budget options

City leaders should be open to any reasonable options for the ongoing budget solution, no matter where they originate.

Bump in the road for healthcare law

Long term, the Affordable Care Act will slow the growth of healthcare costs. But the transition will have some rough patches, and we're about to hit one.

 
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Livestock abuse: The peril of 'ag-gag' bills

Livestock abuse: The peril of 'ag-gag' bills

A California Assembly bill that would require anyone who videotapes, photographs or records incidents of animal cruelty to turn over the...

 Scalia gets it right

Scalia gets it right

In his opinions on abortion and gay rights, Justice Antonin Scalia has taken an offensively narrow view of the Constitution's guarantees...

Don't abandon U.S. troops' allies

Don't abandon U.S. troops' allies

When American troops went to war in Iraq and Afghanistan, they relied on local translators, drivers and guides to help them navigate...

For gay rights, a historic opportunity

For gay rights, a historic opportunity

It's hard to remember an initiative campaign that tore California in two as painfully as Proposition 8 did. The state might as well retire...

Discord over elder care project in Sherwood Forest

Discord over elder care project in Sherwood Forest

Sherwood Forest is not a neighborhood of merry men and women these days. For the last several months, the leafy enclave of rambling homes in...

Why detain nonviolent immigrants?

Why detain nonviolent immigrants?

In recent weeks, Republican lawmakers have slammed the Department of Homeland Security for releasing 2,228 immigrants from detention centers...

Britain's plan to regulate the press goes too far

Britain's plan to regulate the press goes too far

Britain's three major political parties have agreed on a new system of regulating newspapers in the aftermath of shocking invasions of...

For the record

Garcetti: A March 28 Op-Ed said that Los Angeles City Councilman Eric Garcetti was supportive of the Millennium Hollywood development...

 'Star Wars' today: What would Reagan do?

'Star Wars' today: What would Reagan do?

President Reagan stunned fellow citizens and the world 30 years ago this month with a dramatic announcement that the United States would...

In voting districts, should every person count?

In voting districts, should every person count?

The Supreme Court will hold a hearing Friday, in Lepak vs. City of Irving, to decide if it will take a case on whether the principle of "one...

 Megan P. Tatu, a good soldier

Megan P. Tatu, a good soldier

Soldier, Megan P. Tatu has your back. And just about anything else you might need. The two-star Army Reserve general has just taken charge...

McManus: Inching toward Syria

McManus: Inching toward Syria

Military intervention in the Muslim world seems to bring the United States nothing but grief. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya: None looks much like...

On pot laws, respect the states

On pot laws, respect the states

It may be surprising, but no state is required to have a law making possession of marijuana, or any drug, a crime. Therefore, any state...

 Gay rights: Banished by love

Gay rights: Banished by love

"Why don't you guys move home to the States?" my friends ask.

 Iraq's great divider

Iraq's great divider

Iraq is on its way to dissolution, and the United States is doing nothing to stop it. And if you ask people in Iraq, it may even be abetting...