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fd1a4c9729f97c24863ec6eb89885b54 | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/072915/dcf-vs-comparables-which-one-use.asp | Discounted Cash Flows vs. Comparables | Discounted Cash Flows vs. Comparables
In an equity valuation theory and practice, there are generally two valuation approaches: discounted cash flows (DCF) and comparables.
The DCF Model
The DCF model refers to a group of approaches that are also called “present value models.” These traditionally assume the value of an... |
b7cf3ecc21b9c4650d113a8545f35099 | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/080415/goodwill-impairment-test-understand-basics.asp | Goodwill Impairment Test: Understand the Basics | Goodwill Impairment Test: Understand the Basics
During the infamous dotcom bubble in the late-1990s, many companies overpaid for their acquisitions. When the bubble collapsed, companies had to record these overpayments on their balance sheet as a loss called a goodwill impairment charge. Perhaps the most famous goodwil... |
ae5fe5a2f1ace45ae52517b8d73ff182 | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/080615/5-biggest-financial-advisory-firms-us.asp | The 5 Biggest Financial Advisory Firms in the U.S. | The 5 Biggest Financial Advisory Firms in the U.S.
Choosing a financial advisory firm can be a difficult task, as there are thousands to wade through. Many have specific strengths and offer different ways to invest one's hard-earned money. It's always worth doing your research to know which suits your needs and risks b... |
07adcdb9175822cc6bd2fe232f84b84b | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/080913/claritas-investment-certificate-new-foundationlevel-program-cfa-institute.asp | Claritas Investment Certificate | Claritas Investment Certificate
What Is the Claritas Investment Certificate Program?
The CFA Institute offers a third program, apart from the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation—the gold standard for professionals involved in investment decision-making—and the Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement... |
ca815a954e925a417606d030914497d8 | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/081715/how-does-tim-cooks-management-style-differ-steve-jobs.asp | How Does Tim Cook's Management Style Differ from Steve Jobs? (AAPL) | How Does Tim Cook's Management Style Differ from Steve Jobs? (AAPL)
Apple Inc (Nasdaq: AAPL) reported record-breaking quarterly earnings on October 27--$51 billion in revenue and $11.1 billion net profit in what is for them the fourth fiscal quarter of 2015. According to Apple's official press release, CEO Tim Cook sai... |
6dd57386e12f608fb7f4181b8433b960 | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/091313/day-life-auditor.asp | A Day In The Life Of An Auditor | A Day In The Life Of An Auditor
If you like the idea of examining and attesting to a company’s financial performance for a living, a career in auditing might be the right choice for you. To help you decide, we asked three auditors to talk about what a typical workday is like for them.
Eric Wolf, Audit Manager, Demetriu... |
71651d7a57dde54422e45d3c812129b9 | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/091415/career-advice-accounting-vs-law.asp | Accounting vs. Law: What's the Difference? | Accounting vs. Law: What's the Difference?
Accounting vs. Law: An Overview
Both accounting and law careers attract many college students because both of these fields offer strong income potential, upward mobility, and a multitude of career paths. Accountants can work for large firms doing public accounting, or they may... |
80bee9a19425d3eb7bd7f9a55dca18c6 | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/091515/career-advice-financial-analyst-vsfinancial-consultant.asp | Financial Analyst vs. Financial Consultant Careers | Financial Analyst vs. Financial Consultant Careers
Financial Analysts vs. Financial Consultants: An Overview
At first glance, financial analysts and financial consultants perform very similar jobs. Both acts as experts in financial, economic, and investment matters, and both help other professionals make more informed ... |
51153faec6a85537c44a4332d5cdb236 | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/091515/career-advice-investment-banking-vs-law.asp | Investment Banking vs. Law: What's the Difference? | Investment Banking vs. Law: What's the Difference?
Investment Banking vs. Law: An Overview
Investment banking and law are popular career paths for ambitious young people who want the chance to pull in a good salary right out of university. Because these career paths draw from the same broad talent pool, many students f... |
f036e405575237b04bda1f640ca4a715 | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/091714/top-5-skills-investment-banker-needs.asp | The Top 5 Skills an Investment Banker Needs | The Top 5 Skills an Investment Banker Needs
Careers in finance can be extremely rewarding, exciting, and lucrative, but also high pressured, demanding and nerve-wracking. Because of the confluence of emotional and mental aspects required for these careers, investment firms often look for specific skills and characteris... |
c58a90019a126a6b002d5d995f07875c | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/091715/career-advice-accounting-vs-bookkeeping.asp | Career Advice: Accounting Vs. Bookkeeping | Career Advice: Accounting Vs. Bookkeeping
The distinctions between accounting and bookkeeping are subtle yet important to understand when considering a career in either field. Bookkeepers record the day-to-day financial transactions of a business. There are a lot of minutiae involved, and keen attention to detail is pa... |
2abc03e88fa501b9e39f04ddf0319aaf | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/092115/career-advice-financial-analyst-vsactuary.asp | Financial Analyst vs. Actuary: What's the Difference? | Financial Analyst vs. Actuary: What's the Difference?
Financial Analyst vs. Actuary: An Overview
The financial sector is full of careers for analytical individuals; perhaps no two jobs exemplify this more than the financial analyst and the actuary. These are good careers for those who love math, statistics, charts, and... |
a45f1356512ed8c9e068d65a1108377f | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/092215/6-best-financial-advisors-san-francisco.asp | The 6 Best Financial Advisors in San Francisco | The 6 Best Financial Advisors in San Francisco
Financial advisors should be able to offer multiple services: financial planning, retirement advice and asset management. Finding one that is proficient in all these areas is tough, especially if you want someone local, as – despite the rise of robo-advisors – many people ... |
a34e2507b9f9a338b89b758232de0431 | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/092415/career-advice-financial-analyst-vsresearch-analyst.asp | Financial Analyst vs. Research Analyst: What's the Difference? | Financial Analyst vs. Research Analyst: What's the Difference?
Financial Analyst vs. Research Analyst: An Overview
Financial analysts examine, collect, and interpret financial information to help companies make business decisions. Financial analysis is an umbrella term that covers several functions that financial analy... |
0bf0a08f733fc5428ec8652d2d6906a9 | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/092515/career-advice-investment-banking-vswealth-management.asp | Investment Banking vs. Wealth Management: What's the Difference? | Investment Banking vs. Wealth Management: What's the Difference?
Investment Banking vs. Wealth Management: An Overview
Wealth management and investment banking are two of the most popular career choices within the financial sector. While there is a significant amount of overlap and interaction between these fields, the... |
08a7662496902b265709a112897e04fb | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/092915/6-best-financial-advisors-chicago.asp | The 5 Best Financial Advisors in Chicago | The 5 Best Financial Advisors in Chicago
Major cities such as Chicago offer a high density of financial advisor options. Here are five independent firms that are among the best catering to retail clients in the Windy City.
Basil Financial Group
Basil Financial Group is a fee-only financial advisory firm: It sells no pr... |
2504c3cb7ec1c488e8bb16cbbbd70a0b | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/092915/career-advice-stockbroker-vs-financial-advisor.asp | Stockbroker vs. Financial Advisor Careers: What's the Difference? | Stockbroker vs. Financial Advisor Careers: What's the Difference?
Stockbrokers vs. Financial Advisors: An Overview
Only certain licensed professionals are allowed to place security trades for customers or offer paid investment advice under U.S. securities law. Stockbrokers and financial advisors are two such profession... |
8b53745a815d3ace5c95a4ad8cc557bf | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/093015/6-best-financial-advisors-los-angeles.asp | The 6 Best Financial Advisors in Los Angeles | The 6 Best Financial Advisors in Los Angeles
Finding a good financial advisor is an important part of a person's financial life. However, when a person lives in a place as large as the greater Los Angeles area, finding a good financial advisor may be extremely tough. A financial advisor should offer his clients advisor... |
7e38aee8feeaaa1c07b5d1d1da6ca36f | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/100115/career-advice-accountant-vs-controller.asp | Accountant vs. Controller: What's the Difference? | Accountant vs. Controller: What's the Difference?
Accountant vs. Controller: An Overview
Life as an accountant isn't particularly glamorous, but few career paths match its combination of solid pay, low stress, job security, and opportunity for advancement. Few accountants ever worry about burning out or feel compelled ... |
4df0f5662e69b5ed03b033b623b1365e | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/100215/career-advice-investment-banking-vscorporate-finance.asp | Investment Banking vs. Corporate Finance: What's the Difference? | Investment Banking vs. Corporate Finance: What's the Difference?
Investment Banking vs. Corporate Finance: An Overview
A generally-accepted distinction between corporate finance roles and investment banking roles is that a corporate finance professional deals with day-to-day financial operations and handles short- and ... |
8d2fe15ea765893f56a04a63a00e1cd1 | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/100215/how-sell-mutual-funds-your-clients.asp | How to Sell Mutual Funds to Your Clients | How to Sell Mutual Funds to Your Clients
Mutual funds can make excellent additions to your clients' portfolios, yet many people—especially those new to investing—aren't familiar with mutual funds or what they entail.
As a professional, you should be offering information about the benefits of mutual funds and the way in... |
1ca14acd252f911de036291b0f96bb0e | https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/100515/top-5-highest-paid-hedge-fund-managers.asp | Top 5 Highest Paid Hedge Fund Managers | Top 5 Highest Paid Hedge Fund Managers
A hedge fund is an investment vehicle and business structure that aggregates capital from multiple investors and invests in securities and other investment instruments. Professional management companies structured as limited partnerships or limited liability companies normally run... |
2c7152b7a21d24299bdb1d4d08cabe30 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-veterans-homeless-housing-20140210-story.html | Helping the VA help L.A.'s homeless vets | Helping the VA help L.A.'s homeless vets
For years, the effort to establish housing for chronically homeless veterans on the VA’s sprawling West Los Angeles campus has been painfully, shamefully slow, as mistrust and inertia have impeded progress at the same time that two wars have dramatically increased the need for a... |
7f5a1210f28bd6cc84c99c4aec113c6c | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-video-jail-visits-20170530-story.html | Editorial: Banning in-person jail visits is foolish and needlessly cruel | Editorial: Banning in-person jail visits is foolish and needlessly cruel
As a movement has taken hold to get California’s jails and prisons to operate more efficiently while releasing inmates who are better able to successfully reenter society, there have been occasional steps in the opposite direction. One of the most... |
5deccc2006390b98c947486ad02052ce | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-vision-zero-20170729-story.html | Editorial: Selfish motorists are fighting L.A.'s street safety projects. City Hall needs to find the courage to fight back | Editorial: Selfish motorists are fighting L.A.'s street safety projects. City Hall needs to find the courage to fight back
I’m a busy person. I’ve got places to be, and traffic can really gum up my schedule. So I want Los Angeles streets to be as fast as possible. The fewer traffic lights and crosswalks the better. If ... |
da8fee63c67378dd5aca8200b467b5bc | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-voter-fraud-commission-20170511-story.html | Editorial: There are plenty of problems with our election system. Voter fraud isn’t one of them | Editorial: There are plenty of problems with our election system. Voter fraud isn’t one of them
The nation faces some very real problems with its election system. Not enough people care to vote, for beginners. And many of those who do care find themselves barred through burdensome voter-ID laws or have the power of the... |
7ef052e97e0e9e01331964c52d5f2ff3 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-water-garcetti-reduce-purchases-sustainabili-20141016-story.html | Editorial: Garcetti’s ambitious goal for L.A.'s water supply | Editorial: Garcetti’s ambitious goal for L.A.'s water supply
Spurred by the drought, but planning for long-term sustainability, Mayor Eric Garcetti has set an ambitious and important goal for Los Angeles: to reduce the amount of water it purchases by 50% in 10 years. That’s a decade sooner than water managers had anti... |
e03c4dcc6a2baf1a2e9a1547af5aada1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-water-hauling-20160729-snap-story.html | Editorial: When it comes to water, do not keep on trucking | Editorial: When it comes to water, do not keep on trucking
The multi-year drought has become so bad in some parts of California that last year wells dried up and communities had to have their water hauled in by truck. Even with that emergency lifeline, residents of places like East Porterville in Tulare County had to c... |
0fc15b055b247b73b3d087fee5a583c0 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-xpm-2011-jan-29-la-ed-trigger-20110129-story.html | A better ‘parent trigger’ | A better ‘parent trigger’
The parent trigger — which allows parents to force radical change at lower-performing schools if at least half sign a petition — is an intriguing reform wrapped in a sloppily written law. When students are stuck in miserable schools where officials stubbornly defend the status quo, parents sho... |
741f08f26c015eb0996c1ae487af8786 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-xpm-2011-mar-16-la-ed-guns-20110316-story.html | Hold your fire, legislators | Hold your fire, legislators
The January shooting of Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona shocked and disturbed the nation, but one group is, perhaps justifiably, more freaked out by the incident than any other: elected officials. In response, bills have been introduced in such states as Montana and even in Con... |
de812040dc1672486466d11524d2986d | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-xpm-2012-aug-02-la-ed-olympics-watching-at-work-20120802-story.html | The Games begin, and work stops | The Games begin, and work stops
Apparently so many Los Angeles City Hall employees are streaming coverage of the Summer Olympics on their office computers that the city’s chief technology officer warned them that it was interfering with the entire city cyber system. He sent an email beseeching them to quit watching the... |
8b9fbc859a313c9611b63cf699c84f9a | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-xpm-2012-aug-03-la-ed-badminton-olympics-20120803-story.html | Badminton’s black eye | Badminton’s black eye
Badminton, which stands with cricket as the most British of sports, conjures images of heiresses in lace playing on manor lawns that stretch to the horizon, or blond young gentlemen at Eton in blindingly white sweaters and shorts. Developed by the British aristocracy in India in the 19th century, ... |
bc249125e6bf0952dc39d2315ba615d9 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-xpm-2012-aug-28-la-ed-spinal-research-ab-1657-20120828-story.html | No traffic fines for research | No traffic fines for research
Who would be so cruel, so selfish, as to deny money for spinal cord injury research? Unless you wish further harm to people who are paralyzed or otherwise disabled by spinal injury, certainly you want Californians to open up their wallets to fund studies, right?
Boiled down to its basics, ... |
822b6c35418dd7d9059dd54e26d312e1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-xpm-2012-dec-25-la-ed-naughty-nice-20121225-story.html | The Times’ 2012 list of the naughty and the nice | The Times’ 2012 list of the naughty and the nice
Santa’s not the only one who makes lists. As we reflect on 2012, we too have thoughts about who should look forward to a cheerful holiday morning and who deserves a lump of coal. Below, The Times’ reflections on who’s been naughty and who’s been nice. Merry Christmas!
NI... |
c8622766ed01034bde22009fefa3c697 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-xpm-2012-jun-17-la-ed-religious-liberty-20120617-story.html | Freedom of religion is safe | Freedom of religion is safe
Is religious freedom suddenly under attack in America? That’s what the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops and some non-Catholic allies would have you believe. But reports of the demise of this fundamental liberty are greatly exaggerated.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishopshas designated Jun... |
2c3a738eed7c350815cf2793845595ce | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-xpm-2012-nov-21-la-ed-gmo-natural-food-20121121-story.html | Just what is ‘natural’ food? | Just what is ‘natural’ food?
The campaign against genetically engineered foods didn’t disappear with the defeat of Proposition 37, which would have required the labeling of most foods containing bioengineered ingredients. Instead, it morphed into the GMO Inside campaign, which among other things is behind a Colorado la... |
cea950ea5a7d3b9ddf7f4852221f5268 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-xpm-2012-sep-12-la-ed-farm-bill-food-stamps-20120912-story.html | A farm bill, and food stamps | A farm bill, and food stamps
Midwestern farmers, facing uncertainty about their crops in the midst of the worst drought in half a century, have something else to steam about: Congress’ failure to pass a new farm bill, even though the old one is slated to expire Sept. 30. That may not sound so bad, because farm bills ar... |
320b263c2996e41b475ae88a9019c1c2 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-xpm-2012-sep-21-la-ed-0921-lifeguards-el-monte-gangnam-video-20120921-story.html | Ease up, El Monte | Ease up, El Monte
When a group of lifeguards and water safety instructors for the El Monte Aquatic Center got fired for making a video spoofing the hyper-viral “Gangnam Style” pop music video, no one disputed that they had violated city regulations. Even the college-age part-time employees themselves admitted that thei... |
c10da27b1c72715014a2e19d91aaf987 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-xpm-2013-feb-18-la-ed-drones-court-targeted-assassinations-20130218-story.html | A second opinion on drone strikes | A second opinion on drone strikes
The idea that the federal courts should play some role in deciding whether the government may kill U.S. citizens abroad allied with Al Qaeda has suddenly gained traction in Washington. During confirmation hearings for John Brennan, President Obama’s nominee to head the Central Intellig... |
b7939212c36417652b645b1109a9377c | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-xpm-2013-mar-27-la-ed-animal-cruelty-ab343-20130327-story.html | 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 evidence to authorities within 48 hours — or be charged with an infraction of the law — sounds like a tough new measure to crack down on a... |
c34fd5fe7ea8d5944242342124daef4b | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-xpm-2013-may-31-la-ed-irs-tea-party-probe-20130531-story.html | The right way to investigate the IRS | The right way to investigate the IRS
The scandal surrounding the Internal Revenue Service’s scrutiny of tax-exempt groups based on their political leanings has prompted investigations by at least four congressional committees and the Justice Department. The acting head of the IRS has been sent packing. And the hearings... |
cef6c069e724bce961156f2ea0873c18 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-xpm-2013-sep-18-la-ed-river-los-angeles-army-corps-of-engineers-20130918-story.html | A new course for the L.A. River | A new course for the L.A. River
While Los Angeles moves through the 21st century, much of its landscape remains locked up in 1940s concrete. The storm drain and flood channel that was and will again be the Los Angeles River is a case in point.
The good folks at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were heroes to the Los An... |
83c37bd43b93b22ed7ab1f0f63ec7621 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-xpm-2014-feb-27-la-ed-measles-vaccination-20140227-story.html | California can’t afford to cater to the anti-vaccination crowd | California can’t afford to cater to the anti-vaccination crowd
The state of California issued an advisory on measles last week. Though only about a dozen cases have been reported so far, many more people have been exposed to the virus. In the Bay Area, thousands were warned to watch for signs of the disease after a man... |
fa758c2b0779f781562404492b9ba7ca | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/endorsements/la-ed-end-33rd-congressional-district-20140501-story.html | Endorsement: Matt Miller in the 33rd Congressional District | Endorsement: Matt Miller in the 33rd Congressional District
Rep. Henry A. Waxman’s announcement this year that he was stepping down after four decades in Congress unleashed a parade of contenders to replace him. Eventually, the list self-winnowed to 17 hopefuls who offer voters about as broad a smorgasbord of talents, ... |
014b01b4a5e5de73a2f73cd60bae8b26 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/endorsements/la-ed-end-cd11-city-council-district-11-20130221-story.html | Mike Bonin in Council District 11 | Mike Bonin in Council District 11
Los Angeles City Council District 11 begins at the bluffs of Pacific Palisades and crosses the coral tree-lined median of San Vicente Boulevard. It includes Westchester bungalows in the shadow of jets rumbling into LAX, and the homeless in Venice who bed down blocks away from expensive... |
8851edae707db014c04ba0c3d35c4406 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/endorsements/la-ed-end-cd13-city-council-district-13-20130224-story.html | Mitch O’Farrell in Council District 13 | Mitch O’Farrell in Council District 13
Voters in City Council District 13 are choosing from a crowded field of 12 candidates vying to represent one of the most diverse and vibrant areas in the city, stretching from Hollywood across to Silver Lake and Echo Park and down through historic Filipinotown to Koreatown.
The di... |
7c43e23b6ebeb70706ce46e0d0348aea | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/endorsements/la-ed-end-cd3-city-council-district-3-20130220-story.html | Bob Blumenfield in Council District 3 | Bob Blumenfield in Council District 3
Los Angeles’ 3rd Council District covers much of the southwestern San Fernando Valley, and the race there to succeed termed-out Councilman Dennis Zine parallels election matchups in other districts, featuring as it does a would-be transplant from the Legislature, Assemblyman Bob Bl... |
6d3f70c2d29ae6235188c055178039b7 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/endorsements/la-ed-end-cd9-city-council-district-9-20130224-story.html | David Roberts in Council District 9 | David Roberts in Council District 9
The 9th Council District in South Los Angeles suffers from a toxic combination of entrenched poverty, blight, high unemployment and lagging job skills. With its current representative, Councilwoman Jan Perry, termed out and running for mayor, it is seeking a replacement who can impro... |
24f83ee5c8a7730f7ef7a6a46934c592 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/endorsements/la-ed-end-city-attorney-20130208-story.html | Mike Feuer for city attorney | Mike Feuer for city attorney
The city attorney of Los Angeles faces challenges that are complex and stubborn; the person who holds the office thus needs to bring creativity and sound judgment to it. He must provide forceful legal representation for the city. Misdemeanors need to be prosecuted in the context of making c... |
7e44e7fb26598df61fb23747331c89cb | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/endorsements/la-ed-end-endorsement-recap-20140527-story.html | Endorsement: June 3 primary election: The Times recommends | Endorsement: June 3 primary election: The Times recommends
The Times has offered its recommendations in many of the races in the June 3 elections and has posted them at latimes.com/endorsements. We endorse selectively, and this year have focused on the county and statewide races, on judicial elections, and on the races... |
b2f1a13c55e9baaf3127cb83ba1bcdcf | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/enterthefray/la-ol-new-york-rhode-island-congress-marijuana-20190116-story.html | How long can Congress keep pretending marijuana legalization isn’t becoming the norm? | How long can Congress keep pretending marijuana legalization isn’t becoming the norm?
It’s only January, but 2019 could be the year that a Green Wave of marijuana legalization sweeps across the country. Will it finally hit Washington, D.C., and force Congress to reform the nation’s woefully outdated marijuana laws?
New... |
26ada93695ab36e2b432f9a25e1995cd | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-ed-becerra5-2008dec05-story.html | Becerra’s a bad choice for trade post | Becerra’s a bad choice for trade post
Deep down, we had hoped Barack Obama was fibbing when he bashed the North American Free Trade Agreement on the campaign trail. After all, his senior economic policy advisor had, according to a leaked memo, assured Canadian officials that the talk was “more reflective of political m... |
b3d96ca16dd2581e0b7cdd82460046c8 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oe-moss-pope-francis-women-20141208-story.html | Op-Ed: Pope Francis’ woman problem | Op-Ed: Pope Francis’ woman problem
At first, it was easy to overlook. With all of his statements about caring for the poor, the disabled and immigrants, and all the fanfare surrounding his famous “Who am I to judge?” proclamation, Pope Francis seemed like a breath of fresh air for a church stuck resolutely in the past.... |
99a2fd72d407a3f665ef9debe9189d4a | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oe-zirin19-2008nov19-story.html | Game on: Pros and big-league politics | Game on: Pros and big-league politics
Howard Cosell called it “rule No. 1 of the Jockocracy”: the idea that sports and politics must never mix. This last election season though, that iron wall separating the two worlds wasn’t merely breached, it was flattened.
It has been little reported and even less discussed, but th... |
fd9a9327cdaed18ac821bd952f10922a | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-debord12-2008may12-story.html | Terroir-izing California wine | Terroir-izing California wine
So Alice Feiring, in her Op-Ed article, “California wine? Down the drain,” on the Golden State’s innovative and widely admired wine industry, thinks that "[d]ull, fruit-driven, alcoholic wines have become the incontrovertible wine identity of California.” I was immediately reminded of a li... |
bd4ec9a604a85644ad1b70baa189d741 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-green-thornberg27-2009feb27-story.html | Putting off the real day of reckoning? | Putting off the real day of reckoning?
Today’s topic: The streamlined approach to modifications that the administration advocates has the potential to avert far more foreclosures than the case-by-case approach taken by many lenders. Yet it also ignores personal debt loads, which are a critical factor in determining a b... |
0cc95f4466ac3224bf470de50ccc8ba6 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-greene11-2008jun11-story.html | The two Henry T. Nicholases | The two Henry T. Nicholases
Last week began and ended on high notes, sort of, for the billionaire Orange County crusader behind some of California’s most recent tough-on-crime ballot measures. On June 2, an anti-gang proposition that he is backing with $1 million from his personal fortune qualified as the sixth state m... |
653d1f7b7500dcc0efb4e78d8b1b76cd | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-greene23apr23-story.html | Big trouble in Little Hoover | Big trouble in Little Hoover
Send us your thoughts at opinionla@latimes.com.
Some governmental chores are so sacred they can be entrusted only to people or institutions of intellectual rigor and unquestioned integrity. Or at least with the veneer of rigor and integrity. It’s comforting to believe there is someone, some... |
b54e5c47c566623b6a1602349c350060 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-healey18feb18-story.html | File sharing or stealing? | File sharing or stealing?
A few days ago I came across an Op-Ed submission that called for file sharing to be decriminalized. The editors here decided not to run it, but it intrigued me for a couple of reasons. First, the author, Karl Sigfrid, is a member of the Swedish Parliament from the Moderate party a pro-bu... |
f2c88398f1b3c11145e0c2092db3f07c | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-healey25jun25-story.html | Sirius, XM and American values | Sirius, XM and American values
Worried about the proposed merger between the XM and Sirius satellite radio services? So are more than 70 members of Congress, Consumers Union, the Consumer Federation of America and the American Antitrust Institute, among other groups.
On the other hand, the New York State Federation of ... |
92949ac5100e8e65c043fde43277efae | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-healey6aug06-story.html | Hacking the iPhone | Hacking the iPhone
For the past few weeks, exceptionally geeky gadget lovers have been celebrating a series of breakthroughs in the pursuit of one of their Holy Grails: opening the Apple iPhone to software applications not written or approved by Apple. Their dedication and success is a harbinger of things to come for t... |
dd5996b592481690015802723b82e91f | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-hunt24-2008sep24-story.html | Proposition 7: Clean energy for California | Proposition 7: Clean energy for California
The Times’ editorial board has long touted, much to my pleasure, the urgent need to transition to a renewable energy future. Although I often agree with The Times on energy issues, I strongly disagree with the editorial board’s position on Proposition 7, the Solar and Clean En... |
64ef193616f8e61d764dedca5a7ce4ee | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-jacobs8-2008dec08-story.html | Why we’re mad at the Mormon church | Why we’re mad at the Mormon church
Leading up to the Nov. 4 vote, the Courage Campaign Issues Committee bought time on cable television to air an advertisement against Proposition 8 entitled “Home Invasion.” The hard-hitting ad depicted two arrogant Mormon missionaries invading the home of a lesbian couple, stripping t... |
8dcddb44d06c740e9deabd49f571cf02 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-leahy12jun12-story.html | The Trouble with Fred and Wilma | The Trouble with Fred and Wilma
The trouble with the $27 million Creation Museum, which replaces the scientific method with word for word Christian Biblical literalist theology, is that it makes all Christians who don’t accept evolution look stupid. In doing so in such a publicly visible way it undermines the credibili... |
4639a01d8027b17db81670630b5af515 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-macdonald27feb27-story.html | Wrong on rape | Wrong on rape
I was appalled this Sunday to see the headline “What campus rape crisis?” pop up on my newsfeed, especially when I realized it came from a major news source. I am grateful to The Times for the opportunity to respond to Heather MacDonald’s rehash of author Katie Roiphe’s discredited attacks on studies of r... |
520330812237715d7f39f6d6e7165362 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-manguward-marcotte11-2008sep11-story.html | First lady -- a glorified housewife? | First lady -- a glorified housewife?
Today’s question: At their convention, Republicans ignored Cindy McCain’s impressive business accomplishments and instead focused on her record of philanthropy. Why is a strong woman a good VP candidate but not a good first lady? Previously, Marcotte and Mangu-Ward discussed the med... |
c99df489d4bb23d4d04c548bc7885936 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-manguward-marcotte12-2008sep12-story.html | Is Palin’s parental prowess fair game? | Is Palin’s parental prowess fair game?
Today’s question: Is a female candidate’s performance as a mother truly off limits during a campaign? Previously, Mangu-Ward and Marcotte discussed the GOP’s downplaying of Cindy McCain’s success as a businesswoman, the media’s focus on gender, whether a socially conservative cand... |
c8592c6afad7a834350037895cb37f99 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-manguward-marcotte8-2008sep08-story.html | Was Gloria Steinem right about Sarah Palin? | Was Gloria Steinem right about Sarah Palin?
Today’s topic: Discuss Gloria Steinem’s recent Op-Ed in the L.A. Times, in which she called Sarah Palin the “wrong woman” for the VP job. All week, Katherine Mangu-Ward and Amanda Marcotte discuss what Palin’s candidacy means for women’s issues and politics.
Is the world 6,00... |
95e31efee713388a0324a80aba0f3a82 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-manguward-marcotte9-2008sep09-story.html | Where are the pro-Palin feminists? | Where are the pro-Palin feminists?
Today’s question: Could a socially conservative female candidate ever appeal to feminists? Previously, Marcotte and Mangu-Ward discussed Gloria Steinem’s comments on Sarah Palin.
Social conservatism harms womenPoint: Amanda Marcotte
It’s almost embarrassing to answer the question of w... |
30211daec4fe94ae8cde5a709ce6e939 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-mcgough17may17-story.html | Ivies poisoned | Ivies poisoned
Now I know how members of obscure occupations or ethnic groups feel when their existence is discovered by The New York Times.
As a graduate of a small liberal-arts college, I sometimes wondered whether the Times thought that everyone attended an Ivy League college. How else to explain the obsessive quali... |
1934b6a44edc486459586f7a1f6f6876 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-mcgough19apr19-story.html | How much outrage can a level playing field contain? | How much outrage can a level playing field contain?
Send us your thoughts at opinionla@latimes.com.
When I speak to journalism classes, I like to say that there are two kinds of editorial writers: those who read the morning paper and exclaim: “Isn’t that outrageous!” and those who read the paper and say: “Isn’t that in... |
f97e0ba7426884f253e8a1c950cd2192 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-mcgough22feb22-story.html | Shield repealed | Shield repealed
Whatever its other consequences for the Republic, the investigation that resulted in the perjury trial of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby produced a memorable manifesto for a troubling but hard-to-refute position: that the dawn of the blogosphere has fatally complicated the argument for legal privileges for jo... |
320c3c86301d337a91ba7fe38e0e80ea | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-mcgough22mar22-story.html | The Supreme Court’s Jesus jones | The Supreme Court’s Jesus jones
A First Amendment argument in the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday was memorable not only because it involved the trippy slogan “Bong Hits 4 Jesus,” nor because it exposed differences between President Bush’s two appointees to the court.
In probing whether an Alaska school district was wrong... |
c56454bfb5cc22b230e21ef2a3d18a4d | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2011-sep-29-la-ed-health-20110929-story.html | Healthcare’s rising costs | Healthcare’s rising costs
Even a slow economy can’t stop healthcare costs from rising. A new report by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust shows that the cost of employer-provided insurance rose 9% this year — even as workers and their families were cutting back on trips to the doct... |
36834779206a87199a2705f52c4481ad | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-apr-05-la-oe-mckibben-stop-oil-subsidies-20120404-story.html | Fossil-fuel subsidies: Helping the richest get richer | Fossil-fuel subsidies: Helping the richest get richer
Last week, the Senate voted on a proposal by New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez to end some of the billions of dollars in handouts enjoyed by the fossil-fuel industry. The Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act was a curiously skimpy bill that targeted only oil companies, an... |
8f671e770df465868f43057465ea1aa2 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-apr-15-la-oe-garcia-anti-addiction-vaccine-20120415-story.html | Heroin vaccine won’t ‘cure’ what ails addicts | Heroin vaccine won’t ‘cure’ what ails addicts
My aunt Marion is in the hospital dying of liver and kidney failure, the result of her 20-year struggle with heroin use. I was told of her imminent death the same day news broke about a vaccine against the drug. “Breakthrough heroin vaccine could render drug ‘useless’ in ad... |
2a6e905899ce19c1fba03f4d6c1cb5ae | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-apr-26-la-ol-proposition-29-cigarette-20120426-story.html | Proposition 29 and the contributions of political campaigns | Proposition 29 and the contributions of political campaigns
No matter how you feel about Meg Whitman, head of Hewlett-Packard, former head of eBay, you’d have to concede that one of her biggest contributions to the California economy was as candidate for California governor. She lavished about $160 million on her faile... |
721ac6031e0ddfb94a6d3f72952065f6 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-apr-29-la-oe-zuk-ant-sex-20120429-story.html | Bring on the aerial ant sex | Bring on the aerial ant sex
For those who think spring is all about robins arriving, or window cleaning or crocuses budding, I have two words for you: ant sex.
Now, I know what you’re thinking: Those tiny black creatures marching relentlessly toward the sugar bowl or streaming across the driveway are all infertile fema... |
d7954578cee63aabf4b8a5245843eb1e | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-aug-03-la-ol-climate-science-skeptics-20120803-story.html | Climate science still trumps skeptics | Climate science still trumps skeptics
My Op-Ed article on climate science and climate hype provoked plenty of online responses -- as pretty much anything touching on this very touchy subject inevitably will. Also quite predictably, several of the comments repeated critiques of mainstream climate science that have been ... |
1aee2c01f73b30b878d8d8a8bac4c598 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-aug-04-la-le-0804-postscript-coal-20120804-story.html | Coal-generated electricity -- a burning issue | Coal-generated electricity -- a burning issue
Responding to Robert Bryce’s July 27 Op-Ed article on coal-generated electricity, “Dirty but essential,” Irvin Dawid wrote in a letter published Wednesday:
“Bryce begins his Op-Ed article on coal at Peabody Energy’s huge North Antelope Rochelle Mine near Gillette, Wyo. Is t... |
7b3f7909c2162d5935e79fd551b831d5 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-aug-13-la-oe-newton-column-chinatown-walmart-20120813-story.html | Newton: Culture clash in Chinatown | Newton: Culture clash in Chinatown
At one level, the debate over whether to allow Wal-Mart to open a grocery store in Chinatown seems like a big fuss over something fairly small. The store would be just 33,000 square feet and would sell only groceries and sundries; it would not be a “superstore.” The new market would c... |
db42789116592a37dc0bd0be92413832 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-aug-13-la-oe-pope-diesel-emissions-air-quality-20120813-story.html | Cracking down on diesel | Cracking down on diesel
California can, and should, lead the world in ending the menace of soot and black carbon pollution from diesel engines.
We’ve all choked on black smoke billowing from diesel trucks and buses. It’s obviously polluting, but what’s not obvious is much worse. Diesel emissions are a major health haza... |
5446f636c7e4e91e3dc6933a5ca55862 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-aug-20-la-oe-dietrich-dog-skid-row-20120820-story.html | Sheba, a dog of L.A.'s mean streets | Sheba, a dog of L.A.'s mean streets
For years Sheba lived on the streets with Georgina. “When it was cold, she kept me warm,” Georgina recalled recently, “and if I got attacked, she protected me.”
Sheba was a patient, loving German shepherd mix whose excess belly fat and low-hanging nipples gave testimony to her matern... |
9c524951c356224ab082e94cb210590f | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-aug-31-la-le-0831-friday-lancaster-surveillance-20120831-story.html | Letters: Lancaster’s eyes in the sky | Letters: Lancaster’s eyes in the sky
Re “Lancaster takes a long view on crime,” Aug. 25
Two principles underlie a country’s descent into fascism: One, if you don’t have anything to hide, you shouldn’t resist government invasion of your privacy; and two, the ends justify the means.
With its defense of the aerial surveil... |
4020a8a92668308a34102a22e3164e34 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-aug-31-la-ol-antonio-v-takes-on-tampa-20120831-story.html | Antonio Villaraigosa takes on Tampa | Antonio Villaraigosa takes on Tampa
He’s been hanging around the GOP convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum more than Mitt Romney. Yahoo News asked him whether he wants to be president.
He isn’t a Republican. He’s a Democrat. In fact, he’s the Democrat who’ll be presiding over next week’s convention.
He’s Los Angeles ... |
3e822d7bc632085cdb42533767d96d08 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-dec-21-la-oe-kelton-fiscal-cliff-economy-20121221-story.html | Forget the ‘fiscal cliff’ | Forget the ‘fiscal cliff’
Look, up in the sky! It’s a “fiscal cliff.” It’s a slope. It’s an obstacle course.
The truth is, it doesn’t really matter what we call it. It only matters what it is: a lamebrained package of economic depressants bearing down on a lame-duck Congress.
This hastily concocted mix of across-the-bo... |
54a0b70dd67505808393388f52ddccbb | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-feb-12-la-oe-briggs-death-penalty-20120212-story.html | California’s death penalty law: It simply does not work | California’s death penalty law: It simply does not work
In 1977, my dad, former state Sen. John Briggs, my brother-in-law and I got together to discuss California’s death penalty. We agreed it was ineffective and decided a ballot initiative was needed to expand the number of murder categories eligible for capital punis... |
2fa2811eef3a2665d1268d7e438c3af3 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-feb-19-la-oe-allen-it-is-not-possible-to-talk-to-liberals-20120219-story.html | Conservatives vs. liberals | Conservatives vs. liberals
A few years ago Ann Coulter published a book titled “How to Talk to Liberal (If You Must).” With all due respect, Coulter, one of my favorite conservative eye-pokers, was wrong. There is no “how” in talking to a liberal. You can’t talk to a liberal, period.
Believe me, I’ve tried. I’ve got a ... |
61b7dae73776e836b0be4913c354a1ae | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-feb-20-la-oe-0220-newton-council-districts-20120220-story.html | Parsing the downtown L.A. divide | Parsing the downtown L.A. divide
Downtown Los Angeles today is divided between two City Council districts, with Jose Huizar representing one part of the city center and Jan Perry representing the other. Despite maneuverings and tweaks, when a city commission and the council finish redrawing the council district boundar... |
747c5607dfba11bfb42006c69e714a24 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-feb-26-la-oe-ka-nigerians-20120226-story.html | When big business and human rights collide | When big business and human rights collide
Among the thousands of interviews I’ve conducted as a human rights investigator over the last 24 years, one of the most difficult was in 1996, outside a refugee camp along the Thai-Burma border. I was no stranger to suffering in my country. I had fled from Burma (also known as... |
3591cd731759adb693cc0296a0a064aa | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-jan-05-la-ed-landscape-20120105-story.html | A truly green L.A. City Hall | A truly green L.A. City Hall
Occupy L.A. raised consciousness about something else besides income disparity: landscaping. After the two-month encampment turned the lawn around City Hall into a sprawl of dirt, the debate now is whether to replant it with grass or take the opportunity of this topographical upheaval to do... |
d3c907e1f6a5d05d7ffe8baf38d00ebb | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-jan-06-la-ed-recess-20120106-story.html | Obama’s recess appointment challenge | Obama’s recess appointment challenge
Congressional Republicans were shocked, shocked, when President Obama circumvented a Senate filibuster by appointing a director for the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau without the consent of Congress. The appointment of former Ohio Atty. Gen. Richard Cordray did, in fact, p... |
a2e8bf31d7fadd24db5b9cc65e58dafa | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-jan-07-la-ed-rail-20120107-story.html | Keep California’s bullet train on track | Keep California’s bullet train on track
California’s proposed bullet train took another shot this week when an independent review panel issued a report concluding that the project wasn’t financially viable. This followed negative reviews from the state auditor, the inspector general, the legislative analyst and the UC ... |
8a601192d10553b98bd360f8e3dffecb | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-jan-08-la-oe-0108-fehrman-jefferson-20120108-story.html | Jefferson’s Bible | Jefferson’s Bible
Rick Santorum’s near-miss in Iowa provides a reminder that, for many Republican voters (and not a few candidates), religion and politics overlap. If you need another reminder, though, consider this: recently, the Smithsonian has restored and put on display a weird and fantastic 19th century book known... |
f6601597fc5bd0924b344263d55c580c | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-jan-08-la-oe-frank-why-the-tea-party-should-embrace-romne-20120108-story.html | What’s for the tea party not to like in Romney? | What’s for the tea party not to like in Romney?
Dear Tea Party Movement,
For the last few months, the world has been fascinated by your frenzied search for a presidential candidate who is not Mitt Romney. Because you found the man inauthentic, you buoyed up a string of anti-Mitts — Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Herman ... |
f5367725e32e61d487a988c6710e47b7 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-xpm-2012-jan-13-la-ed-antibiotics-20120113-story.html | Fatter cows, sicker people | Fatter cows, sicker people
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration restricted the routine use of a class of antibiotics known as cephalosporins in livestock, it picked an easy target. The agency’s move is better than nothing, but nonetheless it is a reminder of the FDA’s achingly slow and timid efforts to wean agric... |
1828bd02f7fb17541e6d467a31271cf2 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0710-friedrich-catholic-animal-rights-20150710-story.html | Op-Ed: Listen to the pope: Don’t cause animals to suffer or die needlessly | Op-Ed: Listen to the pope: Don’t cause animals to suffer or die needlessly
Does Catholicism require opposition to animal cruelty, including industrial farming?
For two years I taught social studies at an inner-city high school; for six years I ran a Catholic Worker shelter for homeless families. Then, almost 20 years a... |
eeee711197c021fda8da64bb014f9285 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0813-kutz-traffic-stops-20150812-story.html | Op-Ed: For a safer America, curtail traffic stops | Op-Ed: For a safer America, curtail traffic stops
In one video after another this year, we’ve seen police stops of African American drivers go violently, terribly wrong. Think of Walter Scott, killed by a police officer in North Charleston, S.C., after a traffic stop for a broken tail light. Or Sandra Bland, pulled ove... |
471a03ee48438e6a3d8d878ef8c06a84 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0818-mckibben-calpers-fossil-fuel-investment-20150818-story.html | Op-Ed: Bill McKibben: Being carbon-foolish cost CalPERS and CalSTRS $5 billion | Op-Ed: Bill McKibben: Being carbon-foolish cost CalPERS and CalSTRS $5 billion
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, and then they lose a truckload of money.
For three years now, a fossil fuel divestment campaign has been gaining traction around the world. Those that have begun selling their fossil fuel holdi... |
18e4664608ae6fc635984fe97c56fc2d | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0821-wright-iraq-mission-creep-20140821-story.html | Op-Ed: Obama, be upfront on Iraq | Op-Ed: Obama, be upfront on Iraq
Let’s be honest. The United States has crossed the threshold on Iraq. We’re in it to salvage the country — again — using American military might.
But the mission has also, very quickly, grown much bigger in less than two weeks. U.S. warplanes are no longer simply helping create escape r... |
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