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5eef26b63b1799d75458263226de886c | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-bolton-iran-military-option-20150726-story.html | Op-Ed: The consequences of a bad deal with Iran | Op-Ed: The consequences of a bad deal with Iran
President Obama has made an art form of attacking his opponents rather than substantively defending his own policies, most recently regarding the Vienna agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. Essentially, Obama argues that we must either accept his wretched deal or go to wa... |
7ff364cd3f39fac1868cb54ac64f8f16 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-boot-arpaio-pardon-20170827-story.html | Op-Ed: ‘Sheriff Joe’ and Donald Trump are emblems of racism and lawlessness | Op-Ed: ‘Sheriff Joe’ and Donald Trump are emblems of racism and lawlessness
Coming from anybody but Donald Trump, the pardon issued to rogue cop Joe Arpaio would be shocking. The former sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., which includes Phoenix, was found guilty of criminal contempt of court for ignoring a federal judge... |
3fe04dcfc66e925d8afbd24686b65339 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-boot-egypt-sisi-coup-obama-20130822-story.html | The case for cutting off aid to Egypt | The case for cutting off aid to Egypt
Prominent commentators, including Leslie Gelb, John Bolton and Bret Stephens, are counseling the Obama administration to swallow its qualms about the military coup in Cairo and embrace the generals as the best alternative to the Muslim Brotherhood. This is what might be called the ... |
3e376b16f892a35ec5604d3cef22fbad | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-boot-is-iran-more-like-north-korea-or-libya-20150721-story.html | Op-Ed: Why is the Iran deal bad? Think North Korea. | Op-Ed: Why is the Iran deal bad? Think North Korea.
Is Iran more like North Korea or Libya? That is the question politicians and the public must ask themselves as they consider President Obama’s nuclear deal.
Libya is the shining success story of negotiated disarmament — one of the very few. On Dec. 19, 2003, following... |
386c85d5de533789d36badaf43a9e6c2 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-boot-islamic-state-sunni-arabs-20151122-story.html | Op-Ed: Islamic State’s Achilles’ heel: Its Sunni identity | Op-Ed: Islamic State’s Achilles’ heel: Its Sunni identity
The “Islamic” identity of Islamic State has understandably attracted a lot of notice. There is no question that it is a fanatical group with a twisted religious ideology at the core of its identity. And it is the appeal of that ideology, along with the sheer thr... |
c0e891f30c073cf3489027f27b98b569 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-boot-obama-reliance-on-special-forces-20160112-story.html | Op-Ed: Obama prefers special ops to combat forces in the war on terrorism. It’s not working. | Op-Ed: Obama prefers special ops to combat forces in the war on terrorism. It’s not working.
Last week the Defense Department announced a couple of significant appointments: Gen. Joseph Votel, head of Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, would become head of United States Central Command, in charge of all military ope... |
bed8785b833e6e063851160464056bae | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-boot-putin-removes-troops-from-syria-20160316-story.html | Op-Ed: How a monstrous Putin beat the U.S. in Syria | Op-Ed: How a monstrous Putin beat the U.S. in Syria
The entire world was surprised when, at the end of September 2015, Vladimir Putin suddenly started moving Russian aircraft, tanks and troops into Syria.
At the time, President Obama predicted the Russian intervention would fail.
“An attempt by Russia and Iran to prop ... |
f2ff7a1d35e73d3f835d06645dd6a250 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-borenstein-high-cost-of-keeping-oil-ground-20180816-story.html | Op-Ed: Keep California oil in the ground? The goal is good, but the policy doesn’t pencil out | Op-Ed: Keep California oil in the ground? The goal is good, but the policy doesn’t pencil out
California has made significant strides against climate change except when it comes to transportation. Since 2012, per capita greenhouse gas emissions from cars, trucks and airplanes have been rising by about 1.5% a year.
One ... |
47bcef71b024c199bcc4d7f7ecb19abd | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-brewington-diana-death-voyeurism-20170831-story.html | Op-Ed: Diana 20 years later: Still rubbernecking | Op-Ed: Diana 20 years later: Still rubbernecking
Princess Diana has been a staple of headlines for so long that articles and documentaries marking the 20th anniversary of her death may seem unremarkable. But the coverage is more than a stream of TV shows and newspaper and magazine special editions. It’s a meta reminder... |
9f97f9ce47c0c29d448cc70d6ffeeb87 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-brown-india-food-bubble-famine-20131129-story.html | India’s dangerous ‘food bubble’ | India’s dangerous ‘food bubble’
India is now the world’s third-largest grain producer after China and the United States. The adoption of higher-yielding crop varieties and the spread of irrigation have led to this remarkable tripling of output since the early 1960s. Unfortunately, a growing share of the water that irri... |
10a455a8af245c2f0c0a365140ecd24b | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-browning-de-masculinization-of-america-20160828-snap-story.html | Op-Ed: Fretting the un-manning of America | Op-Ed: Fretting the un-manning of America
Three things men didn’t do when I was in high school: can tomatoes, knit scarves and push baby strollers. Today the only people I know who do either of the first two are men, and it’s nearly always a man I see pushing the stroller while his mate is working on her smartphone.
Th... |
948468fe9856097da3db4223132a9cfe | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-butler-rooftop-helipads-fire-20141007-story.html | Op-Ed: Maybe L.A.'s ‘stupid’ helipad rule wasn’t so dumb | Op-Ed: Maybe L.A.'s ‘stupid’ helipad rule wasn’t so dumb
With the swipe of a pen last week, Mayor Eric Garcetti eliminated what he called “one more stupid rule in Los Angeles.” But as a career firefighter, I have to ask: Was the law really so stupid? And what process led to its elimination?
Before the mayor’s action, ... |
01e6f31aa01110304e11d4deef896327 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-cail-caregivers-alzheimers-20141120-story.html | Op-Ed: How to care for caregivers | Op-Ed: How to care for caregivers
Some 39% of adults serve as full- or part-time caregivers to a loved one struggling with a disease or disability. You almost certainly know one of them. But do you know what kind of strain they are under? And are you making any effort to support them?
In caregiver support groups, I hea... |
3d25721b24174cbfaf58329775a3e1f9 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-camosy-star-wars-terrorism-20151105-story.html | Op-Ed: ‘Star Wars’ Rebel Alliance: Freedom fighters or terrorists? | Op-Ed: ‘Star Wars’ Rebel Alliance: Freedom fighters or terrorists?
Americans love a good conspiracy theory. Oliver Stone’s “JFK” was nominated for eight Academy Awards. “Truther” 9/11 documentaries have millions of hits on YouTube. Presidential candidate Donald Trump was a famous proponent of the view that Barack Obama... |
0a1822b9fa3a501c12efc4014431658f | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-candaele-patriots-falcons-politics-20170203-story.html | Op-Ed: Why I’m rooting against the Patriots this Sunday: Their loathsome politics | Op-Ed: Why I’m rooting against the Patriots this Sunday: Their loathsome politics
Before the political ascension of Nelson Mandela, black South Africans associated rugby with apartheid. The Springbok’s team and stadium were segregated zones; the squad’s fans embraced defiant nationalism. But when Mandela put on the Spr... |
f0a7a458d2726ce9f755ed7bb6497f93 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-carter-wasserstrom-china-xi-chiang-20160524-snap-story.html | Op-Ed: To understand China’s President Xi Jinping, don’t look to Mao Tse-tung, look to Chiang Kai-shek | Op-Ed: To understand China’s President Xi Jinping, don’t look to Mao Tse-tung, look to Chiang Kai-shek
China’s leader, its strongest in years, runs the government, commands the army, and directs a tightly disciplined party that takes a dim view of opposition. His security forces and censors work to minimize public expr... |
bf829f44162eee53c5aa8afc309b3bf0 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-chayes-karzai-20140209-story.html | Hamid Karzai’s cozy history with the Taliban | Hamid Karzai’s cozy history with the Taliban
If anyone is surprised that with each passing day Afghan President Hamid Karzai seems to veer more sharply away from the U.S. and toward the Taliban, it might be time to remember some history. Karzai himself was once asked to become a high-ranking member of the Taliban gover... |
47e3af7e4135a3acd9c6ab478b111be0 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-chemerinsky-kavanaugh-confirmation-questions-20180711-story.html | Op-Ed: The Senate can demand answers from Brett Kavanaugh. If he isn’t honest, he shouldn’t be confirmed | Op-Ed: The Senate can demand answers from Brett Kavanaugh. If he isn’t honest, he shouldn’t be confirmed
In January 2006, I testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee against the confirmation of Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court. At a break, then-Sen. Joe Biden came up to me and said it was all an exercise ... |
c73292f26a28250923dacd734ff629f3 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-chemerinsky-trump-effect-on-supreme-court-20161109-story.html | Op-Ed: So long Roe vs. Wade? President Trump’s most lasting legacy could be radical change at the Supreme Court | Op-Ed: So long Roe vs. Wade? President Trump’s most lasting legacy could be radical change at the Supreme Court
The election of Donald Trump as president means that there will be a conservative Supreme Court for years and maybe decades to come, but how much the court will move to the right depends on the health and sta... |
baa90073ab5bf732eaa77ce570eb4c46 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-clausing-kleinbard-trump-tax-tariff-swindle-20190605-story.html | Op-Ed: Whatever Trump gave you in tax cuts he’s taking away with his trade war | Op-Ed: Whatever Trump gave you in tax cuts he’s taking away with his trade war
President Trump’s 2017 tax legislation cut the tax bills of most middle-class wage earners in 2018 — a fact that the president and his allies in Congress have been trumpeting ever since. Nonpartisan estimates show that the bottom 80% of taxp... |
cd40f5d0736e013266c257f8be56acce | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-cline-hm-fast-fashion-20180405-story.html | Op-Ed: H&M’s woes mean fast fashion is getting worse, not better | Op-Ed: H&M’s woes mean fast fashion is getting worse, not better
Fast fashion giant H&M has lost its luster. Its stock price dropped more than 40% in the last six months. It will close 170 stores this year, more than it has in two decades. It suffered a string of PR missteps, including launching an ad campaign viewed a... |
e0cb1c445b257c3b1c8a37bafb0b3c92 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-coan-whitaker-not-qualified-20181112-story.html | Op-Ed: Matthew Whitaker is the new Harriet Miers. Conservatives should make Trump withdraw his appointment | Op-Ed: Matthew Whitaker is the new Harriet Miers. Conservatives should make Trump withdraw his appointment
Matthew Whitaker, the new acting attorney general, is President Trump’s Harriet Miers. Remember her?
Miers was White House counsel under President George W. Bush. When Bush nominated her to replace Sandra Day O’Co... |
8906b8657bd3bd077a9cd89bc8c2e5aa | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-cokinos-anniversary-of-copernicus-crater-image-20161124-story.html | Op-Ed: In 1966, when the moon got its closeup, Earthlings were amazed | Op-Ed: In 1966, when the moon got its closeup, Earthlings were amazed
Fifty years ago Thursday, Lunar Orbiter II took a picture of a moon crater. When it was beamed back to Earth, the photo’s then-unique view made the moon real in a way it hadn’t been before — as an actual place, another world that might be a second ho... |
8bd894cf59c400f598ea6151e7e22be1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-cunningham-ref-rodriguez-campaign-charges-20170921-story.html | Op-Ed: Charges against Ref Rodriguez for a rookie mistake are all out of proportion | Op-Ed: Charges against Ref Rodriguez for a rookie mistake are all out of proportion
In 2014, a politically active real estate executive named Peter Barker was fined $170,000 by the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission for violating campaign finance laws by having his employees and their spouses make political donations t... |
0c3846bed6b06e40bb9fb34669d1241f | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-dalai-lama-alt-we-need-an-education-of-the-heart-20171113-story.html?fbclid=IwAR04Nd-nC-G8sCDQJWFHgjDHxhqPdDVq4ua1RSLQ0QUQgkgRM60a512_1Q8 | Op-Ed: Dalai Lama: We need an education of the heart | Op-Ed: Dalai Lama: We need an education of the heart
When the president of the United States says “America first,” he is making his voters happy. I can understand that. But from a global perspective, this statement isn’t relevant. Everything is interconnected today.
The new reality is that everyone is interdependent wi... |
fde81c3be6922550c3b4c2e5e91d4bf1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-daum-clinton-and-fourth-wave-feminists-20160121-15-column.html | Column: Yes, millennials, Hillary Clinton is a feminist | Column: Yes, millennials, Hillary Clinton is a feminist
It doesn’t take a lot to make me feel old these days, and when I hear millennials attack Hillary Clinton for not being feminist enough, I can practically feel my bone density diminishing.
I understand that today’s feminism — sometimes called “fourth wave” feminism... |
cff2557a30c388307d94196f31907aa1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-daum-jahi-mcmath-brain-death---media-20140116-column.html | In Jahi’s case, past time for a reality check | In Jahi’s case, past time for a reality check
The case of Jahi McMath, the 13-year-old Oakland girl who was declared brain dead Dec. 12 following complications from tonsil and sinus surgery, hasn’t ended yet. Insisting Jahi was still alive and should remain on the ventilator that was keeping her heart beating, the girl... |
55d7e58ab3617691b3a6b3d3bb4b4602 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-daum-philip-roth-and-women-20180525-story.html | Op-Ed: In the age of #MeToo, Philip Roth offers an unlikely blueprint for feminists | Op-Ed: In the age of #MeToo, Philip Roth offers an unlikely blueprint for feminists
Philip Roth taught me everything I know about men, or at least most of what I’ve needed to know. I was probably 19 when I read “Portnoy’s Complaint,” the novel the New Yorker called “the dirtiest book ever published” and whose countless... |
9d10653249ab3287a417a73642bcc76d | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-daum-trump-twitter-war-20160804-snap-story.html | Column: Why Trump can’t tell the difference between a Twitter war and a presidential campaign | Column: Why Trump can’t tell the difference between a Twitter war and a presidential campaign
It is a truth universally (if often silently) acknowledged that if you want more Twitter followers you should get into Twitter feuds. This holds especially true for mid- or low-level celebrities, many of whom know that if thei... |
fd033e775dd016e2f0656704a13832e1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-day-and-camosy-democratic-platform-abortion-20160725-snap-story.html | Op-Ed: How the Democratic platform betrays millions of the party faithful | Op-Ed: How the Democratic platform betrays millions of the party faithful
The abortion plank in the 2016 Democratic platform effectively marginalizes the voices of 21 million pro-life Democrats. It means the party that is supposedly on the side of justice for the vulnerable no longer welcomes those of us who #ChooseBot... |
f9e2b188bf6d47c5e6133803190a23bc | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-dayen-musk-loop-20180527-story.html | Op-Ed: Enjoy the lines at Disneyland? You’ll love Elon Musk’s idea for transit | Op-Ed: Enjoy the lines at Disneyland? You’ll love Elon Musk’s idea for transit
Have you ever tried to drive out of Dodger Stadium and waited an hour to get to the freeway? Have you ever stood in an interminably long line for the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland? Congratulations: You’ve had a preview of the b... |
b99dc507da13adc93c77b3324bb56feb | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-deasy-vergara-teachers-20140611-story.html | Op-Ed: L.A. Unified’s Deasy applauds Vergara ruling on teacher rules | Op-Ed: L.A. Unified’s Deasy applauds Vergara ruling on teacher rules
On Tuesday, a Los Angeles Superior Court issued a ruling in Vergara vs. California that could have a profound and positive effect on California’s schools.
The court’s decision in favor of nine student plaintiffs is a decisive step toward creating a sy... |
900c3e6d5908d0a978958320c64ac4d8 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-dee-ice-287g-schools-20181101-story.html | Op-Ed: When police team up with ICE, it ripples into classrooms | Op-Ed: When police team up with ICE, it ripples into classrooms
Half of all Americans now reside in a “sanctuary” jurisdiction where state or local political leaders have committed to supporting refugees and undocumented residents by declining to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in certain ways. But o... |
8e4fa167002a149a1956e400d9fc1853 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-degen-frieze-los-angeles-20190211-story.html | Op-Ed: In this age of glossy art fairs and mega-galleries, can public museums survive? | Op-Ed: In this age of glossy art fairs and mega-galleries, can public museums survive?
When London’s premier art fair, Frieze, opens for the first time in Los Angeles this week, it will make a bid for popular appeal.
The celebrity-studded parties, performances and product launches will follow the template pioneered by ... |
e834dfb932e57d1e62f999e7a73b691c | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-denham-daca-vote-20180518-story.html | Op-Ed: GOP Rep. Jeff Denham: It’s time to force a vote on DACA | Op-Ed: GOP Rep. Jeff Denham: It’s time to force a vote on DACA
Until a few weeks ago, “Queen of the Hill” meant little to anyone. But today, this little-known House rule may be Congress’ best shot at improving our border security and resolving issues with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
President Tr... |
3e0fcf4a35ebc0081dab555d9582947a | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-dittmar-year-of-the-woman-20181113-story.html | Op-Ed: A record number of women were elected in the midterm, but we’re nowhere near gender parity in Congress | Op-Ed: A record number of women were elected in the midterm, but we’re nowhere near gender parity in Congress
When Congress convenes in January 2019, less than 25% of its members will be women.
That might come as a surprise to readers who have absorbed the narrative that 2018 is a “Year of the Woman” in American politi... |
8eca53a41705588c5d350899d737fe89 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-dole-daschle-food-stamps-20130916-story.html | Stop playing politics with hunger | Stop playing politics with hunger
One of the biggest pieces of business Congress has yet to resolve is the farm bill, legislation that has enjoyed bipartisan support for decades. Unfortunately, the process to reauthorize this crucial bill has taken a sharp and disheartening turn this year. The Senate and the House are ... |
4bf140978750f80bce3a827defef9b18 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-dolnick-where-babies-come-from-20170623-story.html | Op-Ed: Where do babies come from? Until recently, even genius scientists had no idea | Op-Ed: Where do babies come from? Until recently, even genius scientists had no idea
By way of a break in this polarized era, let’s briefly consider the single topic that men and women of every culture and nationality have happily agreed on, from the beginning of time to this very minute — babies are good. But until as... |
90f9e28b68cb76fc5f388a3a802f42f3 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-edelman-weingarten-school-vouchers-20170531-story.html | Op-Ed: School vouchers don’t just undermine public schools, they undermine our democracy | Op-Ed: School vouchers don’t just undermine public schools, they undermine our democracy
President Trump wants to siphon billions of dollars from public schools to fund private and religious school vouchers. It’s an idea that’s bad for kids, public education and our democracy.
Today, vouchers are used by less than 1% o... |
23119f6bb751f4f3bf80b0778cfbf951 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-edmundson-walt-whitmans-way-to-be-good-20151025-story.html | Op-Ed: A guide to living a decent life today, courtesy of Walt Whitman | Op-Ed: A guide to living a decent life today, courtesy of Walt Whitman
Everyone is afraid of being sexist or racist, or being branded as such. No one wants to offend members of the LGBT community. It almost seems to be the goal of many people’s lives now not to offend anyone, ever.
I see the point. I’m on board. But I ... |
8f90d8cb9fb1ebe8f1a153784f3ca3e0 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-eisendrath-hollywood-writers-strike-wga-20170424-story.html | Op-Ed: I voted for a Hollywood writers’ strike, but I don’t want one | Op-Ed: I voted for a Hollywood writers’ strike, but I don’t want one
Today I voted to authorize the leaders of my union to call a strike that I desperately don’t want. The result of the vote will be announced Monday, but the outcome was never in doubt: Hollywood writers will give our negotiators the power to call a sec... |
c5184be7eaa67379815315ef41789353 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-eisner-netanyahu-israel-20190227-story.html | Op-Ed: Israel’s prime minister has gone too far this time | Op-Ed: Israel’s prime minister has gone too far this time
In 1984, Meir Kahane, the renegade, openly racist American rabbi who had immigrated to Israel, won a seat in the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament. His fiery rhetoric and anti-Arab proposals so enraged his fellow lawmakers that nearly all of them walked out whenev... |
18e9a1ffae5c0b51634c722ae70a6440 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-english-ukraine-neofascists-20140313-story.html | Ukraine’s threat from within | Ukraine’s threat from within
It’s become popular to dismiss Russian President Vladimir Putin as paranoid and out of touch with reality. But his denunciation of “neofascist extremists” within the movement that toppled the old Ukrainian government, and in the ranks of the new one, is worth heeding. The empowerment of ext... |
0df718e9764b08348cd67bfb8c8906ae | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-fain-healthcare-house-calls-20140605-story.html | Op-Ed: Want better healthcare? Have doctors make house calls. | Op-Ed: Want better healthcare? Have doctors make house calls.
I make house calls. Remember those? When a doctor came to your door with a black bag? You might think of this as a quaint vestige of prewar life, or a luxury for the exceptionally wealthy with their concierge doctors. But home care medicine, as it’s now cal... |
c7a29f3ba796eacb4e8deff9e6d7750c | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-feldman-santa-monica-bicycles-20140126-story.html | From Santa Monica, the lament of an ‘urban villager’ | From Santa Monica, the lament of an ‘urban villager’
I’ve read recently with a sense of deja vu — and dread — about the efforts of Los Angeles and Pasadena to build denser housing in downtown areas and make their streets more friendly to pedestrians and bicyclists.
Santa Monica, where I live, was an early adopter of th... |
16ab75d7d8bd6aaee1f32e4ee4f8a850 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-fishman-moon-landing-50th-anniversary-heroes-20190714-story.html | Op-Ed: 50 years ago, thousands of everyday heroes made sure America won the race to the moon | Op-Ed: 50 years ago, thousands of everyday heroes made sure America won the race to the moon
One of the marvels of the race to the moon in the 1960s were the Apollo spacesuits — blazing, iconic white on the outside and composed of 21 layers of nested fabric. Imagine putting on that many T-shirts and trying to do anythi... |
fce828420d5ff2ef1195d375d0c152ba | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-fleischer-nfl-football-desegregation-rams-20190203-story.html | Op-Ed: Two L.A. Rams desegregated football. They’ve never been given the credit they deserve | Op-Ed: Two L.A. Rams desegregated football. They’ve never been given the credit they deserve
There are few stories as warmly baked into America’s cultural mythos as the desegregation of baseball. Jackie Robinson is — deservedly — an American hero.
Yet the NFL too was once segregated. And the story of football’s integra... |
40b0a558f3ae1360c5de35b13ee9d35e | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-fortini-las-vegas-shooting-anniversary-20180930-story.html | Op-Ed: One year after the Las Vegas shooting: Life goes on, but not for everyone | Op-Ed: One year after the Las Vegas shooting: Life goes on, but not for everyone
On Monday, one year will have passed since the mass shooting in Las Vegas: one year since Stephen Paddock, an alienated former postal worker and tax auditor who liked to play video poker on the Strip, opened fire on a crowd of 22,000 conce... |
bda8068821412daffb47f0162434fde8 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-frelick-root-refugee-slowdown-mortensen-20180607-story.html | Op-Ed: Trump’s brutal refugee program reflects prejudice instead of compassion | Op-Ed: Trump’s brutal refugee program reflects prejudice instead of compassion
It should be no surprise that the first year of the Trump presidency has been brutal for refugees. Not only are resettlement numbers down to the lowest levels recorded in the nearly 40-year history of the program, but the trends by nationali... |
770983d04a42bad6e43500516fd7d548 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-frey-millennials-20180204-story.html | Op-Ed: Will millennials make America whole? | Op-Ed: Will millennials make America whole?
“Build a wall and my generation will tear it down,” read a sign held by a young anti-Trump protester at a recent rally, a cry reiterated by Rep. Joe Kennedy in his response to President Trump’s State of the Union address. That sentiment could serve as a slogan for millennials... |
5947219a33cf9529e5fe6eaa05c00811 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-friedberg-pisa-tests-common-core-20131211-story.html | Can American students get smart? | Can American students get smart?
The latest international test scores of 15-year-olds are in, and the results are appalling. The Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, found that the United States — the most affluent country in the world — failed to rank in the top 20 in any category. In math — the subj... |
0c71e9352276fb20b5bd8c42ea35e422 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-friedersdorf-clinton-server-comey-20160706-snap-story.html | Op-Ed: Hillary Clinton got the political insider treatment, and that’s a problem | Op-Ed: Hillary Clinton got the political insider treatment, and that’s a problem
Although Hillary Clinton was “extremely careless” when she mishandled classified information on her private email server, no reasonable prosecutor would bring criminal charges against her, FBI Director James B. Comey claimed Tuesday in a n... |
63d5d01d6911e6dd0aa502b3833081ce | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-friedersdorf-venice-homeless-bathroom-20171120-story.html | Op-Ed: Want L.A’s hepatitis A crisis to get even worse? Follow Venice Beach’s lead | Op-Ed: Want L.A’s hepatitis A crisis to get even worse? Follow Venice Beach’s lead
With Southern California confronting a deadly epidemic of hepatitis A, a highly contagious ailment that spreads through contact with the feces of an infected person, urban centers ought to be doing everything possible to improve sanitati... |
e3252abe2f0a0520ce21687f86ad5a93 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-friedersdorf-why-independents-should-vote-party-20181101-story.html | Op-Ed: I’m an independent. But I’m casting a party-line vote in the midterm election | Op-Ed: I’m an independent. But I’m casting a party-line vote in the midterm election
Voters who declare themselves independent of partisan affiliation are ascendant in the American electorate.
In 2016, the Pew Research Center found that 34% described themselves as politically independent, outnumbering self-described De... |
d67152947313c7002efcd33d74783034 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-friedman-chelsea-award-20170323-story.html | Op-Ed: Just like her mother, Chelsea Clinton never gets a break | Op-Ed: Just like her mother, Chelsea Clinton never gets a break
This week, Variety magazine announced that it would honor former first daughter Chelsea Clinton at its Women in Power luncheon with a “Lifetime achievement award.” The news spread quickly among both Trump supporters and left-leaning Clinton detractors who ... |
be8509b6d6631c80578061d569f662b2 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-friedman-metoo-backlash-20180117-story.html?_amp=true | #MeToo doesn’t lack nuance. Its critics do | #MeToo doesn’t lack nuance. Its critics do
If you were to listen to survivors of sexual assault and harassment, here’s what you’d hear: They want an apology. They want reassurance that what happened to them was wrong. They want to express solidarity with other people who have been similarly injured. They want perpetrat... |
2efc4a8d5144c7d289acde8ad618cddf | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-fry-unpaid-internships-20150130-story.html | Op-Ed: Stop exploiting young workers: Here’s an alternative to unpaid internships that works | Op-Ed: Stop exploiting young workers: Here’s an alternative to unpaid internships that works
The “intern economy” is a crumbling monument to short-term thinking. The class-action lawsuit filed in 2010 against Fox Searchlight Pictures by former unpaid interns on the film “Black Swan” set off a wave of internship lawsuit... |
ba406084d60852476f9b9f002072c912 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gardner-women-in-tech-20141207-story.html | Op-Ed: Why women are leaving the tech industry in droves | Op-Ed: Why women are leaving the tech industry in droves
When I moved to the Bay Area in 2007 to run the Wikimedia Foundation, the first thing that struck me was the eerie absence of women. I’d spent most of my working life at the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., where we used to joke that women took power when the men wen... |
be9ae604fd109f893fe3d2c54e8fe845 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gatto-california-constitution-20140619-story.html | Op-Ed: It’s time to declutter California’s messy Constitution | Op-Ed: It’s time to declutter California’s messy Constitution
Quick. Can you name an amendment in California’s Constitution? Probably not, but if you vote regularly, you’ve weighed in on a lot of them.
Like other state officials, I have sworn an oath “to protect and defend both the Constitution of the United States and... |
73d4c59451586356134b49bb18c6344a | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-geltzer-kavanaugh-administrative-state-20180805-story.html | Op-Ed: Trump’s Supreme Court might overturn a doctrine, but that won’t destroy the ‘administrative state’ | Op-Ed: Trump’s Supreme Court might overturn a doctrine, but that won’t destroy the ‘administrative state’
Mere months ago, most practicing lawyers probably couldn’t have defined the Chevron doctrine, even if they had some vague recollections of it from law school.
Now, Chevron’s everywhere. That’s because President Tru... |
2265f935e0e65eba2eb41c2c8dcd6eaf | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gerston-california-television-political-debates-20181105-story.html | Op-Ed: Hello! It’s 2018! We need televised debates between California’s political candidates | Op-Ed: Hello! It’s 2018! We need televised debates between California’s political candidates
You may not have noticed, but there were no televised debates between the candidates running for the two most important elected offices in California this year.
Gavin Newsom, the Democratic lieutenant governor and current guber... |
86c656735e8bd6602bcaa88d21a5542b | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gillman-flag-uc-irvine-rage-20150317-story.html | Op-Ed: UC Irvine chancellor: Stop the Internet rage over flag flap | Op-Ed: UC Irvine chancellor: Stop the Internet rage over flag flap
On March 8, I criticized an earlier decision by the UC Irvine student council to ban all national flags from the lobby of its offices, and I expressed support for the student government executive council that acted quickly to veto the effort. Before, du... |
3748796204a97c286ef35a681cbb2a20 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gioia-trump-administration-should-not-defund-the-nea-20170219-story.html | Op-Ed: For the umpteenth time, the National Endowment for the Arts deserves its funding | Op-Ed: For the umpteenth time, the National Endowment for the Arts deserves its funding
The National Endowment of the Arts is under attack — again. The foes are the same tired cast of characters who have assaulted the agency for the last 30 years. Their arguments are the same threadbare notions that have been repeatedl... |
49f5c242f8a041840be75730d80d6dc5 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gluck-filibuster-20170407-story.html | Op-Ed: Goodbye, U.S. Senate | Op-Ed: Goodbye, U.S. Senate
When the Republicans “went nuclear” on Thursday and changed the rules of the U.S. Senate to eliminate the filibuster for Supreme Court nominations, Congress started down a path to destroy what makes that body special. The Republicans’ win-at-all-costs strategy will almost certainly lead next... |
ee359a8bbe00b01e3ab90cebb9e3e683 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gluck-glied-cbo-score-aca-replacement-20170310-story.html | Op-Ed: If Republicans aren’t confident enough to let the CBO score their healthcare plan, they shouldn’t try to pass it | Op-Ed: If Republicans aren’t confident enough to let the CBO score their healthcare plan, they shouldn’t try to pass it
Someone who believes he’s lost weight isn’t afraid to step on a scale. Why, then, won’t Republicans let the Congressional Budget Office provide a cost estimate, or score, for their Affordable Care Act... |
c9fede0e1627cd71eb346782ccf4c67a | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-godwin-technology-ethics-20190430-story.html | Op-Ed: A Facebook request: Write a code of tech ethics | Op-Ed: A Facebook request: Write a code of tech ethics
Facebook is preparing to pay a multi-billion-dollar fine and dealing with ongoing ire from all corners for its user privacy lapses, the viral transmission of lies during elections, and delivery of ads in ways that skew along gender and racial lines. To grapple with... |
242dcb31cd41fed6cc390890827f785e | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-golabek-goldman-homeless-address-job-application-20161010-snap-story.html | Op-Ed: Homeless shouldn’t face job discrimination just because they lack an address | Op-Ed: Homeless shouldn’t face job discrimination just because they lack an address
Jeff Johnson served in the military for six years and then moved to Washington, D.C., where he found work in the construction industry. After suffering serious injuries in a robbery, however, he lost his job and became homeless. Johnson... |
a67e6f201a57947450da9c19f3227cf3 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gold-plastic-waste-oceans-20131104-story.html | Drowning the oceans in plastic | Drowning the oceans in plastic
You’ve probably seen the images of dolphins caught in abandoned monofilament fishing nets, or of vast areas of plastic trash floating in remote waters of the Pacific, or of sea turtles consuming plastic bags that look remarkably like one of their favorite foods: jellyfish. Or perhaps, aft... |
72aa167fcda282cf5efa17aeee87c6f0 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-goldberg-andrew-cuomo-conservatives-20140121-column.html | A New York state of mind: Illiberal liberal values | A New York state of mind: Illiberal liberal values
On paper, “liberal intolerance” is something of an oxymoron, like “jumbo shrimp,” “loyal opposition” or “conspicuous absence.” But what makes oxymorons funny is that they are real things. There are jumbo shrimp. Absences can be conspicuous, opponents can be loyal and l... |
d815cd1cc2c6ba6aafdf155ae77885be | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-goldberg-border-crisis-trump-immigration-20190402-story.html | Op-Ed: Trump’s critics are wrong about the border crisis. So is Trump | Op-Ed: Trump’s critics are wrong about the border crisis. So is Trump
When President Trump shut down the government in an attempt to force Congress to fund a border wall, Democrats and liberal journalists – including many mainstream reporters – responded by insisting there was no crisis.
“I’m from the border, there’s n... |
26d6a911f434b65be14c2cae482dd721 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-goldberg-castro-useful-idiots-20161128-story.html | Column: Fidel Castro died as he lived — praised by useful idiots | Column: Fidel Castro died as he lived — praised by useful idiots
Fidel Castro died as he lived: to the sound of useful idiots making allowances for his crimes. (That’s not my term: It was Lenin who called liberal apologists for Communism “useful idiots.”)
The gold medal in the Useful Idiot Olympics should probabl... |
562e52121a68aac8b21dd32cfb521f29 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-goldberg-conservative-generation-gap-20180515-story.html | Column: The right has a growing generation gap | Column: The right has a growing generation gap
The conventional image of baby boomer political rebellion features a young left-wing activist organizing, protesting or otherwise agitating, ideally with Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth” playing in the background: “There’s something happening here / What it is a... |
027db8cbf3dc772b08733dd731d56227 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-goldberg-cpac-trump-20190304-story.html | Column: If CPAC is the right-wing Comic-Con, then Trump is cosplaying Stalin | Column: If CPAC is the right-wing Comic-Con, then Trump is cosplaying Stalin
Two years ago, at the dawn of the Trump administration, Kellyanne Conway predicted that 2017’s CPAC would really be TPAC, or “Trump Pac.” What was premature spin then is conventional wisdom now.
The Conservative Political Action Conference has... |
a7569adda6fd66995328b055c59b8488 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-goldberg-evan-mcmullin-write-in-20161025-snap-story.html | Column: Evan McMullin — the last best hope for the Never Clinton and Never Trump masses | Column: Evan McMullin — the last best hope for the Never Clinton and Never Trump masses
If you think 2016 will stop being weird come Nov. 8, please look at your calendars: This whole election process actually lasts almost an additional two months beyond that. But just because it’s been a weird year, that doesn’t ... |
491b7038e71fb521d490d4b4c2517eb4 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-goldberg-new-year-resolutions-20131231-column.html | Myths to ditch in 2014 | Myths to ditch in 2014
The Beltway consensus seems to be that 2013 was a bad year for the same reason nearly every other recent year was bad: polarization and partisanship. Personally, I can think of plenty of more important things to worry about than partisanship. Democracy is about disagreements, and partisanship is ... |
d9cf38897ee6a4cadb8efdde60d6fd8c | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-goldberg-pittsburgh-shooting-20181030-story.html | Column: Trump didn’t deliberately encourage the Pittsburgh gunman, but his rhetoric obviously isn’t helping | Column: Trump didn’t deliberately encourage the Pittsburgh gunman, but his rhetoric obviously isn’t helping
The debate over whether or not President Trump encouraged the man who allegedly set out to kill Jews at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh really isn’t a debate at all. It’s a shouting match.
“Yes, he did!”... |
0c9de34d3ecd2ddeac139446d8e6aeaf | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-goldberg-stolen-elections-20181120-story.html | Column: There’s a massive double standard in our debate about election irregularities | Column: There’s a massive double standard in our debate about election irregularities
Now that all of the controversial elections, recounts and re-recounts are over, let us review some of our lessons learned.
Florida is the Jaguar of vote counting, and I’m not referring to the animal or the Jacksonville NFL franchise. ... |
55c4d1a20aec8f44d15222ffffd9c2f8 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-goldberg-trump-seriously-literally-20161206-story.html | Column: Take Trump seriously but not literally? How, exactly? | Column: Take Trump seriously but not literally? How, exactly?
It would make a perfect clickbait ad “Learn this one simple trick to stop worrying about Donald Trump and Make America Great Again.”
What’s the trick? All you have to do is take Trump seriously, but not literally.
The formulation is credited to reporter Sele... |
b493db9bb6bb8de941083ec015c16a03 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-goldenberg-trump-mental-health-20160823-snap-story.html | Op-Ed: A professional opinion: You don’t need a psychiatrist to know there’s something wrong with Donald Trump | Op-Ed: A professional opinion: You don’t need a psychiatrist to know there’s something wrong with Donald Trump
Because of Donald Trump’s unusual public conduct, legions of armchair analysts have wondered aloud about his mental health. A former dean of Harvard Medical School tweeted that Trump “defines” narcissistic per... |
8c108438113ca0b300dc8942f10c47d5 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-govan-lacma-zumthor-final-plan-20190407-story.html | Op-Ed: LACMA’s new building is visionary — and big enough | Op-Ed: LACMA’s new building is visionary — and big enough
The design of an ambitious project like LACMA’s newest Wilshire Boulevard building is always hotly contested. As we move toward Tuesday’s county Board of Supervisors vote on our plans, I think key facts about the project have been lost in the debate about curves... |
03a638a6838c51151bdc6c35200de7ce | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-graham-make-america-happy-again-measuring-well-being-20190617-story.html | Op-Ed: How do we make America happy again? We start by studying well-being | Op-Ed: How do we make America happy again? We start by studying well-being
To make America happy again, society has to figure out how to make our country whole. Understanding what divides Americans – and what gives them hope — could be critical to improving their well-being and the nation’s.
By tracking patterns in wel... |
9326ac2e78dec0aa998c9132a26d30e9 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-greenberg-obama-promises-20140227-story.html | Obama’s unkept promises: a scorecard | Obama’s unkept promises: a scorecard
In Barack Obama’s first weeks in office, in a series of executive orders and public statements, the new president and former professor of constitutional law promised to make sweeping changes in the way government operated in a number of specific areas. But has he kept his pledges?
L... |
b9f1ed27ee9d4f0836500fa5aa38ac2b | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-grewal-kapczynski-kohlerhausmann-20180801-story.html | Op-Ed: There is no liberal case for Brett Kavanaugh | Op-Ed: There is no liberal case for Brett Kavanaugh
In the past few weeks, many conservative voices have spoken in support of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh. But so have some liberal lawyers, including some of our colleagues at Yale Law School. Why would left-leaning attorneys lend their... |
b3bb45e4518079ffc29fd53b0a109fb2 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gruber-cbo-report-economy-obamacare-20140209-story.html | Obamacare: It’s a net gain for the economy | Obamacare: It’s a net gain for the economy
The recent Congressional Budget Office report on healthcare reform has lots of good news. Insurance premiums are lower than anticipated, the Affordable Care Act will cost $9 billion less than previously estimated and the provision designed to buffer insurance companies from ri... |
1d7faaffe4ba91b24fb3f22935b7c85b | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hackel-columbus-day-california-settlers-indigeous-peoples-20171009-story.html | Op-Ed: Why L.A. is right to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day | Op-Ed: Why L.A. is right to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day
After much debate, both the Los Angeles City Council and the L.A. County Board of Supervisors recently voted to replace the Columbus Day holiday with Indigenous Peoples Day, beginning no later than 2019. Although to many this change will seem ... |
3d21745b62f98ab75b1184441cf4b7ce | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hajnal-voter-id-research-20160908-snap-story.html | Op-Ed: The results on voter ID laws are in — and it’s bad news for ethnic and racial minorities | Op-Ed: The results on voter ID laws are in — and it’s bad news for ethnic and racial minorities
The North Carolina voter identification law was blocked last week when the U.S. Supreme Court denied an emergency appeal to reinstate it before the 2016 elections. That’s good news for minorities in the Tar Heel State ... |
1d5cd7dd0d043f5c294dcf65da4586e9 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-halevi-bds-is-immoral-20160628-snap-story.html | Op-Ed: Why the anti-Israel boycott movement is an immoral threat to peace | Op-Ed: Why the anti-Israel boycott movement is an immoral threat to peace
As the Middle East devours itself, leaving behind the worst human devastation since World War II, an international movement seeks to delegitimize Israel, the region’s only intact society. Israel alone in the Mideast has an independent judiciary, ... |
222df87c1fcd1864a3f48a8be5b74927 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-haney-fathers-day-child-support-20180615-story.html | Op-Ed: Dads with child support debt should not be imprisoned — especially on Father’s Day | Op-Ed: Dads with child support debt should not be imprisoned — especially on Father’s Day
For the roughly 17 million kids who do not live with their dads, Father’s Day is one of the most anticipated days of the year. In many cases, it’s the rare occasion when dads turn up to celebrate with their kids.
But one group of ... |
7b98027f4aacdfd6b1a1ec950e92abbe | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hasen-gorsuch-scalia-20170627-story.html | Op-Ed: Gorsuch is the new Scalia, just as Trump promised | Op-Ed: Gorsuch is the new Scalia, just as Trump promised
Whatever else comes of the Donald J. Trump presidency, already he has perfectly fulfilled one campaign pledge in a way that will affect the entire United States for a generation or more: putting another Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. The early signs from Ju... |
496433f6747190a25d5382c93f607ca7 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hasen-split-california-proposition-legal-problems-20180625-story.html | Op-Ed: California’s Supreme Court can kill Cal-3 quickly and save us all a lot of trouble | Op-Ed: California’s Supreme Court can kill Cal-3 quickly and save us all a lot of trouble
The Cal-3 ballot measure set to be voted on in November needs a mercy killing from the California Supreme Court, and if it comes fast enough, it could save a lot of expense and wasted effort.
The proposition, designed by venture c... |
80194bc3aeaf8077ffaa62fc902c6416 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hausman-scotus-gerrymandering-republicans-20190607-story.html | Op-Ed: Supreme Court rulings won’t stop Republicans from partisan gerrymandering | Op-Ed: Supreme Court rulings won’t stop Republicans from partisan gerrymandering
The Supreme Court will soon hand down rulings in two cases on partisan gerrymandering, one challenging maps in Maryland drawn by a Democratic majority and the other in Republican-majority North Carolina. Regardless of the outcome, the figh... |
e8737009de46822a349d8aa03cb1725d | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hawley-tsa-precheck-vulnerabilities-20161223-story.html | Op-Ed: The scary truth about TSA’s PreCheck security vulnerabilities | Op-Ed: The scary truth about TSA’s PreCheck security vulnerabilities
When President Trump’s nominee for Homeland Security secretary, John Kelly, takes over, he will be greeted by briefers with binders full of information about the department’s daunting responsibilities, from hurricane response to border control. In the... |
8d140cd0058c348dc4f670b97d13160a | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-hayduk-let-noncitizens-vote-20141223-story.html | Op-Ed: Give noncitizens the right to vote? It’s only fair | Op-Ed: Give noncitizens the right to vote? It’s only fair
The contemporary immigrant rights movement has commanded attention through civil disobedience, student walkouts and intensive lobbying. But there’s another tactic — increasing immigrant clout by allowing all noncitizens to vote — that also deserves serious consi... |
c0915a66c970a41259820c93d2419b62 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-heffernan-assange-stone-20181103-story.html | Column: WikiLeaks’ pernicious legacy — empty lulz, bothsidesism and moral flexibility | Column: WikiLeaks’ pernicious legacy — empty lulz, bothsidesism and moral flexibility
Not long ago, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was considered a lionhearted champion of civil liberties and government transparency.
In 2007, he helped expose human rights abuses at Guantanamo Bay. In 2009, Amnesty Internatio... |
f384fde4ff60b21cd03bb44bfdbb6244 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-heffernan-ford-kavanaugh-hearings-20180930-story.html | Op-Ed: If Kavanaugh is confirmed, the Supreme Court will lose its magic power: prestige | Op-Ed: If Kavanaugh is confirmed, the Supreme Court will lose its magic power: prestige
The Supreme Court must serve without benefit of what Alexander Hamilton called “the sword or the purse.” Its nine justices don’t carry guns; they don’t command an army to enforce their rulings. They also lack any kind of slush fund ... |
5698bf4edd621b7dd938392235a2433c | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-heffernan-joe-biden-democratic-primary-20190426-story.html | Column: Joe Biden is the white male savior we’ve finally outgrown | Column: Joe Biden is the white male savior we’ve finally outgrown
The three-and-a-half-minute video in which Joe Biden announced his candidacy for president in the 2020 election was first-rate propaganda. Mm-mm: a Cinnabon of feel-good moralism designed to hit most Americans’ sweet spot.
But the video was also an elegy... |
7bcc1f096b2c9787f81df38d5548f290 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-heffernan-ocasio-cortez-and-misogyny-20190104-story.html?fbclid=IwAR2jd7eKoz0YcEX0uYNUqnGzFEbP7TradQVVnyiliippz-mNVj5INUMH-WQ | Column: Right-wing blowhards are having a tough time with this whole women-in-power thing in Congress | Column: Right-wing blowhards are having a tough time with this whole women-in-power thing in Congress
Just over a year ago, a writer named Kristen Roupenian published a short story in the New Yorker called “Cat Person.” It chronicled a brief, mediocre romance. At first, it was hard to say what made the story newsworthy... |
f5e21f6ed066c30f637070456c7c9fb7 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-heffernan-shutdown-as-trump-doomsday-act-20190112-story.html?fbclid=IwAR1Mg774_oIsHZ161Kd_81OmcLR8D0OsWbCrW2kVtcxB31I4he138b7DRr8 | Column: The Death Logic behind Trumpism: Even nuclear winter would be worth it to own the libs | Column: The Death Logic behind Trumpism: Even nuclear winter would be worth it to own the libs
Not long after the inauguration of President Trump in 2017, I ran into a discussion of the Doomsday Clock on Facebook.
That year, the clock, that midcentury modernist data-viz illustrating the imminence of global catastrophe,... |
3b968e522e436b9ec893c977b4e562f0 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-heilbrunn-angela-merkel-and-a-new-pax-germania-20170209-story.html | Op-Ed: Will Pax Germania replace Pax Americana? | Op-Ed: Will Pax Germania replace Pax Americana?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the very model of Teutonic stolidness. She doesn’t always smile in photo ops. She’s not constantly tweeting; she doesn’t traffic in outrage. Instead, she simply gets on with leading the most powerful country in the European Union.
With b... |
72c8a9421b8e0a38d81915a256b8bb6a | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-heiman-islamic-state-isis-cyber-attacks-20180108-story.html?_amp=true | The war against Islamic State will be won — or lost — on the cyber battlefield | The war against Islamic State will be won — or lost — on the cyber battlefield
President Trump and Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis should be congratulated for contributing to the steady decline of Islamic State’s territorial claims.
Several years ago, in October 2014, Islamic State controlled land from central Syr... |
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