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09d06d5555897967249247ceedb419dd | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-united-pet-deaths-20170413-story.html | Opinion: By the way, United has the worst U.S. record on pet deaths, too | Opinion: By the way, United has the worst U.S. record on pet deaths, too
Editor’s note, March 14, 2018: This 11-month-old opinion piece has been widely shared on social media in recent days following United Airlines’ move to apologize for the death of a dog that was put — at the instruction of a flight attendant and in... |
f3f182af83be88c932e6e5b8a2e12137 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-woman-for-president-hillary-historic-moment-let-us-celebrate-20160729-snap-story.html | Don’t appreciate the significance of Hillary Clinton’s nomination? Too bad. This moment doesn’t belong to you. | Don’t appreciate the significance of Hillary Clinton’s nomination? Too bad. This moment doesn’t belong to you.
Yesterday evening, I watched a woman accept a major party’s nomination for President of the United States for the first time in history. I cried. My friend, sitting next to me on the couch, cried. We were so m... |
da37504b1da4679b94f71a3e95913ab1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-women-health-care-overhaul-20170509-story.html | Opinion: Senate Republicans couldn’t bother to find a single woman to help overhaul health care | Opinion: Senate Republicans couldn’t bother to find a single woman to help overhaul health care
I know there aren’t that many women in the U.S. Senate. Just 21 of the 100 U.S. senators are female, and probably some of them had other plans. But still, couldn’t Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) find one woma... |
76684591fd73e1b778fad48f3cc69d10 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-yahoo-webcam-britain-spying-nsa-snowden-20140227-story.html | Yahoo webcam spying: When Big Brother morphs into Peeping Tom | Yahoo webcam spying: When Big Brother morphs into Peeping Tom
Forget Big Brother. What we have to fear now is Peeping Tom. One of Britain’s intelligence services, with help from the U.S. National Security Agency, reportedly collected and stored millions of images from people’s Yahoo webcam chats.
The Guardian newspaper... |
360d83ffd7ce4a73206fddbe09a92205 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0106-tuesday-immigration-20150106-story.html | Readers React: Immigrants come to earn paychecks, not to collect welfare | Readers React: Immigrants come to earn paychecks, not to collect welfare
To the editor: I agree with The Times’ call for “a congressional fix to make the system more humane … by granting relief to many who have lived and worked in the country for years.” (“It’s time for Congress to agree on a humane immigration soluti... |
66f160c705bbd8686109403ce3da5272 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0318-wednesday-russia-v-e-day-kiev-20150318-story.html | Readers React: Snubbing Moscow for Kiev on V-E Day could be a provocation | Readers React: Snubbing Moscow for Kiev on V-E Day could be a provocation
To the editor: When three former U.S. ambassadors agree on a foreign policy move, we should listen, no matter their political persuasions. (“Kiev, not Moscow, should be the choice for marking V-E Day,” op-ed, March 16)
Steven Pifer, John Herbst a... |
393d4813f85248a4daa0fd32525fe154 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0324-tuesday-mountain-lion-20150324-story.html | Readers React: Puma P-33 survives against the odds | Readers React: Puma P-33 survives against the odds
To the editor: Historically, representatives of civilization set out on epic journeys and overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles created by nature to become the stuff of legend and earn our awe. Think Columbus, Magellan, and Lewis and Clark. (“Puma known as P-33 m... |
cc2d456e7b44164fc8a51108d3d7ba7a | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0404-saturday-marijuana-20150404-story.html | Readers React: Legalizing pot would be a big win for California | Readers React: Legalizing pot would be a big win for California
To the editor: With all due respect to the state’s commission on marijuana policy and The Times, kids have had easy access to marijuana for decades. Drug dealers don’t check IDs, but legal dispensaries do. (“Here’s hoping for a marijuana measure that’s not... |
d7b0cf356e282e24622d39c6e1087877 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0424-friday-israelis-palestinians-20150424-story.html | Readers React: Israeli responsibility for Palestinian misery | Readers React: Israeli responsibility for Palestinian misery
To the editor: Tamar Sternthal from the pro-Israel media watchdog CAMERA says that Israel is not responsible for the suffering of the Palestinians at the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria or for any Palestinian suffering. (“Don’t blame Israel for Palestinian mise... |
26e7e8f9d1da81586fd4a9b868d34e16 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0429-friday-palestinians-israel-direct-negotiation-20160430-story.html | Readers React: When has negotiating with Israel ever helped the Palestinians? | Readers React: When has negotiating with Israel ever helped the Palestinians?
To the editor: Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, writes that “the modern history of Israeli-Arab peace-making has taught us that only direct negotiations between the two sides can actually achieve results.” (“Israel’s U.... |
52b134c13b9c9acf6e543998dcb085be | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0718-saturday-pluto-20150718-story.html | Readers React: For humanity’s sake, spend more on science projects like New Horizons | Readers React: For humanity’s sake, spend more on science projects like New Horizons
To the editor: As a physicist, I never cease to be amazed by the miraculous insights about our physical world and universe that continue to be garnered via scientific exploration. (“High-resolution shocker: Pluto has Rocky Mountain-siz... |
cbfbe3a950c892fb4d071361183233e4 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0724-friday-munich-iran-20150724-story.html | Readers React: ‘Munich’ comparison to Iran deal: silly or appropriate? | Readers React: ‘Munich’ comparison to Iran deal: silly or appropriate?
To the editor: Samuel Kleiner and Tom Zoellner give an excellent historical overview of the Munich agreement of 1938. Actually, they spend very little text telling us why it is wrong to compare it to President Obama’s (Neville Chamberlain) and Secre... |
5e4bd27868857f104cb62ce9c0e1ac3f | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0729-tuesday-israel-flights-20140729-story.html | Readers React: FAA’s well-founded caution on flights to Israel | Readers React: FAA’s well-founded caution on flights to Israel
To the editor: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement last week about the Federal Aviation Administration’s brief ban on U.S. flights to Israel — that “there’s no reason whatsoever for the mistaken FAA decision to instruct American planes not... |
2f74d27c93c2768f02355faf12855e61 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0811-la-river-frank-gehry-20150811-story.html | Readers React: Frank Gehry, not a landscape architect, will help re-work L.A. River. Why? | Readers React: Frank Gehry, not a landscape architect, will help re-work L.A. River. Why?
To the editor: Thank you for this story demonstrating that the era of the star architect has yet to sunset. While Frank Gehry, who will draft the master plan for the redevelopment of the Los Angeles River, is certainly one of the ... |
d907b020b18e963f2cb074e46b3a3d0f | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0816-robin-williams-depression-20140816-story.html | Readers React: Robin Williams and a discussion on depression | Readers React: Robin Williams and a discussion on depression
The circumstances that bring about a national conversation on mental health are almost never good. Most recently, the apparent suicide Tuesday of actor and comedian Robin Williams touched off a discussion among our readers on depression. In the past, mass sho... |
025a6c22d810e5f7474cd9a7a7909d8c | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-0908-tuesday-aylan-20150908-story.html | Readers React: How the world failed Aylan Kurdi | Readers React: How the world failed Aylan Kurdi
To the editor: It’s great that the picture of the lifeless body of a 3-year-old boy from Syria is fueling soul-searching about the refugee crisis. But how pathetic and shortsighted to look at dealing with the effect and not the cause. (“The death of Aylan Kurdi and the ne... |
7aad42b2d4f6a7b8050569cffcad62e1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-1026-sunday-texas-voting-20141026-story.html | Readers React: Voting rights decisions threaten the Roberts court’s legacy | Readers React: Voting rights decisions threaten the Roberts court’s legacy
To the editor: The U. S. Supreme Court has countenanced Republicans’ partisan dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, and Andrew Cohen rightly excoriates the justices’ specious reasoning. (“Shame on Texas and the U.S. Supreme Court,” Op-Ed, Oct. 2... |
4f5675d293714903180a52181c616acd | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-1114-paris-attacks-readers-react-20151114-story.html | Readers React: Paris attacks: ‘Enough of the words. How many more people need to die?’ | Readers React: Paris attacks: ‘Enough of the words. How many more people need to die?’
Editor’s note: Below are some initial reactions received by letters@latimes.com to the attacks in Paris. The letters, which are grouped into three broad categories, arrived to us as early as minutes after news broke of the attacks Fr... |
6c7ba0181a56525bfcd587dae26802a8 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-1201-tuesday-test-scores-20151201-story.html | Readers React: Lift kids out of poverty before expecting higher test scores | Readers React: Lift kids out of poverty before expecting higher test scores
To the editor: The No Child Left Behind law gets undeserved credit for making schools pay attention to students living in poverty. (“Finding the sweet spot of reason in evaluating schools and teachers,” editorial, Nov. 27)
Experienced educators... |
fe1fae028619911935a781bc80cfdab8 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-1229-tuesday-deportations-20151229-story.html | Readers React: Deporting Central American refugees makes our broken immigration system worse | Readers React: Deporting Central American refugees makes our broken immigration system worse
To the editor: Even though violence, crime and intimidation in Central America motivate families to flee in fear for their lives, the U.S. plans to find and deport those who have made it to the U.S. but have been ordered by a j... |
2ff9b220f73883ea6df01b49c566eb2b | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-1231-thursday-college-activists-20151231-story.html | Readers React: Comparing the uprisings of the 1960s to today’s college protests | Readers React: Comparing the uprisings of the 1960s to today’s college protests
To the editor: William Frey makes some very good arguments to recalibrate the educational system in the U.S. to be more inclusive, not only for the benefit of students that are nonwhite, but for the vitality of the middle class. (“The new r... |
80b8e0d62d0a71b7137ff08c160bfc31 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-1231-thursday-doctor-20151231-story.html | Readers React: A doctor who cares about his patients, not the money | Readers React: A doctor who cares about his patients, not the money
To the editor: Thank you so much for the piece on the heroic Dr. Dennis Mull, who, at age 77, honors his heart’s call to provide medical services at a clinic that serves many impoverished families in South L.A. — commuting from his home in Irvine and a... |
db83fc968c0590e4a7646523817da5e1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-1231-thursday-haskell-wexler-20151231-story.html | Readers React: The generosity and advocacy of Haskell Wexler | Readers React: The generosity and advocacy of Haskell Wexler
To the editor: I knew Haskell Wexler starting in 1973, when I met the late cinematographer on the set of “American Graffiti.” Of course Wexler was proud of his Oscars, but he publicly stated that he hoped he would be remembered more for the work he was doing ... |
e6b47e5633efad6ad236c9f2ba94332b | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-1231-thursday-state-secrets-20151231-story.html | Readers React: Let Muslims placed under surveillance have their day in court | Readers React: Let Muslims placed under surveillance have their day in court
To the editor: The 1953 U.S. vs. Reynolds “state secrets” case is rightly condemned for being premised upon self-serving falsities foisted upon the courts by government officials. So too have your opinion pages joined condemnation of the factu... |
a6bc9adbd020fc5a6742980e2488db17 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-le-1231-thursday-transgender-dmv-20151231-story.html | Readers React: Where to find transgender bias in California: the DMV | Readers React: Where to find transgender bias in California: the DMV
To the editor: When you say it’s time for transgender rights opponents to give up the fight, are you including the government of California? (“Time for transgender rights opponents to give up the fight,” editorial, Dec. 27)
When I moved to the state i... |
5c978dd42826aed9ae2dea6ea1f0ce51 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-blue-wave-midterms-20181109-story.html | Readers React: It isn’t a ‘blue wave’ when Senate Republicans will have more power to do lasting damage | Readers React: It isn’t a ‘blue wave’ when Senate Republicans will have more power to do lasting damage
To the editor: I know the members of the Times Editorial Board are very smart, and most of the time I agree with them. But no matter how many seats the Democrats will have in the House, I don’t understand how this mi... |
f0a2d81d6211ee45f412dd74d1e17b36 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-3-californias-draper-20180617-story.html | Readers React: A billionaire wants uninformed voters to go along with his ‘3 Californias’ scheme. Tell him no | Readers React: A billionaire wants uninformed voters to go along with his ‘3 Californias’ scheme. Tell him no
To the editor: Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper’s ballot initiative to split California into three states is a great example of money controlling our politics. One billionaire has the money to hire ... |
08266860b5fb44ef99e77c5c2a79d354 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-alex-villanueva-civil-service-20190131-story.html | Readers React: Sheriff Villanueva’s criticism of the civil service system is profoundly reckless | Readers React: Sheriff Villanueva’s criticism of the civil service system is profoundly reckless
To the editor: For good reasons law enforcement officers are held to standards much higher than civilian employees. This truism appears to be lost on Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who is rightly facing serious... |
b0036793be6e8098194c486c0d55d4fe | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-aloud-library-broad-20181102-story.html | Readers React: Edythe Broad: Don’t rush to judgment on ALOUD at the L.A. Central Library | Readers React: Edythe Broad: Don’t rush to judgment on ALOUD at the L.A. Central Library
To the editor: I am writing to voice my support of the Library Foundation and its president, Ken Brecher, in light of recent staff changes at ALOUD.
ALOUD is a program of the private, nonprofit Library Foundation. It is an unpleasa... |
648855221299f2fca5ff20532270df70 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-antarctica-climate-change-ice-20180617-story.html | Readers React: If rapidly melting Antarctic ice doesn’t sway the Trump administration’s climate deniers, what will? | Readers React: If rapidly melting Antarctic ice doesn’t sway the Trump administration’s climate deniers, what will?
To the editor: In the well-written report on the shrinking Antarctic ice sheet, it is noted that “according to the overwhelming scientific consensus, the planet is warming at a rate accelerated by the gre... |
9324f5ef4cfa851391616b5b0910b6bd | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-anti-semitism-israel-criticism-20180916-story.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Ffeatures%2Freligion+%28L.A.+Times+-+Religious+News%29 | Readers React: Here is what makes certain criticisms of Israel anti-Semitic | Readers React: Here is what makes certain criticisms of Israel anti-Semitic
To the editor: Any activity by pro-Palestinian advocates and the so-called boycott, divestment and sanctions movement that makes pro-Israel Jewish students uncomfortable to the point they are afraid to exercise their freedom to advocate for Isr... |
78b7480a6985ad43fd079ea5f32fd4d8 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-anti-vax-jessica-biel-vaccine-no-debate-20190618-story.html | Readers React: Anti-vaxxers are like flat-Earthers. There is no vaccine ‘debate’ | Readers React: Anti-vaxxers are like flat-Earthers. There is no vaccine ‘debate’
To the editor: Your article “Jessica Biel steps into vaccine debate as other celebrities fear the ‘anti-vax’ label,” was important and accurate. The problem was the use of the word “debate” in the headline. There is no debate about the eff... |
b8d50be27ec2ff10e69dbcb4b0d719de | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-apartment-rents-los-angeles-20181104-story.html | Readers React: $1,200 for an apartment in Los Angeles? These readers don’t believe it | Readers React: $1,200 for an apartment in Los Angeles? These readers don’t believe it
To the editor: Richard Sander’s and Taylor Gumm’s op-ed article pegging Los Angeles County’s median rent in 2016 at about $1,200 borders on fantasy.
As a volunteer counselor at Safe Place for Youth in 2016, I found that in trying to s... |
42c8bf8a0f3a9e5a750ec0e67148d312 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-armenian-genocide-recogniztion-20170428-story.html | Opinion: By not recognizing the Armenian genocide, the U.S. promotes an ‘alternative fact’ | Opinion: By not recognizing the Armenian genocide, the U.S. promotes an ‘alternative fact’
To the editor: Thanks to Robin Abcarian for her reporting on the Armenian March for Justice commemorating the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian genocide. (“Trolled by a plane trailing the Turkish flag, families of Armenian Genoci... |
e40eee6dc57b2ba804da334c9e19ae06 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-automation-china-trade-war-20180620-story.html | Readers React: Artificial intelligence will make no job safe. We must provide for everyone’s needs, regardless of employment | Readers React: Artificial intelligence will make no job safe. We must provide for everyone’s needs, regardless of employment
To the editor: I’m glad that some folks at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis can see that automation is causing an employment crisis in America. But I am disappointed by the suggested solutio... |
bd976dacbc491632a5788dba0a19d90b | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-bird-lawsuit-beverly-hills-scooters-20181106-story.html | Readers React: Bird has some nerve suing Beverly Hills for trying to make its sidewalks safer | Readers React: Bird has some nerve suing Beverly Hills for trying to make its sidewalks safer
To the editor: I am all for alternative transportation, but even I see the complete chutzpah of Bird suing Beverly Hills over the city’s ban on motorized scooters.
The public right of way is just that — intended for the public... |
93a3922cc2350d29361224dcca23a9e4 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-black-reparations-slavery-20190428-story.html | Readers React: The way to do reparations right: Fully fund historically black colleges | Readers React: The way to do reparations right: Fully fund historically black colleges
To the editor: Chasing the ghost of slavery to gain reparations for atrocities, Jim Crow, inequality and countless other crimes committed against blacks in the dark history of this nation, has lofty moral implications, but in truth i... |
700ffc58833a13e4154cf24143458c57 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-boxer-trump-la-times-20161223-story.html | Opinion: Sen. Boxer to The Times: Hold Trump accountable like you did with me for 24 years | Opinion: Sen. Boxer to The Times: Hold Trump accountable like you did with me for 24 years
To the editor: As I wind down my days in the U.S. Senate, I wanted to say thank you to The Times, its staff and its readers.
To the Times: Thank you for being an independent voice on the issues facing our state and country. At ti... |
abe7a51904a1278ea41f274f25d27822 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-bullet-train-audit-20181118-story.html | Readers React: In 2029, we’ll marvel at what remains of the ill-fated bullet train from our driverless cars | Readers React: In 2029, we’ll marvel at what remains of the ill-fated bullet train from our driverless cars
To the editor: When California’s bullet train is up and running — allegedly in 2029 — the trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco is supposed to take two hours and 40 minutes. How long will it take a car to make t... |
6ca891278dca74b86a791a3639eee0d6 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-bullet-train-costs-central-valley-20190505-story.html | Readers React: Build high-speed rail in Southern California, not the Central Valley | Readers React: Build high-speed rail in Southern California, not the Central Valley
To the editor: By as late as 2030, and for the price of about $20 billion, high-speed rail service will run between Bakersfield and Merced. You would think for that much money a system could be built from Sacramento at least to the base... |
c9ee08190172f5d2d6fc90d1c4c86e21 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-california-democrats-republicans-one-party-20181121-story.html | Readers React: Living in a one-party state: Watch your government very closely, Californians | Readers React: Living in a one-party state: Watch your government very closely, Californians
To the editor: Your article spells out the facts about the continued decline of the Republican Party in California, much which can be attributed to the GOP’s lack of attention to the voters of our state. However, it fails to id... |
8e1dc53bba85d033ffdd342191fe35d1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-california-exxon-mobil-20170103-story.html | Opinion: California should take its times investigating Exxon Mobil | Opinion: California should take its times investigating Exxon Mobil
To the editor: Just because California is relatively silent about its strategy and tactics with regard to Exxon Mobil’s decision in the 1970s to cover up the facts about what the use of fossil fuels is doing to the atmosphere doesn’t mean the state isn... |
b8fff94e7df2a189bd863791f4be2767 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-catholic-bishops-anti-abuse-20181116-story.html | Readers React: Pope Francis has encouraged the anti-abuse action one of his archbishops wants to delay | Readers React: Pope Francis has encouraged the anti-abuse action one of his archbishops wants to delay
To the editor: Kudos for covering the mixed message from the Vatican, which wants to prevent sexual abuse by predator priests and bishops but delays action until all the bishops “throughout the world” can address the ... |
d1efcf8cf7764c2fe1eabfb1383832c0 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-centennial-tejon-ranch-paradise-20181129-story.html | Readers React: Is the Centennial project on Tejon Ranch another Paradise waiting to happen? | Readers React: Is the Centennial project on Tejon Ranch another Paradise waiting to happen?
To the editor: The editorial on the debate over rebuilding Paradise, Calif., amid the increasing threat of wildfires raises the question: How did the Los Angeles County Planning Commission last August advance the 19,000-home Cen... |
694a42a888f1c63d522dc2c54e8cd64b | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-climate-change-brains-media-20170922-story.html | Opinion: When will humans be horrified by climate change? When the media give it the coverage it deserves | Opinion: When will humans be horrified by climate change? When the media give it the coverage it deserves
To the editor: We hear a variety of explanations for the American public’s lack of real alarm about climate change: The science requires a fair amount of explanation; the enormity of the effects will become indispu... |
47476a05d417f02b4f1ee9e7bbe3c8a5 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-coal-miners-black-lung-20181228-story.html | Readers React: The coal industry failed its sickened miners, not the government. It needs to pay | Readers React: The coal industry failed its sickened miners, not the government. It needs to pay
To the editor: I was saddened that, in spite of retired miner Danny Fouts’ firsthand experience with the coal company’s evasion of government safety and health regulations, he holds them blameless for his plight.
As the coa... |
5cf8cf5e30c8ec020a8f697a242a560f | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-confirm-kavanaugh-supreme-court-20180930-story.html | Readers React: Don’t let Kavanaugh’s opponents do away with innocent until proven guilty | Readers React: Don’t let Kavanaugh’s opponents do away with innocent until proven guilty
To the editor: To answer Robin Abcarian’s question about whether we should want a man of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s temperament on the Supreme Court: Yes, we do want this man as a justice.
It is terrible what happened to Christine Bla... |
291f97070f700fce12bd892b8393bdea | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-death-penalty-20161107-story.html | Opinion: The death penalty is about deterrence, not revenge | Opinion: The death penalty is about deterrence, not revenge
To the editor: Vote no on Proposition 62, the ballot measure that would abandon California’s death penalty. It’s not about vengeance; it’s about deterring someone from killing you. (“Undecided on the dueling death row propositions? Then hear me out: Vote for b... |
b0494f7cf7b62ca81bddf31b1e7642ed | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-democrats-billionaires-philadelphia-20160729-snap-story.html | In Philadelphia, the Democrats party with billionaires. So much for Sanders’ revolution. | In Philadelphia, the Democrats party with billionaires. So much for Sanders’ revolution.
To the editor: If there is any wonder as to why so many voters feel ambivalent about this presidential election, two headlines in The Times explain why. (“Anti-corporate sentiment doesn’t slow down the party scene for lobbyists and... |
d1ff0e593a93e22ed4684f3c09c5d7ed | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-democrats-california-government-problems-20181120-story.html | Readers React: California has serious problems. It’s foolish to blame one party for them | Readers React: California has serious problems. It’s foolish to blame one party for them
To the editor: A letter writer chastising Democrats told them not to say a “negative word” about “high taxes, homelessness, housing costs, corporate flight, traffic, air pollution, medical care, crowded cities or crime,” situations... |
e61e47372d518596d48a1291d8424854 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-dianne-feinstein-climate-change-20190226-story.html?fbclid=IwAR13Kymln_E26LUq1m2DZzwqGPIrLoRicF9VgXJOX7jBaWDtkcUfEV-PgS4 | Readers React: That Dianne Feinstein video highlights missed opportunities | Readers React: That Dianne Feinstein video highlights missed opportunities
To the editor: Conflict is the red meat of journalism, so the L.A. Times’ article, “Flap over Dianne Feinstein lecturing children in viral video underscores Democrats’ split on ‘Green New Deal,’” chews through divisions on the ambitious climate ... |
2e4e5ff8bb7d3b39716e24e463853607 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-dianne-feinstein-kevin-de-leon-20180717-story.html | Readers React: The state Democratic Party’s endorsement of De León over Feinstein isn’t leadership, it’s recklessness | Readers React: The state Democratic Party’s endorsement of De León over Feinstein isn’t leadership, it’s recklessness
To the editor: Sen. Dianne Feinstein won last month’s California primary by 2.1 million votes and with 70% of the Democratic vote, but that apparently does not satisfy the commissariat in charge of the ... |
7fcdc951b01ce8bb03ce08699898d4e5 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-digital-billboards-firefly-taxis-rideshare-20190531-story.html | Readers React: Blowback: Taxi and rideshare drivers desperately need revenue from rooftop ads | Readers React: Blowback: Taxi and rideshare drivers desperately need revenue from rooftop ads
It is no secret that the challenges faced by taxi drivers in Los Angeles and other major cities are severe, and only worsening with the ever-rising cost of living. What is unique to Los Angeles, however, is the response to thi... |
86198ccda48edbdb5c47ff6e69d4014a | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-dmv-motor-voter-registration-20190419-story.html | Readers React: This one-line fix can end the DMV’s motor-voter woes | Readers React: This one-line fix can end the DMV’s motor-voter woes
To the editor: I commend the editorial board for recognizing the problems plaguing the DMV’s automatic voter registration system, including the registration of noncitizens.
The 1993 federal motor voter law requires states to offer voter registration op... |
45d5bd1d62f90ad8b068f3de625c8217 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-domestic-violence-asylum-20180616-story.html | Readers React: Removing domestic violence as grounds for asylum sends a chilling message to survivors in U.S. | Readers React: Removing domestic violence as grounds for asylum sends a chilling message to survivors in U.S.
To the editor: I was heartened to see coverage of the Trump administration’s decision to block victims of domestic abuse from receiving asylum in the United States.
This decision by the administration is a step... |
ac777763382e3c08327c6031c01a2742 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-drivers-bad-manners-20181101-story.html | Readers React: Why do drivers have bad manners? Because cars dehumanize us | Readers React: Why do drivers have bad manners? Because cars dehumanize us
To the editor: Michael Krikorian misses the point in his op-ed article asking drivers to show gratitude when other motorists show them some courtesy.
Our automobiles dehumanize us. The same woman in Krikorian’s piece who refuses to acknowledge o... |
236ab17745211c6e6128e8528422f5ee | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-drop-police-firefighters-pension-20181104-story.html | Readers React: Ending DROP is a no-brainer to everyone except our union-backed City Council members | Readers React: Ending DROP is a no-brainer to everyone except our union-backed City Council members
To the editor: Thanks to the Los Angeles Times for its continued coverage of the great scam known as the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, which pays veteran L.A. police officers and firefighters both their pension and th... |
3677d5851076d9342806d2a311bbb808 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-elections-voting-standardization-20181118-story.html | Readers React: America’s patchwork system of elections invites voter fraud paranoia. Congress should fix that. | Readers React: America’s patchwork system of elections invites voter fraud paranoia. Congress should fix that.
To the editor: Our elections have always been a source of pride for Americans and admiration from many countries throughout the world. But the chaos, voter suppression and gerrymandering of late has put a blig... |
9412e657e6139342e548c378833ef188 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-environmental-groups-mccarthyism-20180622-story.html | Readers React: Republicans try a new tactic against environmental groups: McCarthyism | Readers React: Republicans try a new tactic against environmental groups: McCarthyism
To the editor: I picked up Monday morning’s paper, and the first thing I noticed was the print headline “A red scare among green groups.”
The article reports that Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) is suggesting that the Natural Resources Defen... |
dcd55cd944c874adb94ee73559ef9ae5 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-eric-bauman-apology-democrats-20181130-story.html | Readers React: The ex-California Democratic Party chairman’s gaslighting is not an apology for bad behavior | Readers React: The ex-California Democratic Party chairman’s gaslighting is not an apology for bad behavior
To the editor: Former California Democratic Party Chairman Eric Bauman has been accused of “a clear and escalating pattern of … horrific and dehumanizing behavior.” In response, Bauman stated: “I deeply regret if... |
fb5647ff14130f1804cff39cd53c0a8d | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-fake-news-writers-20161201-story.html | Opinion: Fake news writers abuse the 1st Amendment and endanger democracy for personal profit | Opinion: Fake news writers abuse the 1st Amendment and endanger democracy for personal profit
To the editor: I am sickened by the actions of these men who deceive the public with fake “news,” not themselves believing what they write. They do this solely for personal profit. (“Inside a Long Beach Web operation that make... |
01f465b6d166eb17aa57cb614e2948a7 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-farm-workers-immigrants-20190215-story.html | Readers React: Immigrant farm laborers deserve more than just ‘guest worker’ protections | Readers React: Immigrant farm laborers deserve more than just ‘guest worker’ protections
To the editor: There is an urgent need for immigration reform to address the situation in agricultural communities, but I disagree with some of the points made by American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall.
We should re... |
a22d28d512d40b15bde39ead5a5a58ca | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-fires-forest-management-trump-20181120-story.html | Readers React: Better zoning laws, not forest management, will save lives in future wildfires | Readers React: Better zoning laws, not forest management, will save lives in future wildfires
To the editor: President Trump is wrong about why California wildfires have been so deadly. As a retired firefighter, I know there are many factors that have led to these disasters, and “poor forest management” is down on the ... |
7d1e7bf518488c2561d67aa57cd8d5a1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-gavin-newsom-trump-20181113-story.html | Readers React: We’ll miss Gov. Brown, but taking on Trump demands an unapologetic progressive like Newsom | Readers React: We’ll miss Gov. Brown, but taking on Trump demands an unapologetic progressive like Newsom
To the editor: Gustavo Arellano believes Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom should avoid being “passionate and rash” and follow Gov. Jerry Brown’s “careful and thoughtful” approach to dealing with President Trump.
The preside... |
0e5036c639108ba6cb3db82eeae3bd6f | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-gaza-fires-kites-20180621-story.html | Readers React: The Palestinians who fly incendiary kites into Israel aren’t protesters, they’re terrorists | Readers React: The Palestinians who fly incendiary kites into Israel aren’t protesters, they’re terrorists
To the editor: I’m not sure who is more delusional — the Palestinian man in the Gaza Strip who claimed that fear of Israeli soldiers “won’t stop us from continuing our peaceful protest to return to our lands,” or ... |
603b04de03ec3411115dc5e52fb08c91 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-gene-block-students-for-justice-in-palestine-ucla-20181115-story.html | Readers React: UCLA will host a Students for Justice in Palestine conference. Few are pleased with its reasoning | Readers React: UCLA will host a Students for Justice in Palestine conference. Few are pleased with its reasoning
To the editor: Academic leaders have an instrument for setting norms of discourse without violating free speech. It is called “selective denunciation,” and it was used effectively by UCLA Chancellor Gene D. ... |
8af128a093ebdc67028cb49e3e1ae5d1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-gorsuch-trump-20170414-story.html | Opinion: How Mitch McConnell stole a Supreme Court seat | Opinion: How Mitch McConnell stole a Supreme Court seat
To the editor: Isn’t it ironic that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) single handedly decided who should serve on the Supreme Court by blocking Merrick Garland from being considered after he was nominated in 2016 by President Obama and then invoking t... |
e05a9c9164ee2433fdfe84711472ca92 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-hiking-yosemite-vernal-fall-20181104-story.html | Readers React: Above Yosemite’s Vernal Fall, danger lurks beneath waters that appear calm on the surface | Readers React: Above Yosemite’s Vernal Fall, danger lurks beneath waters that appear calm on the surface
To the editor: John McKinney does a good job of underscoring the risks of hiking in the wilderness. However, he misses the mark in referencing the danger of entering waters above waterfalls in Yosemite.
Referring to... |
f99472d300ec07e004baa68e1dfc6bd8 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-hollister-ranch-public-access-20180731-story.html | Readers React: Public access would destroy Hollister Ranch’s ‘Garden of Eden’ beaches | Readers React: Public access would destroy Hollister Ranch’s ‘Garden of Eden’ beaches
To the editor: I am a lifelong surfer whose first trip to Hollister Ranch in Santa Barbara County was in the 1960s. It was like visiting the Garden of Eden, with packs of butterflies so thick you couldn’t see through them and bobcats ... |
1b1d043a0a175a5006154a7b0317af7f | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-homeless-housing-city-council-20180621-story.html | Readers React: Put homeless housing right next to City Council members’ homes and L.A. residents will get on board | Readers React: Put homeless housing right next to City Council members’ homes and L.A. residents will get on board
To the editor: More housing for homeless people, in theory, has received very strong support from the public, as shown by the voter-approved $1.2-billion bond measure to pay for new facilities. However, wh... |
754df95aff0f600fcf65e9f904005f5f | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-hormone-replacement-women-20190206-story.html | Readers React: How warnings on hormone replacement therapy saved countless women’s lives | Readers React: How warnings on hormone replacement therapy saved countless women’s lives
To the editor: Dr. Avrum Bluming and social psychologist Carol Tavris selectively ignore critical information in their op-ed article on hormone replacement therapy.
Prescriptions for menopause hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drop... |
86d1098940ea591c8a56602fc4779fbe | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-immigrants-rich-america-home-20180623-story.html | Readers React: All the riches in America can’t make up for what many immigrants leave behind | Readers React: All the riches in America can’t make up for what many immigrants leave behind
To the editor: Jonah Goldberg presents a very simplistic, one-sided argument on the plight of migrants. He states that “poor people want to be richer,” so they immigrate to the U.S. or Western Europe.
As a child of immigrant pa... |
7814532ebbe7788ec650c7f087163c41 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-immigration-overpopulation-20181104-story.html | Readers React: Continued immigration could crowd the U.S. with 500 million people next century | Readers React: Continued immigration could crowd the U.S. with 500 million people next century
To the editor: The Times Editorial Board neglects to tell readers about the demographic consequences of U.S. immigration policy.
Right now, we admit between 1 million and 2 million immigrants per year, the most among world na... |
012fee9051641b246e630f28b759a069 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-jared-kushner-mexico-20181129-story.html | Readers React: The bizarre decision by Mexico’s outgoing president to honor Jared Kushner | Readers React: The bizarre decision by Mexico’s outgoing president to honor Jared Kushner
To the editor: It is difficult to see how White House policy advisor Jared Kushner could be worthy of any honor, especially one from Mexico, a country his father-in-law endlessly insulted and bullied.
Certainly, Kushner’s own repu... |
73c222d7a316d888d1d8e6e7bc269ace | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-john-mccain-brain-cancer-healthcare-20170722-story.html | Opinion: John McCain is getting the healthcare he needs. So should every American. | Opinion: John McCain is getting the healthcare he needs. So should every American.
To the editor: I certainly wish Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) all the luck in the world in his fight against this illness. However, we must note that he was able to get the proper medical attention as a member of Congress and a wealthy citi... |
691277aafd671073157394f31b646641 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-junipero-serra-martin-luther-20180930-story.html | Readers React: If Junipero Serra’s name is banished, then every Lutheran church should have a problem | Readers React: If Junipero Serra’s name is banished, then every Lutheran church should have a problem
To the editor: Steven Hackel’s op-ed article on removing the names of historical figures from public and private buildings and streets — if those personages had done serious harm in their lifetimes — is timely and rele... |
2097b9ee842a17011c21db81c6587a11 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-kamala-harris-president-20180810-story.html | Readers React: Kamala Harris is a lot more qualified to be president than Donald Trump | Readers React: Kamala Harris is a lot more qualified to be president than Donald Trump
To the editor: It appears that the letter writers who insist Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) does not deserve to be considered a viable presidential candidate failed to look up her biography.
She was the district attorney for the city ... |
52ae78c093d28ffd09e832525626906e | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-kevin-de-leon-dianne-feinstein-20180929-story.html | Readers React: Kevin de León has a lot of fight left in him, even if he loses to Dianne Feinstein | Readers React: Kevin de León has a lot of fight left in him, even if he loses to Dianne Feinstein
To the editor: I have enjoyed Gustavo Arellano’s columns so far, but I think he is completely off the proverbial track by suggesting that state Sen. Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) might see an end to his political career be... |
3e889dc852c83393bc94c7cd6dba9ed1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-koreatown-parking-high-density-housing-20190601-story.html | Readers React: Koreatown’s hellish parking will spread if SB 50 backers get their way | Readers React: Koreatown’s hellish parking will spread if SB 50 backers get their way
To the editor: As I read the article on the parking problems in Koreatown, I saw the future of California if state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), the author of SB 50, and his fellow social engineers get their way.
What if they i... |
fd4aa50c9141495a379c83c8c1fff739 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-latin-america-foreign-policy-bolton-20181106-story.html | Readers React: John Bolton returns the U.S. to its days of meddling in Latin American governments | Readers React: John Bolton returns the U.S. to its days of meddling in Latin American governments
To the editor: If Americans are wondering why our democracy is in shambles, they would be wise to finally pay some attention to U.S. foreign policy.
As evidenced in the Nov. 1 article “White House denounces Cuba, Venezuela... |
3e08f7ee5fff8d5e9653e64d2c877ea9 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-lausd-networks-reform-20181108-story.html | Readers React: LAUSD is on precarious fiscal footing. It needs to give major reform a chance | Readers React: LAUSD is on precarious fiscal footing. It needs to give major reform a chance
To the editor: Reporting on the proposed reorganization of the Los Angeles Unified School District reflects the fact that the district must transform so it can meet its fundamental obligations to Los Angeles’ children and the p... |
f486bceb0c15c5ddce5f90721e0829fe | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-lausd-teachers-strike-20190108-story.html | Readers React: LAUSD’s impending teachers strike shows the desperate need for a parcel tax measure | Readers React: LAUSD’s impending teachers strike shows the desperate need for a parcel tax measure
To the editor: Kudos to teachers and the Los Angeles Unified School District for seeing the need to work with Sacramento to increase state funding for K-12 education. (“Why Los Angeles teachers may have to strike,” Opinio... |
898c6cac2322045f64c0655c9d47dc15 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-lindsey-graham-trump-20180929-story.html | Readers React: What’s the matter with Lindsey Graham? | Readers React: What’s the matter with Lindsey Graham?
To the editor: What an about-face by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). His performance at the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday will most surely make the history books in the chapters that discuss President Trump.
When “the Donald” (as Graham called him during the ... |
f4f2a9cf2cee8d4f3d5b81e1484d87b9 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-marston-riley-gofundme-20181107-story.html | Readers React: Teachers put up with the abuse suffered by the arrested Maywood teacher far too often | Readers React: Teachers put up with the abuse suffered by the arrested Maywood teacher far too often
To the editor: The saddest part of Maywood Academy High School teacher Marston Riley’s arrest is how the Los Angeles Unified School District let this teacher down.
This man, who went to college and probably worked hard ... |
518ad13e0873f666c388abeaf7152da3 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-mass-shootings-sandy-hook-thousand-oaks-20181111-story.html | Readers React: Sandy Hook father: Mass shootings are not inevitable if we take these actions | Readers React: Sandy Hook father: Mass shootings are not inevitable if we take these actions
To the editor: Wednesday’s horrific shooting in Thousand Oaks is the latest in a wave of preventable gun violence plaguing our nation. The suspected shooter exhibited classic warning signs and had access to a gun.
As a father w... |
bc39c0ccd81d3d35f5f1036453fd46b8 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-measure-m-transit-20161103-story.html | Opinion: If the slow Expo Line indicates our transit future under Measure M, vote no | Opinion: If the slow Expo Line indicates our transit future under Measure M, vote no
To the editor: One question unaddressed in The Times’ report of Metro’s transit plans if the Measure M half-cent sales tax increase passes is whether we will get a state-of-the-art transit system. If the Expo Line is the future, the an... |
8df7e4a4a090f4973e1cb55f23d9dce8 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-merrick-garland-supreme-court-20180929-story.html | Readers React: The left’s new battle cry: Remember Merrick Garland | Readers React: The left’s new battle cry: Remember Merrick Garland
Nothing mobilizes people more effectively than a shared grievance. The battle cry “Remember the Alamo” — said to have been shouted by Texan soldiers in the 1830s as they violently revolted against the ruling Mexican forces that had won a bloody battle i... |
cd295d217b3cee90c879d6e2d3430633 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-methane-pollution-20170302-story.html | Opinion: Methane is a ‘super pollutant’ that the federal government must help keep out of our air | Opinion: Methane is a ‘super pollutant’ that the federal government must help keep out of our air
To the editor: Kudos to The Times Editorial Board for calling on the U.S. Senate to defend existing methane emission regulations. Protecting against methane releases is critical to ensure cleaner air and improved public he... |
9bc0cf0617595718d7af9d3fe298c80c | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-migrant-caravan-trump-soldiers-20181106-story.html | Readers React: Warped American values: Soldiers sent to the border to confront desperate pilgrims | Readers React: Warped American values: Soldiers sent to the border to confront desperate pilgrims
To the editor: Thousands of active-duty U.S. troops likely will not be spending this Thanksgiving with family and loved ones. They have been ordered to our southern border to assist efforts to stop the men, women and child... |
cdbd48d3f9bf9e1334521cf2bbb34112 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-migrants-asylum-refugees-central-america-20180621-story.html | Readers React: Before ripping apart migrant families, the U.S. helped destabilize their home countries | Readers React: Before ripping apart migrant families, the U.S. helped destabilize their home countries
To the editor: It’s important to remember that those surging north toward our border are fleeing more than just homegrown turmoil and poverty; they are also fleeing the destabilizing legacy of generations of U.S. econ... |
a7e70f404e0aa0195c367d4e13370c51 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-migrants-border-concentration-camps-20190704-story.html | Readers React: Arguing over the term ‘concentration camps’ is a waste of time | Readers React: Arguing over the term ‘concentration camps’ is a waste of time
To the editor: With great sympathy and respect for the survivors of Nazi concentration camps and those who were held in American concentration camps for people of Japanese descent during World War II, I believe no one holds a trademark on the... |
c5c16ef045f0a2ea24146759fb0c731e | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-mountain-lions-los-angeles-20180622-story.html | Readers React: Something we can all rally around in these dark times: baby mountain lions | Readers React: Something we can all rally around in these dark times: baby mountain lions
To the editor: Thank you God and the Los Angeles Times for the picture of the cougar baby with dazzling blue eyes born this spring in the Simi Hills. Never was a picture of a feisty kitten needed more than this week of bad news.
M... |
d1cfee3b105a4a3547ff9e3497e60d0f | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-nancy-pelosi-speaker-democrats-20181120-story.html | Readers React: Suck it up, House Democrats, and make Nancy Pelosi your speaker | Readers React: Suck it up, House Democrats, and make Nancy Pelosi your speaker
To the editor: All the talk about a number of House Democrats opposing the speakership bid by Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) concerns me.
For years the Republicans have demonized her. It is their sneaky way of dealing with accomplished ... |
e57f795705d3247345c9f164577f71f9 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-nazis-los-angeles-kristallnacht-20181106-story.html | Readers React: A disturbing memory of Nazis in Glendale — after World War II | Readers React: A disturbing memory of Nazis in Glendale — after World War II
To the editor: When I read Steven J. Ross’ op-ed article on the reaction by L.A. Nazis to Kristallnacht in 1938, an experience I had in Glendale decades ago flashed through my mind.
In the years after World War II, I was walking north on Glend... |
5953fcd8a397038002e213dc124b5e2f | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-newsom-childhood-education-mark-shriver-20190106-story.html | Readers React: Why Newsom’s $2-billion pledge to early childhood education will be money well spent | Readers React: Why Newsom’s $2-billion pledge to early childhood education will be money well spent
To the editor: Reading about Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom’s nearly $2 billion commitment to early childhood education programs was the best way to start 2019. An investment where we know it does the most good — in our younges... |
1a02ff91d360668e666e63c9cd4b9edf | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-obesity-carbs-science-20181118-story.html | Readers React: Fighting obesity will require more social science than hard science | Readers React: Fighting obesity will require more social science than hard science
To the editor: Dr. David S. Ludwig misses the boat with his hypothesis that processed carbohydrates stimulate more insulin, forcing glucose into fat cells and depriving the rest of the body of calories, thus resulting in hunger.
It has a... |
458a9cbd231ff530617e6899ef96a7c5 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-orange-county-democrat-20181119-story.html | Readers React: Orange County turned blue because its Republican representatives were bad at their jobs | Readers React: Orange County turned blue because its Republican representatives were bad at their jobs
To the editor: Orange County’s Republican members of Congress lost their jobs for the most common of reasons: They disdained their constituents.
I joined the effort to unseat my congresswoman, Mimi Walters, only after... |
027aa1915d4c95d3917b566395cdf6b5 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-pet-stores-puppy-mills-20170708-story.html | Opinion: Before getting a puppy from a pet store, think of the thousands of dogs that get euthanized daily | Opinion: Before getting a puppy from a pet store, think of the thousands of dogs that get euthanized daily
To the editor: The Times is correct to support a state bill to ban pet stores from selling cats, dogs and rabbits bred for that purpose. (“That puppy in the window may have come from a bad breeder,” editorial, Jul... |
7a66b5ec57e680f1e4bc072ae1fa678b | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-pitzer-college-haifi-israel-bds-20181212-story.html | Readers React: Progressive Israeli universities are exactly the wrong target for Pitzer’s BDS activists | Readers React: Progressive Israeli universities are exactly the wrong target for Pitzer’s BDS activists
To the editor: The Pitzer College faculty members who voted in favor of suspending the study abroad program at the University of Haifa in Israel due to concerns about the treatment of Palestinian students and visitor... |
9908d50a7016789a19a7c178280f03a6 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-police-shoot-unarmed-suspects-20161022-snap-story.html | Opinion: When is it OK for police to shoot? Depends on if you’re asking a cop or a civilian | Opinion: When is it OK for police to shoot? Depends on if you’re asking a cop or a civilian
In this election season, the volume of letters on the race between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton has sometimes drowned out robust discussion on other important issues. This week, however, an interesting back-and-forth took pl... |
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