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eed6533c75c12ff62684e315101a02c3 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-prop10-rent-control-economists-20181103-story.html | Readers React: Rent control invites developers to put their money to better use outside housing | Readers React: Rent control invites developers to put their money to better use outside housing
To the editor: My USC colleague Gary Painter’s defense of rent control is flawed.
He argues that, if Proposition 10 passes and developers can no longer maximize returns by raising rents, then they may well switch to Plan B a... |
8255370a1c1ac638e2aecabad18a5126 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-prop6-voters-enthusiasm-20181103-story.html | Readers React: Polls say Prop. 6 will probably fail. Reader enthusiasm for repealing the gas-tax hike suggests it has a good chance | Readers React: Polls say Prop. 6 will probably fail. Reader enthusiasm for repealing the gas-tax hike suggests it has a good chance
Californians love their fuel-burning, climate-trashing cars so much that the state’s effort to eliminate much of its carbon footprint may hit a major roadblock because of greenhouse gas em... |
f4e0ba20ba5868d37799ae926f2db2d9 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-red-sox-dodgers-world-series-20181101-story.html | Readers React: A Red Sox fan congratulates the Dodgers on another good season | Readers React: A Red Sox fan congratulates the Dodgers on another good season
To the editor: Caps off to this year’s Dodgers team! With so many people in Los Angeles disparaging the team because it lost its second World Series in a row, I give the Dodgers credit for being the National League champions and having a terr... |
ca7492418b7114ab465a012128ce67e4 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-reparations-african-americans-20190626-story.html | The U.S. has made reparations to other marginalized groups | The U.S. has made reparations to other marginalized groups
To the editor: One of your letters to the editor, which was published from a gentleman in Topanga, asked if it was fair to make reparations to the families of those who descended from slaves. His point was that to do so would not be fair, considering the wrongs... |
5953292b7109b4d8b25994f8ee00bf2f | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-republicans-obstruction-trump-20170222-story.html | Opinion: Republicans complain the pushback against Trump is ‘unprecedented.’ Are they serious? | Opinion: Republicans complain the pushback against Trump is ‘unprecedented.’ Are they serious?
To the editor: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has accused the Democrats of unprecedented obstructionism because they were performing their constitutional duties of asking for financial and ethical screening of... |
176daf4491680a8f4fecbb5c65e95a6e | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-republicans-vote-against-trump-20181103-story.html | Readers React: It’s important for voters to repudiate Trump — especially Republicans | Readers React: It’s important for voters to repudiate Trump — especially Republicans
To the editor: I wholeheartedly agree with your exhortation to “make sure to vote.” It is most critical for Republicans to get out and crossover vote in droves.
President Trump is a Pied Piper leading his party into an abyss. This time... |
95c474b665fde4744cbcd3e65f275d88 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-rick-perry-energy-secretary-20161217-story.html | Opinion: Rick Perry as Energy secretary? Thanks for the laugh, President-elect Trump. | Opinion: Rick Perry as Energy secretary? Thanks for the laugh, President-elect Trump.
For many of our letter writers, the news about President-elect Donald Trump’s transition has done little to lighten their mood even the slightest bit — until Rick Perry was picked earlier this week as the next U.S. Energy secretary.
T... |
5a9bdb373d4372970411e0d46c329af9 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-rohrabacher-marijuana-voters-20181102-story.html | Readers React: Is Rohrabacher trying to lose Republican voters by caving on marijuana policy? | Readers React: Is Rohrabacher trying to lose Republican voters by caving on marijuana policy?
To the editor: I was disappointed to read in a column on voters trying to flip an Orange County congressional district that Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa) wants to weaken federal laws against marijuana.
Recently-approved... |
87eda5a836bebf0516d112d094e79942 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-scott-jennings-george-w-bush-democratic-debates-20190630-story.html | Readers React: We don’t need a George W. Bush confidante’s counsel on which Democrats to support, thanks | Readers React: We don’t need a George W. Bush confidante’s counsel on which Democrats to support, thanks
To the editor: What liberal voter cares about the opinion of Scott Jennings — a man who worked for the second-worst president in modern history (the worst is currently in office) — on the performance of the Democrat... |
a88783cbc8dab02cb4de3a5012e82966 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-semiautomatic-guns-history-mass-shooting-20181118-story.html | Readers React: History doesn’t support the claim that semiautomatic guns are behind the rise in mass shootings | Readers React: History doesn’t support the claim that semiautomatic guns are behind the rise in mass shootings
To the editor: Benjamin Bahney believes we need to put more restrictions on the sale of semiautomatic guns if we are to reduce the number of mass shootings. Let’s look at a few historical facts.
Several models... |
b0e27d3f746a989a77a71296d2584d6b | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-spanish-children-english-20180622-story.html | Readers React: Spanish-speaking children present no threat to the English language’s hold on America | Readers React: Spanish-speaking children present no threat to the English language’s hold on America
To the editor: “Speak English” stories such as the one recounted by Los Angeles Times reporter Esmeralda Bermudez — whose daughter is being raised speaking Spanish, Armenian and English — always leave me baffled and sad... |
c2117c21717a0f084e17e07318ee4ba9 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-spectrum-cable-boxes-directv-prices-20181102-story.html | Readers React: The relentless TV and internet price increases that monopolies enable | Readers React: The relentless TV and internet price increases that monopolies enable
To the editor: My internet service from Charter cost $29 per month when I got it more than 15 years ago, and now it’s $65 with the larger successor company Spectrum. I’ve added nothing new to my service. (“How much does a cable box rea... |
6253e80046330780bee30a0a7c3e723d | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-steve-knight-campaign-ad-20181104-story.html | Readers React: Rep. Steve Knight’s excuse for featuring a bigoted constituent in his campaign ad doesn’t pass the smell test | Readers React: Rep. Steve Knight’s excuse for featuring a bigoted constituent in his campaign ad doesn’t pass the smell test
To the editor: As a resident of Republican Rep. Steve Knight’s House district, I had to laugh when I read his statement about helping an Air Force veteran receive a lung transplant, and then feat... |
b59cf80ea81947b6b9580286627ba4f7 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-stock-market-bots-20180208-story.html | Readers React: Blame hyper-fast trading algorithms for the latest stock market insanity | Readers React: Blame hyper-fast trading algorithms for the latest stock market insanity
To the editor: I take exception to this wording: “But when the rally fizzled, investor confidence in stock prices quickly turned sour again.” (“Dow plunges 1,175 points as stocks fall, wiping out all of this year’s gains,” Feb. 5)
T... |
a760e46a035965bedf3282f43292bcf2 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-street-racing-prosecutions-20181228-story.html | Readers React: How weak California laws make it impossible to punish street racers adequately | Readers React: How weak California laws make it impossible to punish street racers adequately
To the editor: The real problem in the prosecution of fatal street racing isn’t the difficulty of proving murder, but in other deficiencies in the law.
As noted in the article, it is very difficult to prove murder in these cas... |
c4d3bc4f5f4a0b39341b206bb5b07a82 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-tax-refunds-lower-20190228-story.html | Readers React: Surprised by a lower tax refund? That’s your fault, not Trump’s | Readers React: Surprised by a lower tax refund? That’s your fault, not Trump’s
To the editor: Obviously, what counts is the effective tax rate paid before and after the law took effect, not what refund is received. (“Shrinking tax refunds are a growing problem for GOP tax law,” Feb. 25)
It seems to me that the L.A. Tim... |
96f2e5e766008421a844be42b7453b2b | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-tear-gas-border-20181130-story.html | Readers React: Tear-gassing migrants is inhumane. Any Army veteran would know why | Readers React: Tear-gassing migrants is inhumane. Any Army veteran would know why
To the editor: I am a veteran of the U.S. Army. I did basic training at Fort Ord, Calif.
The most memorable and unpleasant experience I had was being in a small room with my gas mask on, then being told to take the mask off. The room was ... |
8c33097881326494fa75f99d3619ed83 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-terrorism-white-men-20180501-story.html | Readers React: From Reconstruction to mass shootings today: The face of American terrorism is white | Readers React: From Reconstruction to mass shootings today: The face of American terrorism is white
To the editor: The roundup of letters on the Nashville Waffle House shooting suspect appears two days after the National Memorial for Peace and Justice opened in Montgomery, Ala. (“Should readers have to look at a front-... |
4076b4b681bba7903d6f044ebe42f7b1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-thousand-oaks-gun-control-20181113-story.html | Readers React: How many times do gun safety advocates have to say they aren’t calling for a ban on all guns? | Readers React: How many times do gun safety advocates have to say they aren’t calling for a ban on all guns?
To the editor: A comment by one letter writer in response to the recent massacre in Thousand Oaks is discouraging, at best.
He says in response to the mass shooting that there was the usual knee-jerk reaction on... |
e112b7fac1f2f2559aacb413946bc0ae | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-thousand-oaks-letters-mass-shootings-20181110-story.html | Readers React: L.A. Times readers have had plenty of practice writing letters about mass shootings | Readers React: L.A. Times readers have had plenty of practice writing letters about mass shootings
Play the tape again.
Eleven people who were going about their lives at a bar in Thousand Oaks Wednesday night are not alive today; neither is an officer who rushed to help them. The man suspected of being responsible for ... |
1545504e4346af10dde605cacb6ea957 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-tim-draper-3-californias-20180621-story.html | Readers React: Tim Draper should use his billions to end the electoral college, not break up California | Readers React: Tim Draper should use his billions to end the electoral college, not break up California
To the editor: Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper seems to like to tilt at windmills and spend his money on fantasies, like splitting California into three states (this time) or six states (in 2014). This w... |
d37e78fd5ec78ea9ce954f8a1267db16 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-train-20160901-snap-story.html | Opinion: Has the Expo Line already gone off-track? | Opinion: Has the Expo Line already gone off-track?
To the editor: Are negatives the only way one can sell newspapers today? The fact that, according to your article, “During evening rush hour, more than one-third of trains arrived at least five minutes behind schedule” is positively amazing! (Expo trains often late, Au... |
1f51e572c8f25853285e9fea7a38cb6f | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trees-los-angeles-developers-20190106-story.html | Readers React: If L.A. loves its trees, it should stop developers from ripping out so many of them | Readers React: If L.A. loves its trees, it should stop developers from ripping out so many of them
To the editor: Thank you for the fine nod to Los Angeles’ trees and to the need to pay them homage through the city’s budget.
Still, there was a glaring omission: the regular practice of allowing tree removal when proposa... |
d90ffdfbb04d5ca096e659f513df94f4 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-tropy-hunting-bill-california-20180623-story.html | Readers React: Animals belong alive in the wild, not dead as a trophy on someone’s wall | Readers React: Animals belong alive in the wild, not dead as a trophy on someone’s wall
To the editor: Hanging an animal’s head on a wall is macabre. It suffered. It had a life. It had a mate, and young. If an alpha, killing it eliminated a blood line.
As founder and president of an international nonprofit dedicated to... |
7aaadd2c93c65c3aba05754683877791 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-campaign-john-cox-20180620-story.html | Readers React: Is it really a good idea for John Cox to have Trump campaign for him in California? | Readers React: Is it really a good idea for John Cox to have Trump campaign for him in California?
To the editor: Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox trumpets the engagement of the president in his campaign against Democrat Gavin Newsom. The important question is, what will President Trump’s campaigning mean fo... |
eb48e82a84858887dc456ef71e93a2cc | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-coal-miners-climate-change-20170401-story.html | Opinion: Don’t let President Trump send coal workers back into the mines | Opinion: Don’t let President Trump send coal workers back into the mines
To the editor: My father was born in Pennsylvania; his father — my grandfather — was a coal miner who always said, “None of my boys will go down into the mines.” And none of them did. (“Despite Trump’s bluster, rolling back Obama-era environmental... |
9813e49182479a1cd1b829e42ba5339e | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-deadly-force-border-20181125-story.html | Readers React: Deadly force against asylum seekers? Even this president may have hit a new low | Readers React: Deadly force against asylum seekers? Even this president may have hit a new low
To the editor: President Trump’s decision to allow U.S. troops deployed at our southern border to use potentially deadly force against asylum seekers darkens the taint of cowardice and weakness that he has cast upon the Ameri... |
7595d338d810966b4673cf8a6aaea2dd | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-debate-dictator-20161020-snap-story.html | Opinion: Donald Trump, ‘dictator-in-waiting’ | Opinion: Donald Trump, ‘dictator-in-waiting’
To the editor: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said that, if he’s president, he might jail his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. In the final debate, he admitted that if he lost, he might or might not concede the election, thus ignoring one of the great p... |
5728cf041eda29ccd61baead2e6dfa43 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-democrats-2020-election-20190106-story.html | Readers React: Why does everyone assume Trump will run for reelection in 2020? | Readers React: Why does everyone assume Trump will run for reelection in 2020?
To the editor: The editorial on the Democratic Party primary for 2020 makes the same assumption as just about every other article on the subject: President Trump will run for a second term. I find this to be unlikely.
First of all, Trump’s l... |
2bb8dc5716a0c932d0d8b8ba3bd43921 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-family-immigrants-20181103-story.html | Readers React: Has Trump forgotten that he comes from a family of immigrants? | Readers React: Has Trump forgotten that he comes from a family of immigrants?
To the editor: Questions over who ought to be considered American are complicated for those who do not look white. Ethnically and culturally, I am numerous things, which is a huge bonus because it helps me understand others. Because I have a ... |
5bd32ee172c10b907ecc3d5dc0022d44 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-fires-california-tweet-20181112-story.html | Readers React: Trump couldn’t just express empathy for California fire victims. What’s the matter with him? | Readers React: Trump couldn’t just express empathy for California fire victims. What’s the matter with him?
To the editor: President Trump’s first tweet about the California fires should have been: “We are saddened by the loss of life and property caused by California’s fires. Our thanks and admiration to the firefight... |
46bcc89f80c0f393339955d70ea3a6e6 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-human-rights-council-20180622-story.html | Readers React: The U.N. Human Rights Council doesn’t meet Trump’s high standards — but Putin and Kim do? | Readers React: The U.N. Human Rights Council doesn’t meet Trump’s high standards — but Putin and Kim do?
To the editor: President Trump’s advocacy of the U.S. dropping out of the United Nations Human Rights Council is lamentable.
Repeatedly, over decades, the United States has advocated for the rights and interests of ... |
c9e072e287306df7f1a6d162485b2b75 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-immigration-family-separation-20180623-story.html | Readers React: Trump’s executive order won’t erase Americans’ memories of his inhumanity | Readers React: Trump’s executive order won’t erase Americans’ memories of his inhumanity
To the editor: We won’t forget.
Atty. Gen. Jeff Sessions, we won’t forget the way you quoted Scripture as you justified taking children away from their parents. We won’t forget that you heartlessly insisted on enforcing this policy... |
18d7781afe1bc33d9de8842c40b5bb03 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-jamal-khashoggi-cia-20181120-story.html | Readers React: Yes, we have a president who believes a brutal autocrat over American intelligence agencies | Readers React: Yes, we have a president who believes a brutal autocrat over American intelligence agencies
To the editor: At first I thought people were crazy calling for President Trump’s impeachment, but after he sided with the Saudi crown prince, who the CIA concluded ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashogg... |
96d86e57e2bd5fb96faf55e6b616f069 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-legitimacy-20180731-story.html | Readers React: Doubting Trump’s legitimacy is as loony as believing Obama was born in Kenya | Readers React: Doubting Trump’s legitimacy is as loony as believing Obama was born in Kenya
To the editor: That the Los Angeles Times would publish Virginia Heffernan’s attack on President Trump’s legitimacy as president is a new low for the mainstream media.
She suggests most data projections predicted Trump would los... |
a79c4b4beb2082730eb2ca1ee4969934 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-mattis-resignation-letter-20181225-story.html | Readers React: How badly does Trump misunderstand military conflict? Read Mattis’ resignation letter to find out | Readers React: How badly does Trump misunderstand military conflict? Read Mattis’ resignation letter to find out
To the editor: I’m an antiwar liberal, so there’s a lot about which I disagree with outgoing Defense Secretary James N. Mattis, especially the idea that his resignation letter evokes the “common sense, wisdo... |
e7bb71f79bfb844e6e98372c13f210a1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-new-zealand-rhetoric-20190318-story.html | Readers React: Trump’s rhetoric didn’t cause the New Zealand attack, but it isn’t helping | Readers React: Trump’s rhetoric didn’t cause the New Zealand attack, but it isn’t helping
To the editor: Fifty people are dead at the hands of a terrorist in New Zealand, and what have we learned? Words do indeed matter.
While expressing condolences, President Trump once again failed to address the underlying cause of ... |
42384021e37ef16f7164169e0ff7fdc4 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-rhetoric-republicans-20181102-story.html | Readers React: Trump’s hateful rhetoric woos a lot more voters than the GOP’s damaging economic policies | Readers React: Trump’s hateful rhetoric woos a lot more voters than the GOP’s damaging economic policies
To the editor: Jonah Goldberg says that while President Trump’s rhetoric is unhelpful, “not everyone who jumped aboard the Trump train is a bigot.”
But if Trump had never appealed to people’s latent bigotry, the Rep... |
1cfae1b36b002e537cb40a12db945399 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-saudi-crown-prince-jamal-khashoggi-20181120-story.html | Readers React: Trump’s amoral, transactional style of leadership is on full display in his support for the Saudi crown prince | Readers React: Trump’s amoral, transactional style of leadership is on full display in his support for the Saudi crown prince
To the editor: President Trump’s statement expressing support for Saudi Arabia and its crown prince, whom the CIA concluded ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, reveals his charact... |
a66a37ba44aceb1a6e66977a0040a2b4 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-trump-shutdown-border-wall-20181224-story.html | Readers React: This government shutdown is over 215 miles of fencing along a 2,000-mile border | Readers React: This government shutdown is over 215 miles of fencing along a 2,000-mile border
To the editor: The United States government has been partially shut down because President Trump did not get $5 billion to start building his wall along U.S.-Mexico border.
What does $5 billion buy? According to Sen. Ted Cruz... |
98378480e42bd9edc5dfa008b1688fb1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-voters-too-many-choices-20181107-story.html | Readers React: Our ballots are too big. Give voters less to decide on, and more might just show up | Readers React: Our ballots are too big. Give voters less to decide on, and more might just show up
To the editor: Noah Berlatsky’s call to eliminate barriers to voting is right on. In California, there is an additional barrier: the overly complicated ballot.
As a very conscientious voter, I read the arguments, looked a... |
5ec7f4f5b2e14cf9baa196cac37ded82 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-voting-election-day-20181107-story.html | Readers React: Now that we don’t even vote on the same day anymore, do Americans have anything left in common? | Readers React: Now that we don’t even vote on the same day anymore, do Americans have anything left in common?
To the editor: By the beginning of this century there were only three things that Americans did at the same time: celebrate the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving, and vote on the first Tuesday after the first Mo... |
7d39f170120c2d563029503359a6ac4c | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-william-barr-spying-trump-20190413-story.html | Readers React: William Barr shows he’s Trump’s attorney general, not the country’s | Readers React: William Barr shows he’s Trump’s attorney general, not the country’s
To the editor: After a few appearances before Congress, there should be little doubt that U.S. Atty. Gen. William Barr is now officially part of Team Trump. (“William Barr gives aid and comfort to Trump’s conspiracy theories,” editorial,... |
b3f380f6a9144cbfea585874ad0e6a44 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-08-07/free-college-tuition-democratic-presidential-candidates?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Feducation+%28L.A.+Times+-+Education%29 | Op-Ed: The fallacy of ‘free college for all’ | Op-Ed: The fallacy of ‘free college for all’
On the surface, the notion of “free college for all” sounds like a good idea, especially to progressives. What supporters of tuition-free college might not understand is that transitioning from the current U.S. system of financing higher education to one where the student pa... |
350f46578d66af56d1a73d9d3ff2348a | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-08-10/socalgas-astroturf-cpuc-aliso-canyon? | Editorial: SoCal Gas’ sleazy ‘Astroturf’ effort to keep fossil fuels flowing in California | Editorial: SoCal Gas’ sleazy ‘Astroturf’ effort to keep fossil fuels flowing in California
Southern California Gas Co. is in hot water again.
The utility is still under investigation for the massive 2015 Aliso Canyon natural gas leak, a climate disaster that forced 8,000 residents near Porter Ranch to evacuate for mont... |
30cad2a7a6bb97ff25ce03ee6a5708e3 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-08-19/millennials-racism-2020-campaign-usc-study | Op-Ed: The U.S. is getting less tolerant of racism. Credit millennials | Op-Ed: The U.S. is getting less tolerant of racism. Credit millennials
Racism is increasingly unacceptable to most Americans. It’s increasingly unacceptable among conservatives as well as liberals, and among those with and without a college education. But what’s behind the United States becoming a place where racist ex... |
eed34e51ebd9dced659afca084af2c81 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-09-03/asylum-migrants-immigration-detention-border-trump | Opinion: Every aspect of America’s asylum system now seems broken | Opinion: Every aspect of America’s asylum system now seems broken
The Trump administration has attempted to close the door on asylum seekers who are looking for refuge in the United States. But even as it blocks entry — and sends tens of thousands of asylum seekers to Mexico to wait out their immigration proceedings — ... |
c72417b05673f49d89cbbecd652771de | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-09-16/divestment-fossil-fuel-university-of-california-climate-change | Opinion: UC investments are going fossil free. But not exactly for the reasons you may think | Opinion: UC investments are going fossil free. But not exactly for the reasons you may think
Our job is to make money for the University of California, and we’re betting we can do that without fossil fuels investments.
We are investors and fiduciaries for what is widely considered the best public research university in... |
46dc6d813f6fef190ab8372e55ef251f | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-09-20/refugee-donald-trump-restrictions-border-crisis | Opinion: Trump’s refugee limits betray past Republican presidents and the founders | Opinion: Trump’s refugee limits betray past Republican presidents and the founders
Top aides to President Trump, according to White House leaks, are urging him to limit or even eliminate refugee admissions to the United States. The administration has already severely reduced America’s refugee program, especially in com... |
6f61d794782e46c7c9e33de1b8097ee1 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-10-19/this-isnt-the-first-time-trump-has-acted-in-turkeys-interest | Letters to the Editor: This isn’t the first time Trump has acted in Turkey’s interest | Letters to the Editor: This isn’t the first time Trump has acted in Turkey’s interest
To the editor: Jonah Goldberg glibly concludes that President Trump was “simply winging it” when he green-lit Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria and betrayed our Kurdish allies. This fails to connect the dots.
Trump, in fact, has con... |
e9973b6bd3c000209f7c0ab163667bfc | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-10-23/math-high-school-algebra-data-statistics | Opinion: Modern high school math should be about data science — not Algebra 2 | Opinion: Modern high school math should be about data science — not Algebra 2
Thanks to the information revolution, a stunning 90% of the data created by humanity has been generated in just the past two years.
Yet the math taught in U.S. schools hasn’t materially changed since Sputnik was sent into orbit in the late 19... |
47ded204e5582f32db88e7817a9f6ab9 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-10-28/california-fires-climate-change?fbclid=IwAR0nu2Q3JvJtl8pwaBT92gVig2MLPJ-H-pbFuSd89qNU8djBcFViazWBVkA | Editorial: Climate change has set California on fire. Are you paying attention? | Editorial: Climate change has set California on fire. Are you paying attention?
California is in a state of emergency.
Since early October, millions of people in the northern and southern parts of the state have had their electricity shut off to prevent downed power lines from setting off deadly fires, like the ones th... |
1b9596f99d3836eeb5e3a9ac492e6614 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-10-29/advice-neuroscience-psychology-social-pressure-research | Opinion: Why you find it so hard to resist taking bad advice | Opinion: Why you find it so hard to resist taking bad advice
When my doctor ordered a CT scan I didn’t need, I found myself in an uncomfortable position. As a physician myself, I quickly realized the scan was unnecessary and preferred not to expose myself to ionizing radiation, which can increase the risk for cancer. N... |
3327879f1220dcf19844f2b45ab3b89a | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-11-02/why-are-horses-still-dying-at-santa-anita-park-are-all-the-reforms-in-place-not-enough | Editorial: Horses are still dying at Santa Anita and something has to give | Editorial: Horses are still dying at Santa Anita and something has to give
After a tumultuous season in which dozens of horses died at the fabled Santa Anita Park, officials put in place a slew of groundbreaking reforms before the start of the 2019 fall meeting: tough new drug restrictions, the addition of four more ve... |
114a28d312fb2ce79b586a00f6a7371f | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-11-03/pg-e-bankruptcy-government-takeover | Editorial: PG&E is California’s most troubled electric utility. Time for a government takeover? | Editorial: PG&E is California’s most troubled electric utility. Time for a government takeover?
Time’s up for Pacific Gas & Electric Co. The state’s largest and most troubled electric power provider has failed repeatedly, and disastrously, to deliver power to Northern California safely and reliably. And now we have rea... |
bd496e4b335a5c90cd503aab76a081b3 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-11-24/elect-woman-president-warren?_amp=true | Are Americans ready for a female president? Yes. In fact, they might prefer one | Are Americans ready for a female president? Yes. In fact, they might prefer one
Shortly after declaring her intention to run for president of the United States, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren was asked how she would address people who wanted to support her but worried that their fellow voters would not put a woman... |
f9653f965c0273e8f05386c1fc178410 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-12-05/pebble-mine-alaska-epa-trump-salmon-bristol-bay? | Opinion: Will pristine Bristol Bay be the Trump administration’s next sacrifice? | Opinion: Will pristine Bristol Bay be the Trump administration’s next sacrifice?
Even by the vanishingly low ethical and environmental standards of the Trump administration, the proposed Pebble Mine project in Alaska stands out for its shamelessness.
Southwest Alaska’s Bristol Bay region, which would be irrevocably upe... |
a5e8200a9536ea37b78b6ecb14457f17 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-08/prince-harry-meghan-renounce-title | Commentary: Renounce your titles, you cowards | Commentary: Renounce your titles, you cowards
It’s cute whenever thirtysomething rich kids want to become financially independent of their parents.
So hats off to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who have announced their intention to wean themselves from the teat of the British state, upon which they have feasted for fa... |
80b1b4413cc76645331e0fa748e18387 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-30/bureau-of-land-management-deforestation-pinyon-juniper-great-basin?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Fscience%2Fenvironment+%28L.A.+Times+-+Environment%29 | Op-Ed: Pinyon and juniper woodlands define the West. Why is the BLM turning them to mulch? | Op-Ed: Pinyon and juniper woodlands define the West. Why is the BLM turning them to mulch?
The federal government is overseeing a program of massive deforestation on Western public lands. Some 7.4 million acres of pinyon-juniper forest in the care of the Bureau of Land Management in Nevada, Utah and southern Idaho are ... |
4375f0d4a67b4759e9131ba0e10a97cc | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-02-13/second-guessing-doctors-think-twice | Op-Ed: Second-guessing may do more harm than good — especially among doctors | Op-Ed: Second-guessing may do more harm than good — especially among doctors
You always remember the first patient who died on your watch. Mine was an older man with a faulty heart — the main pump had failed and his heart was beating irregularly and far too fast. We tried to slow it down with medications, but later tha... |
f65f8010c89e52986a99b4ac7623e740 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-02-15/afghanstan-reduction-in-violence | Op-Ed: Is this the time the Afghanistan war ends? | Op-Ed: Is this the time the Afghanistan war ends?
On the night of Sept. 11, 2001, in the bomb shelter of the White House, I was part of President George W. Bush’s crisis team and among those who urged him to use military force in Afghanistan. The Taliban, then Afghanistan’s de facto government, was harboring al Qaeda, ... |
cf9906040928745c8757650ca1749187 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-02-19/internships-sacramento-congress-pay?fbclid=IwAR1Chw_QtvlYsr4ZJ_SU1nMQtiog64aTVoDIZBT5PrroYV0lW4I5CYxWt3g | Op-Ed: Sacramento’s army of interns deserves to be paid | Op-Ed: Sacramento’s army of interns deserves to be paid
There are interns in almost every office at the Capitol in Sacramento, and very few of them are paid. They answer phones, write press releases, research legislation and track constituent requests. The privilege of gaining experience — and an advantage in their lat... |
86a44223dfb53d7515a9dd2805916ef2 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-02-20/bernie-sanders-democratic-nomination-without-a-majority | Opinion: Surprise, Surprise. Bernie Sanders now thinks the front-runner should get the Democratic nomination | Opinion: Surprise, Surprise. Bernie Sanders now thinks the front-runner should get the Democratic nomination
A lot of the initial reaction to Wednesday’s Democratic presidential debate focused on the way the candidates went after each other — a Twitter wag sent out an ad for the movie “Knives Out” — and the shaky perfo... |
f776e1968031d9c63ab9ddc635fc841d | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-02-20/bloomberg-biden-and-klobuchar-las-vegas-debate-problems | Opinion: Bloomberg, Klobuchar and Biden each had cringe-worthy debate moments | Opinion: Bloomberg, Klobuchar and Biden each had cringe-worthy debate moments
Much of the punditry about Wednesday night’s Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas focuses on the shelling that former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg took from his rivals. And, indeed, Bloomberg had some very, very bad moments... |
a6e7bcbcbcfd373833220cce3879b11f | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-02-20/george-gascon-for-l-a-district-attorney-over-jackie-lacey | Endorsement: L.A. County needs a criminal justice innovator. George Gascón could be that leader | Endorsement: L.A. County needs a criminal justice innovator. George Gascón could be that leader
In 2012, Jackie Lacey defeated a traditional tough-on-crime prosecutor to become Los Angeles County district attorney. Voters seemed to appreciate her cautious openness to new thinking, and indeed some of her policies — espe... |
97796a3aadf99480b7f74d237e160f12 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-02-20/saving-homes-eminent-domain | Letters to the Editor: Saving people’s homes is a good reason for L.A. to use eminent domain | Letters to the Editor: Saving people’s homes is a good reason for L.A. to use eminent domain
To the editor: I have spent exactly one night sleeping in a tent on the streets of Los Angeles. As part of a protest in 2018 against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and its continued abuses of migrants, I camped outsid... |
6824b9c14b7e63a10f5a7030a9cdbe9c | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-02-20/we-need-more-organ-donors | Letters to the Editor: One grim statistic shows we desperately need more organ donors | Letters to the Editor: One grim statistic shows we desperately need more organ donors
To the editor: In a letter to the editor, Dr. Jonathan Lucas, the chief medical examiner-coroner of Los Angeles County, states that only 5% of the nearly 10,000 deaths investigated annually by his office involve tissue and/or organ do... |
f6471c4db6679c5abf0cd1da06793121 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-02-21/column-as-l-a-says-goodbye-to-kobe-bryant-its-worth-asking-why-some-fame-lasts-and-some-vanishes | Column: As L.A. says goodbye to Kobe Bryant, it’s worth asking why some fame lasts, and some vanishes | Column: As L.A. says goodbye to Kobe Bryant, it’s worth asking why some fame lasts, and some vanishes
At Abraham Lincoln’s deathbed, his sobbing secretary of war said, “Now he belongs to the ages.” But how well do the ages hold on to our memory? As Los Angeles bids hail and farewell to Kobe Bryant, his daughter and the... |
ae064e8a66824dfcc8b5b761a0495aff | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-02-26/super-tuesday-voter-turnout-young-latino-asian-american | Column: Will Super Tuesday see a super turnout of young, Latino and Asian American voters? | Column: Will Super Tuesday see a super turnout of young, Latino and Asian American voters?
At last, at long last, California is a player in choosing a political party’s presidential candidate. But what voters will be joining the game in next week’s primary, and which ones will be sitting it out? USC’s California Civic ... |
664dbe0082e1f3e3cd1955f10bfbff13 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-02-29/opinion-newsletter-bernie-sanders | What’s the matter with Bernie Sanders? A lot | What’s the matter with Bernie Sanders? A lot
Good morning. I’m Paul Thornton, and it is Saturday, March 1 — er, I mean, Saturday, Feb. 29. Let’s take a look back at the week in Opinion.
Some of the readers who harangue me about fixating on President Trump week in and week out (he’s the president, and he’s terrible at i... |
601b14326c0c00080da5aeef006abdba | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-02-29/stop-panicking-over-bernie-sanders | Letters to the Editor: Calling Bernie Sanders a socialist doesn’t make him one, so stop panicking | Letters to the Editor: Calling Bernie Sanders a socialist doesn’t make him one, so stop panicking
To the editor: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders has a lot of ideas for helping a lot of people, including underpaid workers, students and those experiencing homelessness. This does not mean he will soc... |
057d6b8989e2fcdc0ab0d1429a699425 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-11/elizabeth-warren-electability-democratic-primaries? | Op-Ed: Elizabeth Warren, caught in the electability trap | Op-Ed: Elizabeth Warren, caught in the electability trap
Are Americans ready for a woman president? The Democratic primaries suggest the answer is “no.” Despite an initial field including four distinguished women, all senators with strong favorability ratings among Democratic voters, the field has already coalesced aro... |
80d784d8663fa9aa5d3502bcbf52c204 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-18/coronavirus-prisons-releases | Editorial: Coronavirus makes jails and prisons potential death traps. That puts us all in danger | Editorial: Coronavirus makes jails and prisons potential death traps. That puts us all in danger
Despite the worldwide consensus on the best measures people can take to protect themselves from the coronavirus, there are more than 2 million people in the United States who cannot practice social distancing, are prohibite... |
e418c26eb8f6e7e7bde7a7b96614001d | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-26/gavin-newsom-andrew-cuomo-coronavirus-donald-trump | Column: Andrew Cuomo and Gavin Newsom deliver the leadership and straight talk Trump won’t | Column: Andrew Cuomo and Gavin Newsom deliver the leadership and straight talk Trump won’t
On Tuesday, Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York, spoke to the media from a Manhattan convention center that’s being converted into a 1,000-bed hospital for COVID-19 patients.
No one delivers bad news as well as Cuomo. He is a ... |
b4fe58ccc231d27d9156a54351c4ef72 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-27/congress-2-trillion-coronavirus-rescue | Editorial: Congress is moving fast on a coronavirus economic rescue — for better and worse | Editorial: Congress is moving fast on a coronavirus economic rescue — for better and worse
With COVID-19 infections and deaths climbing fast, Congress is moving at a remarkable pace to throw an unprecedented amount of federal resources — $2 trillion in tax dollars and a $4-trillion boost from the Federal Reserve — at t... |
0feb1f92a3e8e0a08c326ef1faa72d67 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-27/coronavirus-covid-19-hoarding-panic-buying-hypochondria | Op-Ed: I’m the daughter of a hypochondriac. I know that fear of COVID-19 won’t make us safer. | Op-Ed: I’m the daughter of a hypochondriac. I know that fear of COVID-19 won’t make us safer.
Two weeks ago, when restaurants were still open, I watched a friend at lunch repeatedly spritz his hands with hand sanitizer. It seemed more compulsion than prudent protective measure. If he keeps this up for the duration of t... |
3ad5f1e52173ca522ec662c509228563 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-27/covid-19-economy-freedoms | Opinion: Exactly how much power do we really want to give the government right now? | Opinion: Exactly how much power do we really want to give the government right now?
The coronavirus outbreak is becoming a new ideological litmus test, but not the one we all thought it was going to be.
Sure, there’s the usual split between the Trumpian right, which has insisted throughout that the problem is under con... |
d87be7d5d745976d2c3ede9f862e4999 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-27/housing-homeless-people-together-coronavirus | Letters to the Editor: Housing homeless people together to fight coronavirus makes no sense | Letters to the Editor: Housing homeless people together to fight coronavirus makes no sense
To the editor: The use of hotels, motels and particularly recreation centers with many beds in large rooms as emergency housing for Los Angeles’ homeless people is possibly the worst choice imaginable. High-density facilities wi... |
3ed391d675cadac6b3003cde1a4f8bbb | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-27/opinion-trump-isnt-alone-in-worrying-about-closed-churches-during-the-pandemic | Opinion: Trump isn’t alone in worrying about closing churches during the pandemic | Opinion: Trump isn’t alone in worrying about closing churches during the pandemic
President Trump was widely criticized this week after he said that “I’d love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter.” The most important holiday on the Christian calendar, he added later, would be a “beautiful time”... |
4ef6c37d5d9718c1fa938a1b847648f7 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-27/trump-reagan-aids | Letters to the Editor: At least Trump isn’t as bad as Reagan was when he ignored AIDS | Letters to the Editor: At least Trump isn’t as bad as Reagan was when he ignored AIDS
To the editor: One important detail is missing from the article about similarities between the current coronavirus pandemic and the early years of the AIDS epidemic.
President Trump, however grudgingly, is at least acknowledging and a... |
ba883558d7ab4257bbf174f01e613b81 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-27/trump-wont-sacrifice-thousands-of-americans-coronavirus | Letters to the Editor: No, Trump won’t sacrifice thousands of Americans to win reelection | Letters to the Editor: No, Trump won’t sacrifice thousands of Americans to win reelection
To the editor: In columnist Robin Abcarian’s imagination, President Trump will happily sacrifice hundreds of thousands of Americans in order to revive the economy and win a second term.
Question: In what universe does a politician... |
546f2e606dc22391aa853e75e12afaa0 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-28/billionaires-coronavirus-will-make-some-of-you-mere-millionaires | Letters to the Editor: Sorry, billionaires; coronavirus will make some of you mere millionaires | Letters to the Editor: Sorry, billionaires; coronavirus will make some of you mere millionaires
To the editor: The stunning and callous remarks by the three billionaires featured in this article, especially payroll processing firm founder Tom Golisano, illustrate the level of entitlement and privilege these people enjo... |
c121d8cadf03b63d99e9f5c776aafedb | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-28/op-ed-dispatches-coronavirus-pandemic-togetherness-ritual-er?fbclid=IwAR0-ybSXxqrP-EmrECluKGh49l-GNSp6WRtcS-xNHQ1fSENhVv69ubYlp6Y | Op-Ed: Dispatches from the pandemic: coronavirus togetherness, a nightly ritual, keeping focus in the ER | Op-Ed: Dispatches from the pandemic: coronavirus togetherness, a nightly ritual, keeping focus in the ER
In the ER, no room for distraction
By Mark Morocco
The other day, during my “social distance” run, I fell.
I’ve been a diligent runner for 30 years and have fallen maybe 10 times. It’s always for the same reason. I ... |
07ed9ec08ddb8a1d1411b47844574aee | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-29/california-nursing-shortage-coronavirus-covid-19 | Letters to the Editor: The change California must make right now to get more nurses working | Letters to the Editor: The change California must make right now to get more nurses working
To the editor: The article about the dire state of nursing education in the face of COVID-19 and loss of clinical opportunities for nursing students was spot on.
The use of sophisticated virtual simulation in nursing education i... |
cff25c457526f8731485fdfaed07f86a | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-29/california-nursing-shortage-coronavirus-covid-19?_amp=true | The change California must make right now to get more nurses working | The change California must make right now to get more nurses working
To the editor: The article about the dire state of nursing education in the face of COVID-19 and loss of clinical opportunities for nursing students was spot on.
The use of sophisticated virtual simulation in nursing education is supported by evidence... |
812607ed223de46593e1a4ccc223373b | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-29/coronavirus-doesnt-excuse-barring-public-input | Editorial: Beware of coronavirus-inspired attempts to lock you out of L.A.'s public debate | Editorial: Beware of coronavirus-inspired attempts to lock you out of L.A.'s public debate
When the Los Angeles City Council began canceling its meetings, there was understandable anger and frustration. Social distancing rules adopted because of the novel coronavirus emergency kept the council from convening in person ... |
d983f90382d8066bb0e39e452f2cc3f7 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-29/coronavirus-if-trump-alone-can-fix-it-then-why-the-hell-hasnt-he | Column: If Trump alone can fix our coronavirus crisis, then why the hell hasn’t he? | Column: If Trump alone can fix our coronavirus crisis, then why the hell hasn’t he?
In 2016, as Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination, he said the “system” was broken. “I alone can fix it,” he darkly proclaimed.
At the time, his dictatorial demeanor chilled me to the bone.
But you know what’s cra... |
872a9fc4cb250c2a869b6c6747e1c866 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-29/trump-should-watch-cuomo-and-newsom | Letters to the Editor: Trump should watch Cuomo and Newsom to learn how to give coronavirus updates | Letters to the Editor: Trump should watch Cuomo and Newsom to learn how to give coronavirus updates
To the editor: I start each day listening to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus news conference. I find his manner and message to be reassuring. His daily updates remind me of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fire... |
965a9c43ba7aabc762f4f29cad0bd6fc | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-30/column-trumps-daily-coronavirus-press-conferences-arent-just-excruciating-theyre-dangerous | Column: Trump’s daily coronavirus news briefings aren’t just excruciating. They’re dangerous | Column: Trump’s daily coronavirus news briefings aren’t just excruciating. They’re dangerous
On Sunday, President Trump, absent any hard evidence, suggested that large numbers of masks were being stolen from New York hospitals, citing an unnamed facility he said had seen a huge surge in mask usage. “How do you go from ... |
312740e81d616a20898e40c22ad44606 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-30/donald-trump-approval-ratings-coronavirus-pandemic | Op-Ed: A virus is raging. The economy is in free fall. Why Trump’s approval rating is still going up | Op-Ed: A virus is raging. The economy is in free fall. Why Trump’s approval rating is still going up
The number of cases of COVID-19 is soaring in the United States. The economy is in free fall. Tens of millions of Americans are locked down in their homes. Hospitals around the country are becoming overwhelmed by the d... |
fe5a745f7675756a70ef0a118348c6d7 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-31/covid-19-indian-reservation-navajo-coronavirus | Letters to the Editor: He’s from Indian Country. Now, he worries about COVID-19’s impact on his community | Letters to the Editor: He’s from Indian Country. Now, he worries about COVID-19’s impact on his community
To the editor: I grew up in a small community on the western periphery of the Navajo reservation in northwest New Mexico. It is a small town with two major streets, one intersection and 3,000 people. (“No running w... |
115a7a2987681d614cdb19ada63b8ce9 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-31/editorial-when-coronavirus-and-fire-risks-collide | Editorial: California’s wildfires aren’t going to stay quarantined for coronavirus | Editorial: California’s wildfires aren’t going to stay quarantined for coronavirus
Remember wildfires? With the COVID-19 pandemic sucking up all the oxygen in the news cycle, it’s easy to forget that there are other threats to public safety out there.
The state’s power companies have not forgotten, however. They are un... |
c37ebef2fc739b44e449502a833a85b8 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-31/joe-biden-donald-trump-bernie-sanders-2020-election-black-vote | Op-Ed: Black voters pragmatically support Biden to beat Trump — but we deserve Sanders’ big agenda | Op-Ed: Black voters pragmatically support Biden to beat Trump — but we deserve Sanders’ big agenda
Joe Biden’s resurgence has been swift and unstoppable. From the cusp of irrelevance, he rocketed to the status of presumptive nominee as Super Tuesday I and II unfolded. His historic reversal of fortune was made easier by... |
4ff2f51254c74a2fdc26276238edc345 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-31/migrant-children-detention-covid19-pandemic | Editorial: Migrant children shouldn’t be detained, but especially not during a pandemic | Editorial: Migrant children shouldn’t be detained, but especially not during a pandemic
A federal judge in Los Angeles, concerned that migrant children being held in federal detention are facing dangerous exposure to the coronavirus, ordered the Trump administration on Saturday to speed up the release of minors to rela... |
599c72ef09462b9b5dd698c901fb9653 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-31/more-doctors-nurses-needed-newsom-order | Editorial: Newsom opens the door to more doctors and nurses, but it needs to be opened wider | Editorial: Newsom opens the door to more doctors and nurses, but it needs to be opened wider
California’s medical system — and the nation’s, for that matter — need more of just about everything to cope with the oncoming wave of COVID-19 cases. More ICU beds, more masks, gowns, ventilators and tests.
They also need more... |
c86ff9a679e52c86ccb9adea9744c263 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-31/trump-infrastructure-2-trillion-interest-rates | Opinion: Trump seems to think money is free right now. It isn’t | Opinion: Trump seems to think money is free right now. It isn’t
President Trump proclaimed himself the “king of debt” during the 2016 campaign, and he does have a long history of borrowing huge amounts that he often repays. So it was curious to see a tweet from him on Tuesday that grossly misstated the cost of federal ... |
3c8cf572c971ef346e6aa094bfb49c93 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-03-31/wear-masks-in-public-coronavirus | Letters to the Editor: People in China and South Korea wear masks in public. We should too | Letters to the Editor: People in China and South Korea wear masks in public. We should too
To the editor: Thank you for your editorial about the measures we can take as a country to fight the coronavirus.
There is one simple solution that was not mentioned: If we all wore homemade masks, we could greatly decrease the t... |
d37478d3dbe2419f0f676aa547dee111 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-04-01/column-max-brooks-americans-may-be-the-slowest-to-fight-but-were-the-best-at-finishing | Column: Max Brooks: We’ve had plans for a crisis like coronavirus for years. Why aren’t we using them? | Column: Max Brooks: We’ve had plans for a crisis like coronavirus for years. Why aren’t we using them?
It’s not as big a leap as you might think, from writing a best-seller about a zombie war to lecturing at the Modern War Institute at West Point. There are all kinds of wars -- including the one we are waging now, agai... |
7b0ac33c9b131b458dfdc45d9046ea7c | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-04-01/coronavirus-anti-asian-discrimination-threats | Op-Ed: Trump’s racist comments are fueling hate crimes against Asian Americans. Time for state leaders to step in | Op-Ed: Trump’s racist comments are fueling hate crimes against Asian Americans. Time for state leaders to step in
Coughing is now a doubly serious concern for Asian Americans. Like everyone else, we’re afraid of contracting the coronavirus. As a racial group, we have an additional fear: being profiled as disease-carri... |
d8ae79699f5d6cdbc2518e1251fa3306 | https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-04-01/editorial-trump-weakens-clean-car-standards-when-we-need-them-the-most | Editorial: Enjoying the clean air? Trump weakens car emissions standards just when we need them the most | Editorial: Enjoying the clean air? Trump weakens car emissions standards just when we need them the most
Walk outside, look at the sky and take a deep breath. The air right now across much of Southern California, the country, and even the world is sparklingly clear and clean compared with just a few weeks ago. The chan... |
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