Opinion

With seven candidates in the June primary race for Los Angeles County sheriff, there was little chance that any one of them would win more votes than the other six combined — the very high bar for taking the election outright and preventing a runoff. Yet Long Beach Police Chief Jim...

To the editor: President Obama told us Wednesday that the United States must destroy Islamic State. His comprehensive strategy: Bomb, bomb, bomb; drones, drones, drones. More "advisors" and more armaments. More money — lots more money. ("Obama vows to hunt Islamic State militants...

In The Times' second annual Op-Ed poetry pages, readers look at modern life and share their thoughts in verse.