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Tim Rutten: They drank the tea

They drank the tea

By Tim Rutten

'Tea party' members have accused House Speaker John Boehner and his lieutenants of preparing to sell them out to the White House in 'a cowardly act of treason against coming generations.'

 

The debt ceiling, the GOP and reality

Editorial: House Speaker John Boehner is making demands in the debt ceiling debate, but Republicans aren't in charge of the Senate or White House.

Climate change and the flood this time

Midwest flooding is a taste of climate change in its early stages
Obama's immigration speech: A way to get Latino and Asian voters?

Obama's immigration speech: A way to get Latino and Asian voters?
Jonah Goldberg: Why the hurry to gloat about Bin Laden?

Jonah Goldberg: Why the hurry to gloat about Bin Laden?

Letters to the Editor

Attacks on Planned Parenthood; California's death row dilemma; releasing photos of Osama bin Laden's body

Attacks on Planned Parenthood; California's death row dilemma; releasing photos of Osama bin Laden's body

Tax breaks for downtown L.A. developers; another look at a high-speed rail route; Osama bin Laden's fate

The U.S. decision not to release photos of Osama bin Laden's body; California won't execute anyone this year; punishing GOP legislators for lack of progress on the budget


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The Conversation

A return to the torture debate

Returning to the torture debate

Rethinking victory in Abbottabad in Osama bin Laden's favor

Reactions to Osama bin Laden's death

Donald Trump: A 'blowhard' -- and just what conservatives are craving

Kobe Bryant's apology not good enough

Editorials

Phil Jackson: So long, Zen master

Phil Jackson: So long, Zen master

The Phil Jackson era ended miserably Sunday, with the Los Angeles Lakers showing none of the poise so characteristic of their coach. The...

Education and teenage pregnancy: Oh baby, that's too easy

Education and teenage pregnancy: Oh baby, that's too easy

On Mother's Day, my daughter and her friend Jenny sat on our sofa rocking their baby dolls. It would have been an ordinary, sweet scene of...

Sheriff Baca should just say no to gifts

Sheriff Baca should just say no to gifts

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca can't seem to say no, at least to gifts. As The Times recently reported, Baca has accepted more than...

Something in the water

Something in the water

There was a time when people only said "fracking" to avoid using a more objectionable word. Now it can be found in national headlines, and...

Lies don't keep us safe

Lies don't keep us safe

Lying to a federal court carries a heavy price, but that didn't deter the U.S. Department of Justice from doing exactly that.

Immigration: A better farm worker fix

Immigration: A better farm worker fix

The debate over a guest-worker program is heating up again in Congress. At issue is the H-2A visa program, which allows agricultural growers...

Internet data collection: The privacy line

Internet data collection: The privacy line

Apple introduced its Macintosh computer in 1984 with a now-famous Super Bowl commercial that showed a lone rebel striking out against Big...

Education reform: Shorter week, more learning

Education reform: Shorter week, more learning

The general assumption is that when it comes to educating American kids, more is more. Longer school hours. Saturday school. Summer school....

U.S.-Pakistan relations: An unhappy alliance

U.S.-Pakistan relations: An unhappy alliance

Pakistan is nothing if not rugged. From the massive, often impassable Himalayas in the north to the powerful earthquakes, storms and...

A case for pension reform

A case for pension reform

A controversial new report estimates that government workers' wages in California are, on average, about the same as in the private sector,...

Messing with Pasadena's Devil's Gate

Messing with Pasadena's Devil's Gate

Disaster is often more foreseeable than we think. Remember the warnings for years before Hurricane Katrina that the New Orleans levees...

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Op-Ed

Operation Geronimo dishonors the Indian leader

Operation Geronimo dishonors the Indian leader

By Karl Jacoby

"Geronimo—ekia." With this coded message, sent on May 1, a U.S. Navy SEALs commando squad signaled the death of Osama bin Laden, the...

Jonah Goldberg: Why the hurry to gloat about Bin Laden?

Jonah Goldberg: Why the hurry to gloat about Bin Laden?

By Jonah Goldberg

For a week people have been asking, "Why won't the president release Osama bin Laden's photo?" That's the wrong question. We should be...

Supreme Court: Class (action) dismissed

Supreme Court: Class (action) dismissed

By Erwin Chemerinsky

The Supreme Court's recent 5-4 decision preventing consumers from bringing class-action suits against corporations is part of a disturbing...

Climate change and the flood this time

Climate change and the flood this time

By Bill McKibben

Last week, at a place called Bird's Point, just below the confluence of the Ohio and the Mississippi rivers, the Army Corps of Engineers was...

White House Situation Room: History's center stage

White House Situation Room: History's center stage

By Jim Rasenberger

It's plenty busy at the White House these days, but somebody should take a moment to light 50 candles in honor of the Situation Room, that...

For Americans, to infinity and beyond

For Americans, to infinity and beyond

By Gregory Rodriguez

President Obama tried to use the announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden to get Americans to think big again. The successful end of a...

Doyle McManus: Tim Pawlenty's gambit

Doyle McManus: Tim Pawlenty's gambit

By Doyle McManus

Last week's Republican mini-debate may not have been the most auspicious way for a presidential candidate to introduce himself to a national...

Mexico's drug war: Crossing borders

Mexico's drug war: Crossing borders

By Rubén Martínez

Last year I visited a friend of mine, journalist Raúl Silva, in a working-class neighborhood of Cuernavaca. A popular destination for...

Pakistan in the balance

Pakistan in the balance

By Pervez Hoodbhoy

The killing of Osama bin Laden could be a transformational moment for Pakistan and its military. The country has an opportunity now to...

Families: Bigger and better

Families: Bigger and better

By Katherine Schlaerth

On the desk in my husband's office sits a black-and-white photo of his grandparents' massive brood from sometime in the 1930s. One of...

Tim Rutten: Snapshot of a split America

Tim Rutten: Snapshot of a split America

By Tim Rutten

One of American politics' most comforting nostrums is the notion that we always are united by far more than what divides us. It's a...

Losing Superman

Losing Superman

By Ariel Dorfman

Can it be a mere coincidence that the world heard that Superman would renounce his U.S. citizenship just days before Al Qaeda's sinister and...

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