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Rights and the 'war on terror'

Rights and the 'war on terror'

Congress and the president have yet to reestablish the proper balance between national security and civil liberties.

 

Assessing the assessor's office

An audit of the L.A. County assessor's office delivers mostly common-sense recommendations to address the bribery controversy there.

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 Justifying assassination

Justifying assassination

A federal judge in New York ruled this week that the Obama administration may withhold from the public a document providing the legal...

Reckless photography

Reckless photography

It's both tragic and troubling that a photographer was hit and killed by an SUV as he crossed Sepulveda Boulevard early Tuesday evening...

An overdue fix to Secure Communities

An overdue fix to Secure Communities

The Obama administration has spent nearly four years trying to convince states and local law enforcement that the federal immigration...

Firming up 'ready to use' gun laws

Firming up 'ready to use' gun laws

Three days before the massacre of 20 young schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn., a federal appeals court struck down Illinois' ban on carrying a...

More cliffs to come

More cliffs to come

'You never want a serious crisis to go to waste," Rahm Emanuel famously told a group of corporate executives a little more than four years...

The perils of Arctic oil drilling

The perils of Arctic oil drilling

There's at least a tiny bit of good news in the grounding of an oil rig in the Beaufort Sea off Alaska: As of midday Wednesday, the Kulluk,...

A better way to legalize status for immigrants

A better way to legalize status for immigrants

Although Congress has failed to approve even the most modest proposals to fix the country's dysfunctional immigration system, the Obama...

 A new face at corrections

A new face at corrections

If confirmed by the state Senate, Jeffrey Beard would bring a formidable background and germane experience to his new post as head of the...

Newton: Putting children first

Newton: Putting children first

It was nearly a year ago that Philip Browning was named head of Los Angeles County's Department of Children and Family Services. He accepted...

Rodriguez: Demographics isn't destiny

Rodriguez: Demographics isn't destiny

Eight years ago, after former California Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg was knocked out of the L.A. mayor's race in the primary, urban...

 Statehood for Kurds?

Statehood for Kurds?

The Baghdad newspaper Sabah published a surprising article a few weeks ago. Its editor, Abd Jabbar Shabbout, suggested it was time to settle...

Why we diet

Why we diet

If your resolutions for the New Year are typical, they probably include a pledge to lose weight. But if you are like most Americans, any...

 Talking to a wall, connecting with God

Talking to a wall, connecting with God

JERUSALEM — It's different each time, the sensation driven by my religious body temperature at the moment, each occasion leavened by...

California did it; so can D.C.

California did it; so can D.C.

This Op-Ed has been updated to reflect passage of the "fical cliff" bill.

Do California's public schools need armed guards?

Do California's public schools need armed guards?

After a school massacre in Connecticut, the National Rifle Assn. suggested that public schools should each post one armed sentry to...

The NRA's hidden power

The NRA's hidden power

Far from the halls of Congress, the press conferences and the TV talk shows, there is a different kind of gun politics happening in America....