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Public-private partnerships: The only way LA can come back

Government can't fix LA alone, and it shouldn't have to. That's why I'm proposing private-public partnerships in city services as the key to LA's...

France’s insane student protests are really about a growing radical Muslim population that wants to get rid of democracy

The French are revolting. It’s a tradition with them. Riots are as French as croissants, adultery and the 35-hour work week. France’s current riots...

Shocking subway death and more: Letters to the Editor — Oct. 11, 2026 

Grisly train death As a long-time straphanger, I was deeply saddened to read about the tragic death of the man exiting an express A...

How SNAP could crunch the midterms

Under the political radar, the country’s food stamps program is undergoing a slow-motion transformation. The ramifications could bubble up into the midterms.Changes to the...

‘Time for a Woman’

That’s the title of my new Confirmation Tales post, which looks back at the pledge that Ronald Reagan made during his 1980 presidential campaign.

Homeland Security’s Mullin draws on family drug history to warn of ‘new opioid crisis’

For Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, the drug-related deaths of two college students in Mississippi triggered his personal memories of a relative involved with synthetic drugs.

Trump to Norway after Nobel snub: ‘We will not forget’

President Trump veered far from midterm election politics during a rally in upstate New York on Friday, aiming a bitter diatribe at the Norwegian Nobel Committee for giving the Peace Prize he has long sought to South African jurist Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, a former U.N. human rights chief, for her work on justice and accountability for war crimes and genocide.

Marches and matches 

On Oct. 7, 2023, Gazans danced in the streets to celebrate Hamas’s rape, torture, abduction, and murder of Israelis. The last time they were so happy was on Sept. 11, 2001. Meanwhile, thousands of their supporters, a motley crew of angry Muslims and maladjusted leftists, celebrated in the cities of the West. Three years later, […]

Louis Comfort Tiffany’s paintings on view in new exhibition

Some artists work in multiple mediums so skillfully that it’s difficult to identify which is primary. Who can say if Michelangelo, Degas, or Matisse were better painters or sculptors? Other artists have distinct, often overlooked sidelines: The artist who paints intermittently is a common type, most often for those working principally on works that require […]

I’m an ER doctor. The people calling the shots have never saved a life

It’s 3 a.m. Your child is struggling to breathe. You rush her to the nearest emergency room. The waiting room is packed. And there is only one emergency physician responsible for a room full of sick and frightened patients. You might assume the hospital couldn’t find another doctor to work that night. But what if […]

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