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Should we feed North Korea?

Should we feed North Korea?

Pyongyang wants food aid. We have a road map to ensure that it gets to those most in need.

 

DOMA: Attack the law, not the lawyer

Editorial: We don't like the Defense of Marriage Act. But it deserves a good lawyer to make its case.

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'Tea party' tango

'Tea party' tango

The winning electoral coalition assembled by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s has been compared to a three-legged stool, the legs being social...

Online poker: Federal crackdown is a bad bet

Online poker: Federal crackdown is a bad bet

Who wants to bet that the recent federal crackdown on Internet poker sites won't stop Americans from playing poker online for money?

S&P's warning to Uncle Sam

S&P;'s warning to Uncle Sam

Credit rating agency Standard & Poor's sounded the alarm Monday about persistent federal deficits, saying there was a 1-in-3 chance that...

Bay of Pigs and the limits of superpower

Bay of Pigs and the limits of superpower

Fifty years ago Tuesday, a ragtag army of Cuban exiles — recruited, trained and armed by the United States — was scrambling...

Adoption made hard for gay couple

Adoption made hard for gay couple

In Congress and the courts, supporters of gay rights are attacking the Defense of Marriage Act, which among other things allows states to...

Drug war: Mexico's weak rule of law

Drug war: Mexico's weak rule of law

Over the last two weeks, Mexican authorities in the northern state of Tamaulipas have unearthed more than 140 bodies. Many are believed to...

Can Medicare be saved?

Can Medicare be saved?

Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly, turns 46 this year. How much longer it survives depends on whether...

Mojave Desert: Balance the needs of solar power and tortoises

Mojave Desert: Balance the needs of solar power and tortoises

In this 21st century version of the Western range wars, the conflict over land rights takes place in the Mojave Desert. Solar developers...

Abortion funds and school vouchers: D.C. done wrong

Abortion funds and school vouchers: D.C. done wrong

There were winners and losers in the eleventh-hour spending compromise reached by President Obama, Senate Democrats and House Republicans....

For Alejandra Tapia, prison as punishment

For Alejandra Tapia, prison as punishment

On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that focuses on a narrow issue: whether a judge had the right to increase a...

In Peru, two weak choices

In Peru, two weak choices

Peru's political system has been ailing for decades. Corruption, violence and deep economic inequalities have left it weakened. Now, the...

BP oil spill: Forgotten but not gone

BP oil spill: Forgotten but not gone

From April into midsummer last year, Americans watched BP's oil spew from the seafloor into the Gulf of Mexico with outrage and guilt that...

Obama's lack of moral clarity on Armenian genocide issue

Obama's lack of moral clarity on Armenian genocide issue

The line between prudence and moral cowardice can be a fine one, particularly when it comes to the conduct of diplomacy.

Early retirement may be hazardous to your health

Early retirement may be hazardous to your health

He was a frustrating patient, a retired field worker with poorly controlled diabetes and hypertension. I'd warned, I'd pleaded, I'd...

Year after BP spill, Louisiana hears Easter season message

Year after BP spill, Louisiana hears Easter season message

In my home state of Louisiana, Wednesday's one-year anniversary of the BP oil rig explosion has arrived in the season of Lent, a time of...

Duck, it's The Donald!

Duck, it's The Donald!

At this point, there's at least one thing you can't blame Donald Trump for: being Donald Trump.

The late, great California Legislature

The late, great California Legislature

It may seem hard to imagine now, but there was a time when the California Legislature was a showcase among state political bodies.

The trouble with those boobies bracelets

The trouble with those boobies bracelets

Last week, a federal judge stopped a Pennsylvania school from suspending two girls from school for wearing breast cancer fundraising...

The case for rationing healthcare

The case for rationing healthcare

Several years ago, I was asked to speak on end-of-life issues at a retreat for Southern California physicians. A number of doctors there...

The future of Libya

The future of Libya

The fighting in Libya has reached a stalemate: Moammar Kadafi has proved far more resilient than his adversaries anticipated, and he has...

Education battle at Compton Unified school

Education battle at Compton Unified school

The struggle for equal educational opportunity is the great civil rights imperative of our time. It pits those who demand a decent education...

Cuts to higher education: The Master Plan turncoats

Cuts to higher education: The Master Plan turncoats

Early this year I was asked, as the chancellor at UCLA, to prepare the campus for nearly $100 million in budget cuts. It was our share of...

Why Sarah Palin doesn't get what she deserves

Why Sarah Palin doesn't get what she deserves

OK, so Sarah Palin probably isn't running for president. She may have told Fox News' Greta Van Susteren that she was "tempted" because she...