Shortly after his party's "shellacking" in the midterm election, President Obama ordered government agencies to ensure that new...
President Obama sought on Thursday to recalibrate the United States' response to the Arab Spring, giving new weight to issues of democracy,...
Former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey once laid out what he called the First Law of Holes: "If you are in one, stop...
The solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is really not so far out of reach. The outlines of a reasonable two-state compromise have...
France is reeling over the shocking arrest of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the International Monetary Fund chief who had been considered a front-...
The Senate is expected to vote Thursday on whether to debate the judicial appointment of UC Berkeley professor Goodwin Liu. His...
There is sexual infidelity and there is sexual harassment. The two behaviors are not the same. The first is an abuse of trust, the second an...
In recent years, the Los Angeles Fire Department, struggling to protect residents while cutting its budget, has turned to what it calls...
In a perfunctory order, the Supreme Court on Monday denied a day in court to five alleged victims of one of the grossest abuses of the war...
Who is more dishonest: Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, who as a candidate promised that he wouldn't raise taxes without a public vote but...
In a case that began with a disgruntled cellphone customer, the U.S. Supreme Court has made it harder for groups of consumers or employees...
Californians cannot expect state parks, as beloved as they are, to be spared from the budget ax. Not when the elderly are going without home...
California's much-vaunted high-speed rail project is, to put it bluntly, a train wreck. Intended to demonstrate the state's commitment to...
A federal appeals court will soon consider a challenge to an Oklahoma measure prohibiting the use of Sharia, or Islamic law, in the state'...
The Navy SEALs who raided Osama bin Laden's compound aren't the only members of the mission to be cloaked in mystery. The military dog the...
It's getting crowded out there. According to an updated report from the United Nations, the planet's population is not following the...
Voters go to the polls Tuesday to elect a member of Congress to represent California's 36th Congressional District, a South Bay area that is...
A governor traditionally (and, in California, constitutionally) has the power to commute a criminal sentence for whatever reason he chooses,...
The trustees overseeing Social Security and Medicare delivered a bleak report Friday on the programs' long-term prospects. They projected...
Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions around the world. In the United States, about 26 million people have it — and 7 million of...
With due respect to Jethro Tull, very few child molesters spend...
Civil libertarians have a natural — and healthy — impulse to question scientific advancements in crime control. But concerns...
Once there was a farm in South Los Angeles that sprouted among warehouses and railroad tracks. In the shadow of downtown skyscrapers,...
Since taking office, President Obama has repeatedly called on Congress to adopt comprehensive immigration reform. In a speech in Texas on...
Religious institutions in this country that object to homosexuality have nothing to fear from the gay-rights movement. Freedom of religion...
There are a number of curious — and, in some ways, troubling — trends at work in the litigation record of the Los Angeles Police...
The federal government is about to max out on its credit card, and it could default on its bonds or other obligations if it can't borrow...
The Phil Jackson era ended miserably Sunday, with the Los Angeles Lakers showing none of the poise so characteristic of their coach. The...