Two recent Times articles have examined the role of religion in the 2012 presidential race.

A Politics Now post addressed who would be the nation's "most religious" president. If Mitt Romney wins the election, would the title go to him? Or would it be held, as a political science professor suggested, by Jimmy Carter?

A second article previewed the vice presidential debate between Republican Paul Ryan and Democratic Vice President Joe Biden, both Catholics, and the political divide among Catholics in this country.

With that in mind, The Times asked readers on its Facebook page, "How important is a...

Looking through Sunday's Image section, reader Katherine Wertheim of Ventura felt something was missing.

"In all the pictures the models have no breasts," she wrote to The Times. "Are breasts out this season? What shall I do with mine?"

Wertheim said the problem she saw was not just with the Paris runway coverage, though the model featured on the section's cover is quintessentially long and lean.

She listed the examples: "In the article 'Biker Chic for All' the woman in the 10 Crosby Derek Lam coat has no breasts either. In the 'Show Your Stripes' article, except for the picture of Jenna...

Every dog has its day, but "Fido" has had more than his share.

Since 1985, he's appeared in 111 headlines in the Los Angeles Times' print edition. 

Fido most recently surfaced in the July 29 Travel section: "Is Fido ready to fly?" But he's appeared in nearly every section of the paper, and he even made the front page in 2007, with this Column One feature about Prozac for pets: "Fido's little helper"

Sometimes he's paired with a cat friend, such as this 2009 Health article about quitting smoking, "Do it for Fido and Fluffy."

Who is this Fido, and how does he keep nosing his way into headlines?

That'...

In a post on The Times' Framework blog, staff photographer Gary Friedman weighs in on the discussion about his photo of the space shuttle Endeavour passing the Hollywood sign:

"As part of a team of more than 20 Times photographers, my position was on the helipad of downtown’s 73-story U.S. Bank Tower, the tallest building west of the Mississippi.

"I had a 360-degree view of the city. A photographer from the Reuters news agency and a video crew from NASA were also on the building to document the event.

"Using a Canon 400mm 2.8 lens on a monopod with a Canon EOS-1D Mark III body, I kept my...

The shuttle Endeavor wowed Southern California on Friday with fly-bys of landmarks including Dodger Stadium, Griffith Observatory and Disneyland before landing at LAX.

A striking photo by Gary Friedman in Saturday’s Times showed the piggybacked shuttle and 747 passing yet another L.A. icon: the Hollywood sign.

It was an image that others tried, but were unable, to capture. That may be why it raised some skepticism.

Andy Serrano of Los Angeles was among the readers who emailed to question the veracity of the photo.

“I was at the west end of Mt. Hollywood on a ridge and took photographs...

Staff in The Times' downtown Los Angeles office had a prime viewing spot as the space shuttle Endeavour flew over Southern California for the last time.

Other staff were around the region to report on the shuttle's final journey.

Some of their comments from the historic flyby ...

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Reader Ron King of Camarillo doesn’t like how The Times refers to local freeways.

A recent example, from Saturday’s paper:

The Getty fire started in high brush on the east side of the 405 Freeway near Getty Center Drive during the afternoon rush hour…

King — and other readers — think that reference should have been to the San Diego Freeway.

“Freeways should be referred to by their names, not federal interstate numbers like they do in other unimaginative places that don't have interesting traditions,” King emailed.

The Times’ use of numbers to...

Reader reaction was strong to Thursday’s front-page photo of a mortally wounded J. Christopher Stevens, a U.S. ambassador to Libya.

Stevens was killed Tuesday along with three other Americans in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Bengazi, Libya. As the article that accompanied the photo noted, he was the first U.S. ambassador killed in the line of duty since 1979.

Some readers called the photo graphic, unwarranted, inappropriate, disgraceful, gratuitous and insensitive. 

“I feel it was very distasteful and disrespectful to post the picture of Christopher Stevens, in death in such...

Southern California includes San Diego.

Reader Wayne Jacobs wanted to make that point to The Times, which he feels uses the term to refer only to the Los Angeles area.

“You regularly refer to the five counties of Southern California (Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino),” wrote Jacobs, who called himself a loyal subscriber from San Diego. “Where do you think San Diego and Imperial counties are?

“Southern California is a geographic term. The northern boundary of it is a matter of judgment. The southern boundary of Southern California is not a subject...

It’s Sept. 11: our generation’s date that will live in infamy.

The attacks on New York and Washington 11 years ago are certainly on the minds of some readers, who wondered why there was no mention of the anniversary on The Times’ front page.

The Nation page carries a six-column photo and story about observances planned for the day. And the Op-Ed page has a piece by a former Times reporter about explaining 9/11 to her children.

But some readers were expecting more.

“Really, Los Angeles Times? Not a mention of the 11th anniversary of 9/11 until page 8?”  asked Catherine...

And now for a quick potty break.

Sunday's Travel section included a short item about a contest to find America's best restroom. The facilities at the Hollywood Bowl are among this year's contenders.

The brief, in the "Need to Know" column, was accompanied by a photo of an opulent marble and brass bathroom with a purple ceiling. However, the photo, like others in the weekly column, did not have a caption, and so the restroom was unidentified.

Until now.

Joy Grdnic Christensen emailed to say it's from her restaurant, the Fountain on Locust in St. Louis. A Times reader alerted Christensen to the...