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 The marijuana measures

The marijuana measures

Endorsement: Of the three on the ballot, only Measure D will put L.A. on the right road. It deserves a yes vote.

 

An employer's right not to speak

A federal appeals court has ruled that the government can't order businesses to post signs informing employees they have a right to join a union and to bargain for better wages. It's a troubling ruling.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev and what the dead deserve

Tamerlan Tsarnaev and what the dead deserve

Tamerlan Tsarnaev allegedly committed the most terrible of acts, the killing and maiming of innocent people. So when cemeteries in...

 Another way on California's prisons

Another way on California's prisons

Gov. Jerry Brown has made it clear how unhappy he is about having to produce a plan to reduce the inmate population of California's...

First, fix the tax code

First, fix the tax code

The federal government is expected to hit its statutory credit limit later this month, setting the stage for yet another battle between...

SEC and political spending

SEC and political spending

When the Supreme Court — in our view wrongly — ruled that corporations had a constitutional right to spend their money to...

 Fire season comes early

Fire season comes early

The 28,000-acre Springs fire spread swiftly over arid territory at a time of year when Southern Californians have barely started thinking...

 Pro athletes who shop for workers' comp

Pro athletes who shop for workers' comp

In recent years, California has become a favorite venue for workers' compensation claims by athletes with only tenuous ties to the Golden...

 Curren Price in City Council District 9

Curren Price in City Council District 9

The race for the 9th District City Council seat pits state Sen. Curren Price (D-Los Angeles), a veteran African American politician, against...

 Jose Gardea in City Council District 1

Jose Gardea in City Council District 1

"We're not planners, we're doers," Gil Cedillo repeats at campaign forums as he seeks election to the City Council's 1st District seat...

 Ruben Barrales, party guy

Ruben Barrales, party guy

When President Obama told students in Mexico that without the support of U.S. Latinos he would not be president, he wasn't talking about the...

 McManus: Obama's plan to avoid lame-duckery

McManus: Obama's plan to avoid lame-duckery

For the last two months, President Obama has been mired in Washington's inside game, caught up in backroom congressional politics as he...

California's burning season

California's burning season

This week, on Facebook, someone posted one of those preprinted witticisms that vie with cute kittens for the attention of people sharing...

 The struggle for Syria

The struggle for Syria

My cousin, Ramez, was dead before the echoes of the gunshot that killed him stopped ringing. His 4-year-old daughter, Zeynab, watched him...

Goldberg: Niall Ferguson's blooper

Goldberg: Niall Ferguson's blooper

At an investment conference last week, Harvard historian Niall Ferguson created a huge mess for himself. He glibly speculated that maybe...

 Dying for the shirt on your back

Dying for the shirt on your back

The deaths of more than 600 garment workers in Bangladesh's Rana Plaza factory collapse April 24 is a tragedy that highlights widespread...

 Newton: Labor's agendas

Newton: Labor's agendas

This has been a complicated season for organized labor in Los Angeles.

Lionfish: If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em

Lionfish: If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em

In recent years, the Indo-Pacific lionfish — a dramatically striped, finned and armored aquarium fish — has invaded Atlantic and...