By Jaime O'Neill
Dry conditions have come early this year, putting residents in fire-prone areas on edge.
By Majid Rafizadeh
Any military intervention by the U.S. would only exacerbate the conflict.
By Jonah Goldberg
The historian's real mistake was confusing biographical relevance for policy relevance when mentioning Keynes' sexuality.
By Richard Greenwald and Michael Hirsch
Will the deaths of more than 600 garment workers in Bangladesh's Rana Plaza factory collapse be the spark that finally leads to much-needed global reforms?
By Jim Newton
Both mayoral candidates are union supporters, but bigger, long-term labor issues have been overshadowed.
By Chelsea Kahn
The invasive species is threatening coral reefs, and eradication won't work. But there's a simple solution.
By David M. Kennedy
Instead of doomed legislation, focus police and social services on 'hot' groups and places.
By Doyle McManus
There are steps the president can take to improve a Kafkaesque situation.
By Frank Snepp
Regarding Iraq and Afghanistan, are we telling ourselves — and believing — the same false story we told in 1975?
By Roy Morris Jr.
On his 1882 trip to San Francisco, the Irishman pronounced the city 'where I belong.'
By Jessica Chandler
A state Senate bill aims to teach foster children about pregnancy prevention and help those who do get pregnant. But it's only a first step.
By Scott Moore
The founders never expected to live in the desert; the Constitution's primary mechanism for divvying up shared water doesn't work.
By Donald P. Wagner
Rendering a just verdict requires a deep understanding of U.S. legal values.
By Sarah Chayes
How can cash payoffs to a corrupt leader further U.S. interests there?
By Javier Sicilia
Obama and Mexico's Peña Nieto need to focus on curbing drug-war violence.
By Meghan Daum
The soap company's latest ad campaign misses the point.
By Patt Morrison
Somewhere between her Chilean family's life-or-death political realities and its intuitive, fantastical imagination is where the emigre author writes.
By Doyle McManus
The president, along with the U.S. public, has no interest in getting involved militarily in Syria.
By Mark Ridley-Thomas
Metro can include a stop there on the Crenshaw-to-LAX light-rail line. It has the money. But does it have the will to do the right thing?
By Suzanne Nossel
Will suppression or free speech win the battle in China and beyond?
By Bruce Klingner
Seoul needs to set limits before returning to its joint economic venture with North Korea.
By Jonah Goldberg
If science fiction is supposed to raise ambitions for what humans can accomplish, then Hollywood is failing.
By Jim Newton
The two mayoral candidates haven't focused on one of the city's leading economic drivers.
By Vicente Fox
Mexico's former president urges the U.S. to seize an opportunity to change its immigration laws to benefit both nations.
By Doyle McManus
The administration has streamlined government bureaucracy. So where's the applause?
By Tom Zoellner and Sam Kleiner
Tiny plastic markers called 'taggants' can help authorities trace explosives. But they're not used today because of one formidable opponent: the NRA.
By Garry South
In California especially, Latino voters' loyalty to the Democratic Party runs deep.
By Megan Marshall
George Jackson and his brother in 1970, and the Boston bombing suspects today: Was it commitment to an idea or to a big brother?
By George Bisharat
Proposed legislation from the California senator would ease entry to the U.S. for Israelis but would not ensure the same rights for Muslim and Arab American travelers.
By David Schenker
Despite concerns about stability, oil and Islamism, Beijing will continue to let Washington underwrite security in the gulf region.
By Jamie Alter Lynton
Ousting Supt. John Deasy, as the union wants, would hurt students.
By Ted Rall
By Russell Goldsmith and Michael Kelly
What are the candidates' plans for the city's four key assets?