Bauhaus Op-Ed: My Bauhaus childhood, when molding was a crimeLos Angeles Times - Sara KirschenbaumIn 1919, a handful of architects, designers and craftsmen started the Bauhaus design school in Germany to change the world. They wanted to modernize architecture and product design by stripping away old-fashioned
Jewish Culture Letters to the Editor: American Jews are not political props for Trump or his criticsLos Angeles TimesTo the editor: I am an American Jew. I may be a Democrat. I may be a Republican. I may be an independent. (“Trump’s disloyalty lie about Jews echoes a blood-soaked anti-Semitic slur,” Opinion, Aug. 21)
Deficits Op-Ed: The perils of our $1-trillion deficitLos Angeles Times - Tom CampbellOn Wednesday, the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office updated its estimates for the federal budget deficit. CBO now estimates deficits in excess of $1 trillion for next year, and every year thereafter
Opinion Op-Ed: My father fled Nazi Germany. His homeland remembers him with a marker inscribed ‘Here lived’Los Angeles Times - Alina TugendThat is why my father, at 94, returned to Berlin in July after he was forced to flee his homeland 80 years ago. He and his family were about to become part of a unique artistic commemoration. Since 1996,
Opinion Letters to the Editor: An appreciation of pioneering Korean American reporter K. Connie KangLos Angeles TimesFrom my parents, both Bauhaus-educated artists, I learned to distill the 20th century aesthetic — though not always easily. A Jewish reader points out that he is also a veteran and the descendants of and
Opinion Letters to the Editor: Don't punish Nazi-saluting kids. Make them watch films on death campsLos Angeles TimesTo the editor: Do not punish the ignorant students of Pacifica High School in Garden Grove who were filmed allegedly giving the Nazi salute and singing a Nazi anthem at an off-campus event. Do not reason
DWP Op-Ed: DWP is about to commit Los Angeles to a dirty natural gas power plant it doesn't want or needLos Angeles Times - Josh LappenIn recent years, Los Angeles has made major strides towards its goal of decarbonizing a famously unsustainable city. But it is making one serious misstep. First, the good news. In February, environmental
Opinion Letters to the Editor: Why expanding immigration courts won't fix the border crisisLos Angeles TimesTo the editor: The L.A. Times editorial decrying President Trump’s plan to detain children with their parents indefinitely simplifies very complex problems. The Times is right that the immigration court
California Democratic Party Op-Ed: 17-year-olds like me deserve the right to vote in California's presidential primariesLos Angeles Times - Ryan BeamIn 2020, nearly a quarter of a million young Californians — myself included — will be ineligible to participate in the state’s primary election, despite being eligible to participate in the general election
Opinion Newsletter: What a week: Trump insults China, Jews and DenmarkLos Angeles TimesGood morning. I’m Paul Thornton, and it is Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019. Let’s take a look back at the week in Opinion. This was just one of those weeks for Donald Trump (and for the rest of us). Almost nothing
Santa Claus Letters to the Editor: Santa Monica Airport is an important piece of city infrastructureLos Angeles TimesThere was very important news about Greenland’s ice sheet this week, but readers were mostly preoccupied by Trump’s absurd offer to buy the island from Denmark. Surprise! After expressing some support
Greenland Opinion: Trump distracts from Greenland's grave climate emergencyLos Angeles Times - Paul ThorntonThere was some important news about Greenland this week: Record heat in the North Atlantic caused the world’s largest island to shed about 58 billion tons’ worth of water in just four days from its massive
NRA Letters to the Editor: Once again, Trump cowers to the NRALos Angeles TimesTo the editor: Not surprisingly, President Trump reversed his recent support for placing some restrictions on gun sales in the wake of several recent mass shootings. When he explained his reasoning for
Opinion Letters to the Editor: Why reparations? Because slaves built a 'great' country for white peopleLos Angeles TimesTo the editor: As an African American, I am not at all surprised that only 16% of white Americans support paying reparations directly to the descendants of slaves. After all, white people are victims a
Opinion Editorial: Guns are a regional problem. We need to be looking at regional solutionsLos Angeles Times - The Times Editorial BoardGiven Congress’ inability to forge a consensus on how to counter gun violence, states have been left to go at it alone. That’s worked better in some places than others. California, for instance, has some
Opinion Editorial: The Trump administration is trying to make it harder to fight housing discriminationLos Angeles Times - The Times Editorial BoardWith each passing week, it seems there is another attempt by the Trump administration to whittle down someone’s civil rights protections. The latest effort is a proposed rule from the Department of Housing
Opinion Letters to the Editor: Supply-side tax schemes workLos Angeles TimesTo the editor: I totally agree with columnist David Lazarus that “trickle down” theory is a “massive hoax” — by the left. If Lazarus had done some more research, he might have discovered that economist
Housing Opinion: Gavin Newsom tells Southern California NIMBYs to expect new housing in their backyardsLos Angeles Times - Kerry CavanaughGov. Newsom has talked a good game about housing in California. He said he wants to build 3.5 million units by 2025 to end the housing shortage. He said he wants to yank transportation funding from cities
Medicaid Op-Ed: New rules from the Trump administration will hurt El Paso shooting victimsLos Angeles Times - Alex Gertner and Paul ShaferThe survivors and families who lost loved ones in the El Paso shooting have a difficult road ahead as they deal with grief, trauma and lasting physical injuries. These challenges are likely to be compounded
trump news update Opinion: Welcome, Jay Powell, to the ranks of Trump's public enemiesLos Angeles Times - Jon HealeyIn his customary morning burst of 280-character invective, President Trump lashed out at China on Friday for daring to impose new tariffs on $75 billion worth of U.S. goods in response to Trump’s latest
Opinion Letters to the Editor: Flying isn't a 'hobby.' It's an environmental and quality-of-life menaceLos Angeles TimesTo the editor: How nice that Silicon Beach tech entrepreneur Jessica Mah flies out of Santa Monica Airport as a “hobby” because she’s “so stressed out,” and piloting forces her to focus on “how not to
Opinion Letters to the Editor: The Central American refugee crisis doesn't come close to the HolocaustLos Angeles TimesA woman holds a photograph of family members aboard the St. Louis, a ship carrying Jewish refugees from Europe that was denied permission to dock in the U.S. in 1939. Silicon Beach tech entrepreneurs get
Schools Letters to the Editor: Yes, we can grade schools -- just not the way LAUSD wants toLos Angeles TimesTo the editor: I was pleased to read your editorial saying that the success of a school depends on many variables. (“LAUSD has the latest bad plan for grading the quality of L.A.'s schools,” editorial,
Opinion Op-Ed: L.A.'s history lingers at our fingertips. We just have to be willing to grab itLos Angeles Times - David L. UlinI used to live a few blocks from Raymond Chandler’s house. Or one of his houses, at any rate. Chandler — according to Judith Freeman’s geographic biography, “The Long Embrace” — had at least 35 Southern
Deficits Editorial: The GOP has a political and economic death-grip over DemocratsLos Angeles Times - The Times Editorial BoardAn exploding federal budget deficit can spell political trouble for the White House and opportunity for the opposition party as a presidential election approaches. But this week’s announcement that the
Opinion Editorial: Anti-vaxxers can't traffic in violent language then claim ignorance when someone gets hurtLos Angeles Times - The Times Editorial BoardPerhaps the assault on state Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) Wednesday by a professed anti-vaccination advocate was inevitable. In the four years that the pediatrician-turned-politician has been working
Opinion Op-Ed: Smartphones ushered in a toxic high school trend — the death of readingLos Angeles Times - Jeremy AdamsMost of us who grew up in the United States before the advent of smartphones and social media can remember adults using phrases like “serious reading” or can name people in our orbit who claimed certain
Opinion Letters to the Editor: Of course an eatery in an upscale area can afford to cut back on plasticLos Angeles TimesTo the editor: My wife and I spent 14 blissful years in the Talmadge neighborhood of San Diego, just east of the upscale Kensington neighborhood where Ponce’s Mexican Restaurant is located. One of the
Opinion Op-Ed: Banning people from living in homeless encampments isn't a cruel and unusual punishmentLos Angeles Times - Theane EvangelisThe most basic duty of every city is to protect public health and safety. But last September, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an alarming decision that strips cities of a critical tool in meeting
