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By Los Angeles Times

How to make home solar panels affordable by tweaking the 30-year mortgage - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
To the editor: Parts of the article on California’s mandate requiring all new homes to include solar panels typifies the defeatist attitude our democracy has embraced. In this case, we see a good idea
Sen. Dianne Feinstein's disappointing stance on logging and wildfires - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
To the editor: If the fires of the last year have taught us anything, it is that you can’t fight wind- and weather-driven fires, and that forests (including dead trees) are not the issue. (“California
7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin died at the border. What happened to her is not an aberration - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Francisco Cantú
Ever since the U.S. Border Patrol admitted that Jakelin Ameí Rosmery Caal Maquin, a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl seeking asylum with her father, had died in their custody, government officials have been
There's no shortage of real outrages these days. L.A. Unified doesn't need to overreact to a perceived one - Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times - By The Times Editorial Board
Sunburst imagery has been around for centuries — for example, the distinctive pattern of lines radiating out from a central circle can be found in the early Catholic Church's depictions of Christ's halo.
Did Jerry Brown do enough on climate change? - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Jacques Leslie
Jerry Brown, in the last term of his two-part, 16-year governorship, came close to redeeming his environmental faults. Brown deserves a salute for striving to get out the message that climate change is
Pandering to his base is backing Trump into a corner - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Jonah Goldberg
Remember the old saw about the salesman who loses money on every sale but thinks he can make up the shortfall by selling in volume? That’s what comes to mind every time I hear people say that President
The world needs great strides to fight global warming. Climate talks in Poland delivered only baby steps - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By The Times Editorial Board
On Saturday night, at the end of two weeks of meetings in Katowice, Poland, delegates from nearly 200 nations gave themselves a standing ovation for their accomplishments in combating climate change. even
Russian interference in the election was worse than we thought - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By The Times Editorial Board
It long has been obvious that Russians used social media to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election — not only to sow confusion and exacerbate divisions, but also to elevate the candidate they favored,
A federal judge's anti-Obamacare ruling is a major gift to Democrats for 2020 - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
To the editor: It's rare to find a move as politically cruel and stupid as the lawsuit by Republican state attorneys general and governors to overturn the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
Why being from California isn't an albatross around any presidential candidate's neck - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
To the editor: George Skelton offers some valuable presidential history, but his conclusion that there’s almost no chance the next president will be from California because of this state’s liberal reputation
Los Angeles is a city of parking lots. It doesn't have to be - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Nik Karalis and James Sanders
In recent years, Los Angeles residents have gained all kinds of new transportation options that are reshaping the way people navigate the city. Bike lanes, bike shares and e-scooters have fueled a distinct
Don't let the window close on a Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage deal - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By The Times Editorial Board
As the final days of the 115th Congress tick down in a blur of last-minute negotiations over government spending and President Trump’s border wall, time is running out for lawmakers to restart a long-stalled
California's midterm results show that if a third party can be viable anywhere, it's here - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Dan Schnur
Those of us who inhabit the space in American politics between the 40-yard lines have watched with dismay as the nation’s two major parties retreat to their respective ideological end zones. As election
'Tis the season for 2020 presidential fantasy politics - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Matt Welch
For a certain type of sports fan (coughs loudly to self) there is no sweeter part of the season than the day after the World Series or Super Bowl. Why? Because that’s when you can construct fantasy rosters
The news media report events. It's left to the artists to ascribe meaning - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Mary Gabriel
In the late 1930s, amid a global economic collapse, the rise of fascism in Germany, Italy and Japan, and an ugly U.S. nationalism that targeted asylum-seeking immigrants, abstract artists working in New
Uncontacted tribes aren't 'Stone Age.' They just want — and deserve — to be left alone - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Jonathan Mazower
The death last month of Christian missionary John Allen Chau, at the hands of the uncontacted island tribe he had hoped to evangelize, triggered a thorny debate. Was the Indian government, which oversees
Check that shoe box full of your family letters. There are keepers that can fill in L.A.'s history - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By David Kipen
What piece of paper made an Angeleno out of you? Did your grandfather write a letter home to his sweetheart, telling her he’d found work and wanted to make a life with her here? Where has your life intersected
Vegan is the future of food, and the L.A. City Council should recognize that - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
To the editor: Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Koretz, in wanting to require that many Los Angeles food concessionaires offer at least one vegan protein meal, is simply getting his city ready for the
$100 million for a wedding in India is an abomination - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
To the editor: The people of India are on average very poor. Millions there live in squalid conditions. Yet multibillionaire Mukesh Ambani decided that $100 million would be better spent on his daughter’s
Really, Rep. Rohrabacher, cow farts are a big problem for our planet - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
To the editor: Outgoing Republican Rep. Dana Rohrbacher’s “lighthearted poke” at those silly humorless activists who blame global warming on cow farts prompted a quick internet fact check. There are almost
How Huntington Hospital is protecting patients in the wake of disturbing allegations - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
To the editor: As the new president and chief executive of Huntington Hospital, I am an administrator, but I am a doctor first. My directive is always to put the patient in the center of the room when
Shouting down Mayor Garcetti isn’t ‘speaking truth to power' - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By The Times Editorial Board
On Monday Mayor Garcetti was prevented from delivering a speech at USC because of constant interruptions from protesters angry about the city’s approach to homelessness, local police shootings and other
It's time for zero-emission buses in California - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By The Times Editorial Board
While Gov. Jerry Brown and the California Air Resources Board have been fighting the good fight against the Trump administration’s attempt to roll back the state’s clean car agenda, they have been slower
Mike Pence won't get booted from the GOP 2020 ticket - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Joshua Spivak
President Trump — facing a tough start to the second half of his first term and, potentially, a tough run for reelection — has reportedly considered pushing Vice Present Mike Pence off the GOP ticket 2020.
Dianne Feinstein: California needs to address its water and wildfire challenges now - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Dianne Feinstein
As new leaders prepare to take office and shift to the business of governing, I hope we’ll focus on two vital issues for California: wildfires and water. We are in the midst of the most destructive wildfire
Capital punishment is a national disgrace. The practice is fading, but not fast enough - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By The Times Editorial Board
The execution of Jose Antonio Jimenez in Florida late Thursday marked the 25th such killing this year, up two from last year. That makes 2018 the fourth year in a row in which fewer than 30 people were
If you're looking for a good portrayal of 'Chinese-ness,' watching 'The Nutcracker' is a mistake - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
To the editor: As a genuine “yellowface” American, I was fascinated by Jennifer Fisher’s admirable effort in search of an authentic yet sensitive way of presenting the Chinese-ness in the “Tea” or “Chinese”
Convenience does not justify instant access to abortion. Jerry Brown gets that - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
To the editor: Being an independent, I often find myself in opposition to Gov. Jerry Brown. However, I applaud his veto of a bill that would have obligated health centers on California’s public university
Apparently, doctors who value human life above all bother NRA supporters - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
To the editor: I found one letter written in response to the fight between emergency room doctors and the National Rifle Assn. lacking in basic logic. If, as the writer posits, “the problem with most is