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Duane Smith | What About Shani Louk?

Her name is Shani Louk. Early Saturday morning, Oct. 7, a headline at the top of The Drudge Report — in bold red letters — read “Naked woman paraded by

David Hegg

David Hegg | The Joy of Obligation

By David Hegg Earlier this week I was asked if writing a weekly column is becoming a chore. It went like this. “Do you ever get tired of facing a

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Rob Kerchner | Revisiting a Fateful Decision

In the wake of the movie “Oppenheimer,” it’s worth assessing whether America’s atomic bombs should have been dropped in World War II. Those who say “no” often forget that, just

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Brian Richards | Oh, the Irony

You couldn’t make this up if you tried! “There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the

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Larry Moore | Burning Down the House, Part II

Gary Horton, Lois Eisenberg, Thomas Oatway and Jonathan Kraut are nothing, if not predictable. I’m sure they all watched with glee as Kevin McCarthy was removed as speaker of the

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Lynne Plambeck | Two Minutes Is Not Enough

I am writing today to publicly express my concern that there is no way to bring important public issues to the whole L.A. County Board of Supervisors. Written comments are

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Erich R. Schmidt | The Time for Games Is Over

Editor’s note: The following letter was received before the federal government shutdown was averted. I am a member of the American Federation of Government Employees, America’s largest federal employee union.

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Rob Kerchner | Blinding Hatred

The most conservative president since Ronald Reagan was also — not coincidentally — the most successful in that span for America both domestically and internationally. That’s not opinion; it’s a

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Arthur Saginian | The Realities of Utilities

Having read Kimberly M. Zamlich’s (Aug. 31) letter criticizing our state’s three big investor-owned utilities as well as our governor and capitalism in general, I can say that I completely