Opinion
Opinion
Letters to the Editor: Why the L.A. City Council's redistricting commission isn't true reform
A truly independent L.A. city redistricting commission would have a secure budget and its own legal counsel. The current proposal lacks those.
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Letters to the Editor: Why standardized testing for 4-year-old students makes no sense
Teachers say testing 4-year-olds is developmentally inappropriate for transitional kindergarteners and doesn't inform their instruction.
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Letters to the Editor: Newsom's in no position to pontificate at the Vatican on climate change
Gov. Newsom's CPUC appointees have gutted rooftop solar. His forest policies are timber industry giveaways. This is not the work of a "climate governor."
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Letters to the Editor: 'Making Metro safer isn't rocket science' -- a transit rider's 7-point safety plan
Elevators are down. Lighting is often poor. No one kicks unruly passengers off. Fix these to make Metro safer and more appealing.
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Letters to the Editor: Opposing views on L.A. County's 'Jane Fonda Day' and the Vietnam War
It's time for the vocal Vietnamese ex-pat community in Orange County to move, says one reader. Another accuses Jane Fonda of profoundly betraying the U.S.
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Letters to the Editor: A two-state solution requires Palestinians and Israelis to ignore their extremists
Israel has the right to exist and defend itself, and the Palestinians have legitimate grievances. Settling this dispute requires imperfect solutions.
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Letters to the Editor: Joe Biden needs to go lower to beat Donald Trump
Michelle Obama said not to, but "going low" has paid dividends for Trump. Biden needs to respond in kind.
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Editorial: California blew it on bail reform. Now Illinois is showing it works
California got cold feet on bail reform as voters rejected a groundbreaking program to eliminate money from pretrial release decisions. Now Illinois shows it can work.
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Opinion: Wait times go down. Patient satisfaction goes up. What's the matter with letting apps and AI run the ER?
In ERs now, you'll get a tech-driven evaluation. But trading doctors' humanity and deductive powers for AI and apps has a high cost — dumbed-down medicine.
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