Opinion
Opinion
Letters to the Editor: Could California's reparations work affect the presidential election?
'The California Legislature should drop its reparations efforts or prepare for another Trump presidency,' says a reader. Another wants reparations for Native Americans.
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Letters to the Editor: Did we really have no choice but to kill a cougar that attacked a boy?
It's humans who threaten the existence of mountain lions. That we kill one for attacking a person says a lot about us.
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A queen of horror delivers more delightfully twisted stories
In her latest short story collection, Argentine writer Mariana Enríquez offers haunting imagery and a sharp focus on mental, physical and economic ruin.
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Letters to the Editor: Why homes were built on the Rancho Palos Verdes landslide. It's not the city's fault
An attorney who represented Rancho Palos Verdes in a lawsuit over development says court decisions forced the city to allow building in the landslide area.
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Letters to the Editor: Can we have a presidential debate on character?
Forget about a Harris-Trump clash on issues. The moderator should ask character-probing questions like, "When have you made a mistake?"
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Opinion: When I talked about my pre-Roe abortion, other women's stories poured out: 'You are the only person I've ever told'
Since the Dobbs decision, public speech about abortion is no longer rare. What was silence has become an uproar.
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Letters to the Editor: 'They' can be confusing. We need a new gender-nonbinary pronoun
A reader suggests "shay" in lieu of "they," which often trips up people using it to refer to an individual person.
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Abcarian: From 'fridgescaping' to egg parties, we've become social-media-driven parodies of ourselves
Seriously, folks? Extravagant gender reveals and parties for frozen embryos suggest too many Americans are designing their lives for Instagram and TikTok.
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Letters to the Editor: L.A. planted the wrong trees, and our broken sidewalks are proof
Lost in the debate over fixing L.A.'s sidewalks is the fact that the city planted street trees much better suited for wide-open parks.
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Letters to the Editor: Finally, a ban on 'reusable' plastic bags that no one reuses
Gov. Gavin Newsom should sign long-overdue legislation banning the thicker "reusable" plastic grocery bags that just get thrown away.
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