Bretón: Newsom’s pick to replace Feinstein has a big hole in her resume
It hasn’t been emphasized enough that Laphonza Butler, California’s newest U.S. senator, has no legislative experience. This hole in her resume matters a great deal despite an erosion of public faith...
View ArticleCottle: Can anyone lead House Republicans out of the darkness?
Who out there picked nine months in the office betting pool for how long Kevin McCarthy would survive as House speaker? Go ahead. Raise your hands. Looks like you’re due a victory lap. On Tuesday, the...
View ArticleAssaf: People think drug use causes homelessness. It’s usually the other way...
A common perception among many Californians is that substance abuse is a chief cause of people losing their housing and living on the streets. But research debunks this myth. Findings from the recent...
View ArticleChampion: Attack on Israel is calculated and ruthless — and that’s Hamas
The biggest surprise in Hamas’s massive attack on Israel is that it was a surprise. The operation was of unprecedented scale, involving thousands of personnel and pieces of equipment, from hang gliders...
View ArticleMyers: Hamas attack tore Israel’s veneer of invincibility
Fifty years ago, almost to the day in 1973, Egyptian and Syrian forces invaded Israel in a surprise attack on the holiest day of the Jewish year, Yom Kippur. Not only were many Israelis unprepared...
View ArticleGranderson: Can Americans have a not-racist conversation about border security?
I don’t understand the stripe of Americans whose first response to Hamas’ recent attack on Israel is “yeah, but ….” Hundreds of attendees at a music festival murdered. Children and elderly people taken...
View ArticleRussell: Careers over kids? A lot of adults look at parenthood the wrong way
Motherhood, as almost any mother will tell you, is one of the hardest things women do. Especially because she’s rarely doing just that. Most women are juggling it all: Careers, intimate relationships,...
View ArticleGranderson: U.S. policy basically discourages having kids. Now our economy is...
The largest health care strike in U.S. history was called off Thursday as Kaiser Permanente and unions representing 75,000 workers finally reached a tentative agreement. This after a planned three-day...
View ArticleKristof: We must not kill Palestinian children to try to protect Israel’s
TEL AVIV, Israel — The crisis in the Middle East is a knotty test of our humanity, asking how to respond to a grotesque provocation for which there is no good remedy. And in this test, we in the West...
View ArticleOpinion: Smart but stinky strategies in California’s Senate race
An ancient proverb is at play in the fight over a U.S. Senate seat held for 30 years by the late Dianne Feinstein. The proverb: “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Think Roosevelt and Churchill...
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