Contributor: The strange bipartisan alliance to cap credit card rates has hit the nail on the head
Behind the credit card, ubiquitous in American economic life for decades, lie a few gigantic financial institutions that wield almost…
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Letters to the editor: Why abandoning anonymity is a wise move for restaurant critics
December 14, 2025 7 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: As someone who has written about the food and beverage…
Judges Ready to Strike Down Watergate-era Campaign Finance Limits
WASHINGTON- Conservatives on the Supreme Court signaled Tuesday that they will likely rule in favor of Republicans and President Trump…
Collaborator: Trump's fed battle is not like his other political fights
President Trump is floating once again the idea of saying goodbye to the president of the Jerome Powell Federal Reserve,…
Why does Trump not reinforce legal immigration to the United States?
To the editor: I have been following the recent disturbances in Los Angeles and I thought that Mark Z. Barabak's…
Review of 'Vulcanizer': probing the limits of guilt and anxiety
The phrase of the sardonic meme “are men well?” He obtains a gloomy work but in silence and devastating in…
Approval: Yes on Proposition 5. It is very difficult to raise local taxes
In California, most elections are decided by simple majority, including those for governor, mayor and statewide referendum proposals. But the…
Los Angeles developer charged with 444 campaign finance violations
The Los Angeles Ethics Commission has charged real estate developer Samuel Leung with committing 444 violations of the city's campaign…
The planet is dangerously close to this climate threshold
The alarms are loud and clear. Federal and international climate officials recently confirmed that 2023 was the hottest year on…