Column: Newsom responds to Trump’s gutter politics
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter George Skelton and Michael Wilner cover the insights, legislation, players and politics you need to know in…
Column: Malcolm-Jamal Warner carried a heavy load for Black America
There were three television characters who really mattered to me as a kid: Michael, Leroy and Theo.In elementary school, “Good Times” was the television show…
Column: Trump finds a new way to taint the office of the presidency
Donald Trump has now thoroughly sullied the office of the presidency.I’m not talking about the Oval Office, with its new, gaudy gilt trappings that seem…
Column: Stephen Colbert’s swan song is zeitgeist moment
There’s a lot of schadenfreude on the right, and even more lamentation on the left, about the cancellation of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”Donald…
Column: Newsom needs to stop kidding around. He’s running for president
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter Anita Chabria and David Lauter bring insights into legislation, politics and policy from California and beyond. In…
Letters to Sports: Whatever happened to tradition in baseball?
Readers of the Los Angeles Times Sports section weigh in on the MLB All-Star Game, Bronny James and Dodgers closer Tanner Scott. Source link
Column: Eliminating national holidays is a promising idea. Start with the racist ones
Believe it or not, France has had a form of social security since the 1600s, and its modern system began in earnest in 1910, when…
George Williams column: England buzz with 100 days until Ashes
In his BBC Sport column, England captain George Williams spreads the word about the autumn Ashes series and gives insight into the recent squad get-together.Just…
Column: Straight-shooting advisor George Steffes always had Reagan’s ear
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter George Skelton and Michael Wilner cover the insights, legislation, players and politics you need to know in…
Column: Thoughts and prayers? Sure, but hold the Trump administration accountable
“I’m going to give you everything you want,” President Trump told disaster-stricken residents and local officials. “I’m going to give you more than any president…
Letters to Sports: Split decision on Bill Plaschke's 'greatest' Dodgers column
Readers of the Los Angeles Times Sports section give their thoughts on Bill Plaschke's latest column on the greatness of Clayton Kershaw, LeBron James and…
Column: Oh please, the right is reviving a tired trope about women
Here we go again.A bunch of successful, conservative professional women are telling young women they don’t need careers to have fulfilling lives. All they need…
Column: In the halls of Congress and on the canals of Venice, the new Gilded Age has a moment
The juxtaposition at the weekend was apt: one big, ugly bill in Washington and one big, garish wedding in Venice.This is what days of Senate…
Column: Defund police? Let’s start with reform
WASHINGTON — Anybody remember “Abolish ICE?”That was progressives’ impassioned cry last year after Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents imprisoned undocumented immigrant children in cages. It was a…
Column: The Supreme Court’s deference to Trump is astounding
The nation’s federal judges — including appointees of presidents of both parties, Donald Trump’s among them — have been the bulwark against Trump’s reign of…
Column: Is bombing Iran deja vu all over again?
After a short and successful war with Iraq, President George H.W. Bush claimed in 1991 that “the ghosts of Vietnam have been laid to rest…
Column: Big state budget questions linger about crime, Medi-Cal, Delta tunnel
SACRAMENTO — California really does still have a Legislature, even if you haven’t been reading or hearing much about it. In fact, it’s currently making a ton…
Column: How I spent my summer vacation — watching America lean into autocracy
For years we’ve read stories about antidemocratic countries abroad — supreme leaders acting with impunity, masked agents rounding up residents, troops in the streets, crackdowns…
Column: Maybe the latest Democratic disarray means they’re coming to their senses
Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers, and Lee Saunders, the president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees,…
Column: Padilla was right to challenge Noem’s right-wing lunacy
Newsletter You're reading the L.A. Times Politics newsletter Anita Chabria and David Lauter bring insights into legislation, politics and policy from California and beyond. In…