Conservatives like me fear Trump will break through guardrails that restrained him last time
President-elect Trump’s imminent return to the White House sparks a pressing question: Can the guardrails of American democracy survive another ...
Tag: Opinion
After the surgeon general’s warning on alcohol, people of faith should rethink sacramental wine
I grew up seeing wine as a symbol of joy, holiness and a tool for elevating the mundane. From the ...
Why Israel can’t just ‘cut the head off’ of Hamas or Hezbollah
Since the horrific Hamas terrorist attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, Israel has been at war in the Middle East. The ...
San Gabriel Valley is where Asian immigrants go to never assimilate. I embrace that legacy
I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley — also referred to as SGV or the 626 — an ethnoburb ...
Commentary: Wildfires come with the wildness that draws us to Los Angeles
Los Angeles is a topographical wonderland. Mountains loom in the distance. Hillsides and canyons are the refuge of hikers and ...
Calmes: Merrick Garland’s integrity saved the DOJ only to doom it again
In 2016, the American Bar Assn. couldn’t say enough good things about Merrick Garland, then the chief judge of the ...
Column: The L.A. fires will eventually be extinguished. The terrible loss will remain
My niece and I walked to the end of the Venice Pier on Tuesday to watch brilliant, orange flames creeping ...
A culture that’s ready for a different kind of closeup
It’s telling that Manuel Betancourt’s new book, “Hello Stranger: Musings on Modern Intimacies,” grounded in queer theory and abolition, takes ...
The improvement Trump could make to U.S. foreign policy
Donald Trump was hardly a steward of responsible global governance in his first term. His withdrawal from multilateral agreements, including ...
What antiabortion activists want next
The state of Texas filed a major lawsuit on Dec. 12 against a New York doctor who mailed abortion pills ...
